Issue - meetings

Report number DCS9 by the Director of Community Services.  (attached)

[Decision taken by the Cabinet collectively in the absence of the Portfolio Holder, Councillor John Smith.]

DECISION: To

(1)    approve the amended Checklist for Grantham for the purpose of monitoring progress towards achieving Grantham as a Sub-Regional Centre;

(2)    request the Economic & Cultural Development & Scrutiny Panel to consider the checklist at the meeting scheduled for 11^th November 2004 and report back their comments to Cabinet if necessary;

(3)    thank those partners who contributed ideas and comment during the consultation period.

Considerations/Reasons for Decision:

(1)         Report number DCS9 by the Director of Community Services following the consultation process on the criteria for judging progress towards the development of Grantham as a Sub-Regional Centre (having previously been approved by Cabinet on 9^th August 2004);

(2)         Details of the main consultation groups and the comments that had been made.  The checklist has been amended to reflect these points (attached as an appendix to report DCS9);

(3)         The timetabling of meetings has meant that the Economic & Cultural Development & Scrutiny Panel has not yet had an opportunity to comment on the checklist.