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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Penrith

Items
No. Item

EEc/9/10/17

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Armstrong.

EEc/10/10/17

Minutes

To confirm and approve the minutes EEc/1/6/17 to EEc/8/6/17 of the meeting of this Committee held on 15 June 2017 as a correct record of those proceedings (copies previously circulated).

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the minutes EEc/1/6/17 to EEc/8/6/17 of the meeting of this Committee held on 15 June 2017 be recorded as a correct record of those proceedings.

 

EEc/11/10/17

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations of the existence and nature of any private interests, both disclosable pecuniary and any other registrable interests, in any matter to be considered or being considered.

 

Minutes:

Councillor Greenwood gave personal explanation in respect of item 6 on the agenda, as they are employed at Appleby Tourist Information Centre.

EEc/12/10/17

Growing the Economy of Eden

A presentation from the Assistant Director Commercial Services and the Eden Tourism Manager on Growing the Economy of Eden.

Minutes:

The Committee received a presentation from the Assistant Director Commercial Services and the Eden Tourism Managers on Growing the Economy of Eden.

 

Members were updated on the work of the Council’s Tourism team to promote Eden as a destination for visitors. Topics covered included:

 

-       The Eden Tourism Summit;

-       Penrith & Eden Museum;

-       Marketing initiatives being undertaken;

-       Partnership working;

-       The Westmorland Dales Heritage Lottery fund Landscape Partnership Scheme;

-       The Heritage Project in partnership with Historic England;

-       Business Support and Tourism Grants;

-       Lake District World Heritage Site; and

-       Carlisle Lake District Airport.

 

RESOLVED that the presentation be noted.

 

Following this item the Eden Tourism Managers left the meeting.

EEc/13/10/17

Portfolio Holder Update pdf icon PDF 190 KB

To receive a verbal update and ask questions of the Commercial Services Portfolio Holder.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received a verbal update from the Commercial ServicesPortfolio Holder and discussed their portfolio plan.

 

The Portfolio Holder informed Members that following Council approval of the Commercial Plan the Commercial Services Team would continue to work to secure the income from a variety of projects. He stated that the Council is forecast to have a deficit of £1m in funding from 2019. Commercial Services would therefore focus on secure income, with a yield of at least 3%, to help address this issue.

 

The importance of confidentiality when developing commercial projects was also discussed. This was considered especially important as Members often have access to part II papers at committee meetings that contain sensitive information. If such information made its way into the public domain that it could have a detrimental impact on the Council’s negotiating positions and may even prevent projects from progressing.  

 

RESOLVED to note the update.

 

The Commercial Services Portfolio Holder and Assistant Director Commercial Services left the meeting following this item.

EEc/14/10/17

Scrutiny Co-ordinating Board Update

To receive a verbal update from the Chairman of the Committee.

Minutes:

The Committee received a verbal update from the Chairman of the Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee.

 

The Committee was informed that the Resources Portfolio Holder had attended the meeting to update Members on the actions being undertaken within her portfolio.

 

Members were also informed that the Director of Finance had presented a report regarding the Annual Review of Partnerships.

 

RESOLVED that the update be noted.

EEc/15/10/17

Environment & Economy Committee Work Plan pdf icon PDF 61 KB

To consider the attached report of the Chairman of the Committee

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members consider report G99/17 from the Chairman of the Environment and Economy Committee which set out the current and possible future work plan items for the Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee. The report invited suggestions for possible agenda items from all non-Executive Members.

 

Councillor Greenwood updated the Committee on the Environment Agency’s public consultation on flood mitigation for Appleby following the December 2015 floods. A recent meeting had taken place with local stakeholders where a number of options had been outlined. Following the input of stakeholders the Environment Agency would be considering the feedback before consulting on revised proposals, however a final decision was not expected until 2022.

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

EEc/16/10/17

Any Other Items which the Chairman decides are urgent

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business raised at this meeting.

EEc/17/10/17

Date of the Next Scheduled Meeting

The date of the next scheduled meeting be confirmed as 14 December 2017.

Minutes:

The date of the next scheduled meeting of the committee was confirmed as 14 December 2017.