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OAKHAM TOWN TASK AND FINISH GROUP

To receive Report No. 41/2018 from the Director for Resources.

Minutes:

The Leader and the Chair introduced the report. The purpose of which was to approve the membership of the Oakham Town Task and Finish Group.

 

It was proposed that the Chair of the Task and Finish Group be independent from the Council to ensure impartiality.

 

The Chair recommended that Mr Chris Wade, Director of the People & Places Partnership be the Chair of the Task and Finish Group. Mr Wade had over 20 years’ experience running place-making businesses at a local and national level including 12 years as Chief Executive of the charity, Towns Alive. Previously, Chris had served as a member of the UK Government’s Future High Street Forum and had held leading roles in town centre regeneration networks in Scotland and Wales. In 2014, Chris formed the People & Places Partnership Ltd to provide ‘hands-on’ research, guidance and project management on community-led town centre regeneration, including practical parking solutions. Chris had been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts for his national contribution to the regeneration of small towns and had recently been appointed by the Local Government Association to develop national guidance for members on town centre regeneration.

 

It was clarified that the Chair of the Task and Finish Group would not be a voting member, but would co-ordinate and facilitate the work. All other members would have full voting rights, regular update reports would be published and provided to the Growth, Infrastructure and Resources Scrutiny Panel Rutland County Council (RCC) officers would attend to only offer technical support.

 

The group would have a scoping meeting and draw up Terms of Reference which would be brought to the Growth, Infrastructure and Resources Scrutiny Panel on 22 March 2018 for approval.

 

During discussion the following points were noted:

 

      i.        The quorate of the meeting would be included within the Terms of Reference.

    ii.        It was suggested that Mr Tim Norton be named as a representative on the Task and Finish Group.

   iii.        Mr Clifton suggested there be one representative for businesses and one for residents. The Chair noted that under the scoping meeting, the Task and Finish Group could have the discretion to increase membership to a maximum of 12 if required, and have that included within the Terms of Reference brought to the next Growth, Infrastructure and Resources Scrutiny Panel.

   iv.        If a RCC Councillor was not able to attend one of the meetings, they would be able to send a substitute of any political party as the group was not political.

    v.        Mr Bird withdrew his expression of interest list in becoming part of the group to allow for a RCC Councillor that was not an Oakham Ward Member to join the group. The Chair noted that Mrs Fox had expressed interest in joining the group if any member were to withdraw.

 

AGREED

 

That the Panel APPROVED the following membership of RCC Councillors: Mr Ben Callaghan, Mr Richard Clifton, Mr Jeffrey Dale, Mrs June Fox, Mr Richard Gale, and Mr Alastair Mann.

 

That the Panel APPROVED Mr Tim Norton as the representative of the OK2WAY Group.

 

That the panel APPROVED that the following organisations be asked to nominate a representative to become a member of the task and finish group:

 

           Oakham Town Council (1 nomination)

           Oakham Town Partnership (1 nomination)

           Neighbourhood Plan Working Group (1 nomination)

 

That the Panel APPROVED that the Task and Finish Group under scoping exercise, have the discretion to increase membership to a maximum of 12.

 

 

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The Chair adjourned the meeting at 7.36pm to allow members of the public and non-panel members to leave if they wished to.

 

The meeting reconvened at 7.41pm.

 

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