Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk which provided an update on the work undertaken by the City Grants Education Spending Working Party in response to the review conducted by Sir Mike Tomlinson.

During discussion of the report, the following points arose:

·         Alastair King and Henry Colthurst should be added to the Working Party.

·         The proposal needed to be attached to a 3-month timeframe so the decisions were not delayed further. A Member commented that the Tackling Racism Taskforce were able to start the work and report back with findings within six months and this work should also keep up with this pace.

·         It would be important to keep some of the individuals who had previously worked on this be included as the knowledge bank remained useful to feed into discussions.

RESOLVED: That Members:-

1.            Noted the progress made to date by the Working Party and relevant Departments;

2.            Agreed that the remaining work on the recommendations should be continued with the oversight of a Working Party; and

3.            Agreed the refreshed Terms of Reference and Membership of said body.