Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Leisure and Culture seeking approval to accept and spend funding from Arts Council England for the development of collaborative work with Solent Museums Alliance to improve the storage and digital records of the collections, attached.

DECISION MADE (Ref: CAB 12/13 9089)

On consideration of the report of the Senior Manager, Leisure and Culture the Cabinet Member for Housing and Leisure Services made the following decision:

Having complied with Rule 15 of the Council’s Access to Information Procedure Rules, and subject to the Arts Council England (ACE) confirming a grant award of £250,000:

(i)  approval is given to direct those funds to the projects outlined in this report on behalf of the consortium group;

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Senior Manager, Leisure and Culture, to do anything necessary to give effect to the recommendations contained in this report.

(iii)  To add £250,000 to the 2012/13 revenue budget of the Housing and Leisure Portfolio funded from the Arts Council England (ACE) grant