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Meeting Details

Economic Development Committee
13 Mar 2018 - 18:30 to 20:30
Scheduled
  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Standard Items
1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To receive any apologies for absence. 


1

 

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Grant and K Grey.

 

 

2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

You have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be discussed if it relates to something on your Register of Interests form. You must declare the interest and leave the room while the matter is dealt with.

You have a Personal Interest in a matter to be discussed if it affects
•    your well being or financial position
•    that of your family or close friends
•    that of a club or society in which you have a management role
•    that of another public body of which you are a member to a greater extent than others in your ward.
You must declare a personal interest but can speak and vote on the matter.

Whenever you declare an interest you must say why the interest arises, so that it can be included in the minutes. 

2

 

Councillor Hammond declared a personal interest in the item relating to the Christmas Festival.

 

 

3 CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

 

Report to follow.

 

 

3

 

The Committee considered the Head of Property and Asset Management's report which had been requested by the Economic Development Committee at it's meeting on the 20 February 2018 this report further details of the options for Great Yarmouth to develop a Christmas Festival over the period 30th November through to 24th December 2018. The report represented the type of programme which could be developed and offered two options for consideration.

 

The Head of Property and Asset Management detailed the proposed expenditure and anticipated income for both Option 1 and 2.

 

In discussing the report the following was discussed :-

 

  • Where items that were to be purchased were to be stored, the Head of Property and Asset Management reported that space would be used at GYB services depot and at Market Row.
  • Councillor Reynolds commented that in his opinion option 1 would enhance the experience on offer and could encourage Arts Funding.
  • Clarification was sought in respect of Sponsorship and why Option 1 stated £25,000 could be achieved whereas Option 2 stated £15,000, the Head of Property and Asset Management advised that this was due to the different levels of event on offer.
  • Councillor Wainwright commented that he felt Members should have been consulted in more detail on the event.
  • Clarification was sought in respect of if Members were minded to approve either options whether these would be built on, on a yearly basis.
  • Councillor Plant stated that there was a need for an event to be put into the Town Centre to encourage tourism and increased footfall. 
  • Some concern was raised in relation to whether events like this should be organised by the Town Centre Partnership.
  • A comment was made as to whether private companies could use the vacant units during the weekdays.

 

RESOLVED :

 

(1) That approval be given to Option 2 as detailed within the Head of Property and Asset Management's report.

 

(2) That a meeting be arranged for Members of the Economic Development Committee to discuss options for the event.

 

(3) To approve the fees for use of the Chalets and Gazebos as detailed within the Head of Property and Asset Management's report.

 

 

4 EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC
In the event of the Committee wishing to exclude the public from the meeting, the following resolution will be moved:-

"That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12(A) of the said Act."

Additional Meeting Documents

Attendance

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
NameReason for Sending ApologySubstituted By
Andy Grant Emma Flaxman-Taylor
Kay Grey Graham Plant
NameReason for AbsenceSubstituted By
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

 

Present :

 

Councillor B Coleman (in the Chair); Councillors Andrews, Hammond, Hanton, Jeal, Pratt, Reynolds, Thirtle, Wainwright, Walch and Walker.

 

Councillor Flaxman-Taylor attended as substitute for Councillor Grant.

 

Councillor Plant attended as substitute for Councillor K Grey.

 

Also in attendance :

 

Mrs J Beck (Head of property and Asset Management) and Mrs S Wintle (Member Services Officer)

 

 

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