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Meeting Date |
Agenda Deadline |
Agenda Items |
Details and Desired Outcomes |
Witnesses and Report Authors |
29th July |
16th July |
· Cabinet member priorities-written report · Draft Commercialisation Strategy |
Members would like cabinet member to provide a report highlighting priorities, and then to question him on this report.
Meeting will begin at 7.30pm. |
· Cabinet member · Marcus Lawler |
26th August |
13th August |
· Events and festivals strategy · Events review SCRAIP follow up · Draft Scoping Document for Twilight Economy Review |
These items will come together as requested by the committee during the work programming workshop at the meeting of 1st July because it was felt they were related.
Scoping document for Twilight Economy review for members to comment on. |
· Laura Case |
29th September (re-arranged from the meeting of the 23rd September) |
17th September |
· Enterprise Hub proposals · Formation of Maidstone Culture and Leisure · Museum Forward Plan |
Special meeting called, as Enterprise Hub proposals and Museum Forward Plan need to come to the committee before Cabinet Member decision in October. Formation of Maidstone Culture and Leisure will be taken as an item as Dawn was not available for August meeting. |
· Dawn Hudd · Karen Franek · Laura Case |
21st October |
8th October |
Joint Meeting with Planning, Transport and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee to consider the Employment Land Qualitative Report and the Economic Development Strategy. |
Implications for the local plan, hence the joint meeting. Needs to take place before the Economic Development Strategy cabinet member decision is taken. |
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28th October |
15th October |
· Skills and Employability Update · First set of Witnesses for Twilight Economy review |
Following the update on skills and employability projects the committee will consider whether it wishes to do a review on skills and employability.
First set of witnesses for Twilight Economy Review. |
· Karen Franek · Abi Lewis · First witnesses for Twilight Economy Review, as specified in scoping document |
25th November |
12th November |
Second set of witnesses for Twilight Economy Review |
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Second set of witnesses for Twilight Economy Review |
23rd December |
10th December |
Draft Twilight Economy Report ready for sign off by the Committee |
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27th January |
14th January |
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24th February |
11th February |
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24th March |
11th March |
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28th April |
15th April |
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Suggestions TBC
Suggestion |
Reason |
Using the River Medway |
Referred to Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee, who agreed that the Economic and Commercial Development OSC should be the Committee to consider the River Medway suggestions, as part of its work programme development for 2014-15, with Planning Transport and Development OSC addressing certain issues, such as accessibility, as part of their work on the Local Plan. |
Policy for Discretionary Business Rates Relief |
Only if MBC can have an influence on business rates. Meeting with Chair/Vice Chair and relevant Officers will determine whether this is the case. Due in August/September. |
South East Local Enterprise Partnership |
Only if MBC can have an influence on any of this. Meeting with Chair/Vice Chair and relevant Officers will determine whether this is the case. |
Barriers and opportunities for rural business/IT infrastructure in offices (broadband) |
These will be considered following scrutiny of the employment implications of the local plan in October. |
Council as a Business SCRAIP follow up |
Dependent on whether members feel it has been overtaken by the commercialisation strategy once they have seen both the review and the strategy |
Night Time Economy |
Referred to Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee, who agreed Economic and Commercial Development should be the lead committee. For more information, see the Scoping Document for this review (re-named Twilight Economy Review). |