MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL
DEMOCRACY COMMITTEE
28 JANUARY 2016
REFERENCE FROM HERITAGE, CULTURE AND LEISURE COMMITTEE
CHANGE TO THE COMMITTEE CYCLE FOR
HERITAGE, CULTURE AND LEISURE COMMITTEE
1.1 At its meeting on 5 January
2016 the Heritage, Culture and Leisure Committee considered a report of the
Head of Finance and Resources which had been brought at the request of some
Members of the Committee.
1.2
The report
asked
requested
that
Members support a Reference to the Democracy
Committee
to consider changing the frequency of Heritage, Culture and
Leisure
Committee meetings from bi-monthly to monthly as part of the
review
it would be undertaking of the Constitution.
1.3 Members felt that the Heritage, Culture and Leisure Committee should be given the same recognition as the other Service Committees, especially as the services that come under the responsibility of the Committee contribute a great deal to the visitor economy of the borough and therefore the importance of the work carried out should be fully recognised.
1.
1.4
RECOMMENDED:
1.52.1
That the Committee consider changing the frequency of meetings
of the Heritage, Culture and Leisure Committee from bi-monthly to monthly as
part of its review of the Council’s Constitution in recognition of the
important work carried out by this Committee.