Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods seeking Members to review the BID proposal forTerm 2 including the draft business plan and process for a renewal ballot.

RESOLVED that:  

(1)       the Gloucester BID’s plans to re-ballot for a second term is noted, and 

(2)       authority is delegated to the Director of Policy and Resources to cast a vote in favour of extending the BID for a second term through any qualifying rate-paying properties owned by the Council.

Cabinet considered the report of the Leader of the Council that sought Members to review the BID proposal for Term 2 including the draft business plan and process for a renewal ballot.

The Leader of the Council highlighted the benefits already brought to Gloucester since the BID was established in 2017 and the key areas of focus for the proposed second term.  He reminded Members that the partnership was able to do things that the local authority could not.  The Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources expressed her support for retaining this partnership initiative which had advantaged both businesses and residents with schemes such as that for the City Protection Officers.  She commented that now with the regeneration and growth of events in Kings Quarter was not the time to end a successful partnership.

RESOLVED that:  

(1)       the Gloucester BID’s plans to re-ballot for a second term is noted, and 

(2)       authority is delegated to the Director of Policy and Resources to cast a vote in favour of extending the BID for a second term through any qualifying rate-paying properties owned by the Council.