Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee received a report of the Town Clerk reporting action taken by the Town Clerk in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman since the last meeting of the Committee in accordance with standing orders.

RESOLVED – That it be noted that approval was given to the following:-

1.    the provision of £20,000 in sponsorship of the CER Conference ‘Is Europe’s economic stagnation inevitable or policy-driven?’ at Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire, which took place on 3-4 October 2014;

2.    £25,000 for a number of events with King’s College London as part of the ‘Europe in Crisis’ project;

3.    £35,000 for research on the City of London’s position in the EU to be carried out by Policy Network;

4.    legal and other related fees for setting up the Crossrail Art Foundation at a cost not exceeding £20,000; and

5.    matched fund-raising in order to continue the appointment of Global Cities for a further period of up to 12 months (at £5,000 per month), not exceeding £60,000.