Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk

For Decision

The Town Clerk was pleased to report that all House Groups, which had applied for Recognised Tenants’ Association (RTA) status, had been successful in meeting the requirements for recognition, as set out in the report. 

Members noted that six House Groups operated an opt-out membership, whereby all residents would be members unless they chose not to be.  Of these six group, the number of opt outs was very small.  To simplify the administrative process, House Group Chairmen were recommended to adopt this type of Membership, which would need to be formally agreed at the House Group’s next AGM.   The Town Clerk advised that, at the RCC on 10 September, some of the Secretaries of House Groups, which had opted out, reported that it had simplified their administrative processes.  However, a Member (of the BRC) felt that it might not represent good democracy.

RESOLVED: that,

The formal recognition be given to those House Groups and the Barbican Association, as identified in paragraph 9 of the report, as Recognised Tenants’ Associations, until the outcome of the next annual review.