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Agenda, decisions and minutes
Venue: Town Hall, High Street, Maidstone
Contact: Caroline Matthews 01622 602743
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: It was noted that apologies for absence had been received from Councillors Revell and Mrs Stockell.
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Notification of Substitute Members Minutes: The following
Substitute Members were noted: Councillor M Burton for Councillor Mrs Stockell Councillor Garten for Councillor Revell
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Urgent Items Minutes: The Chairman stated that he had agreed to take the revised Committee Work Programme as an urgent update as there had been a few changes to the document since it was published.
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Change to the Order of Business Minutes: The Chairman proposed that Agenda Item 13 – Maidstone Area Arts Partnership Update be taken in advance of Agenda Item 12 - Report of the Director of Finance and Business Improvement on Third Quarter Budget Monitoring.
RESOLVED: That the change to the
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Notification of Visiting Members Minutes: There were no Visiting Members.
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Disclosures by Members and Officers Minutes: There were no disclosures by Members or Officers.
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Disclosures of Lobbying Minutes: There were no disclosures of lobbying.
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Minutes of the meeting held on 31 January 2017 PDF 63 KB Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 31 January 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed.
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Presentation of Petitions Minutes: There were no petitions.
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Questions and answer session for members of the public Minutes: There were no questions from members of the public.
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Exempt Items Minutes: RESOLVED: That all items on the agenda be taken in public as proposed.
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Committee Work Programme PDF 22 KB Minutes: The Committee was advised that an additional item had since been added which was for Disposal of Land at Hayle Place.
In response to a question from a Member, the Head of Regeneration and Economic Development advised that a report on the land adjacent to Maidstone United Football Ground would not come forward to the Committee before the end of the municipal year but she would check and advise the Member outside of the meeting when it would be coming to the Committee.
RESOLVED: That the Committee Work Programme be noted.
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Maidstone Area Arts Partnership Update PDF 974 KB Minutes: Ken Scott from
Maidstone Area Arts Partnership gave a presentation on the Arts,
Culture and Heritage in the Voluntary and Community Sector.
The Committee thanked
Mr Scott for his informative and interesting presentation and asked
that a copy of the slides be circulated to all Members of the
Council for their information. RESOLVED: That the presentation be noted.
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Additional documents: Decision:
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That the revenue position at the end of the third quarter and the
actions being taken or proposed to improve the position where
significant variances have been identified be noted; and 2. That Officers be requested to provide a monthly update on the financial position of the Mote Park Café to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee. Minutes: The Director of Finance and Business Improvement presented a report on the Third Quarter Budget Monitoring for 2016/17.
The Committee noted
that there was an increase in the projected adverse variance from
Quarter 2 to Quarter 3. This was mainly
due to the expected £197,000 overspend for Mote Park
Café. The Director of Finance and Business Improvement advised that steps had been taken to mitigate the situation and a third party operator would be sought to operate the Café. However, for the interim period it was proposed that the current in-house operator would continue to run it until the end of the Summer season. In response to questions from Members, the
following points were noted:-
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The Council was confident that an operator would come forward from
the open market who would be willing to
take over the Café. The current
provider would still be able to submit an in-house bid. · That the Council had not considered closing the Café as it provided a service to visitors to Mote Park and it would have incurred redundancy costs. The Committee was disappointed to note the projected loss for the Café and requested that Officers provided a monthly update to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman in order that they are kept fully appraised of the situation. In response to a question from a Member about the projected loss for the Leisure Centre, the Director of Finance and Business Improvement advised that this was due to unrealised budget savings as negotiations with the energy provider had taken longer than expected. RESOLVED:
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That the revenue position at the end of the third quarter and the
actions being taken or proposed to improve the position where
significant variances have been identified be noted; and
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That Officers be requested to provide a
monthly update on the financial position of the Mote Park
Café to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the
Committee. Voting: For: 9 Against: 0 Abstentions:
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Duration of Meeting Minutes: 7.15 p.m. to 8.20 p.m.
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