Agenda item

To approve the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on

8^th November 2023

RESOLVED, that - the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 8^th November 2023 be approved.

Matters arising

1.         A report on the Climate Action Strategy would be presented to the next meeting of the Board, as a joint report of the City Surveyor and Markets Director.

2.         Some concern was expressed in that the Barking Reach Group had not met recently and the new Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) advised that further information would be provided in the confidential part of this agenda.

3.         A Member suggested, and the Chairman agreed, that any forwarding comments (from the Chairman) be recorded separately to the apologies in future minutes

Opening comments from the Chairman

The Chair welcomed new Member of the Court of Common Council; Suzanne Ornsby and the new representative for New Spitalfields Tenants Association; Chris Hutchinson.

Members noted the tremendous success of the Smithfield Auction, which had taken place before Christmas 2023, for the first time since the pandemic.   Officers and the Security Team were thanked for their hard work. The Markets Director expects next year to be even more popular, due to the social media coverage, and arrangements are already underway, noting that the tenants need to have the Street Licence in place by April 2024.