Issue - meetings

The paper provides an update on plans for Brent to be London Borough of Culture 2020, in particular the anticipated legacy and the planned budget.

RESOLVED:

(i)            Cabinet agreed the funding strategy for the London Borough of Culture 2020;

(ii)          Cabinet agreed the commitment of £0.250m Neighbourhood CIL to support areas of the programme which meet the NCIL criteria;

(iii)         Cabinet delegated to the Cabinet Member of Public Health, Culture and Leisure in consultation with the Strategic Director Community Wellbeing and Chief Finance Officer, as a contingency measure, the decision to:

·         approve additional non recurrent funding from Council reserves to support the legacy of Brent Borough of Culture 2020 should this be necessary

·         And / or scale back the programme; and

(iv)         Cabinet noted the intention to fund raise from external sources in order that the use of reserves should not be necessary.

Councillor Krupesh Hirani, Cabinet Member for Public Health, Culture and Leisure, introduced the report providing an update on plans for Brent to be London Borough of Culture 2020, in particular the anticipated legacy and the planned budget.

RESOLVED:

(i)            Cabinet agreed the funding strategy for the London Borough of Culture 2020;

(ii)          Cabinet agreed the commitment of £0.250m Neighbourhood CIL to support areas of the programme which meet the NCIL criteria;

(iii)         Cabinet delegated to the Cabinet Member of Public Health, Culture and Leisure in consultation with the Strategic Director Community Wellbeing and Chief Finance Officer, as a contingency measure, the decision to:

·         approve additional non recurrent funding from Council reserves to support the legacy of Brent Borough of Culture 2020 should this be necessary

·         And / or scale back the programme;

(iv)         Cabinet noted the intention to fund raise from external sources in order that the use of reserves should not be necessary.