Agenda and minutes

Members are asked to declare:

·        Any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        Any prejudicial interests or

·        Any disclosable pecuniary interests

which they may have in respect of business on this agenda.

At this point in the meeting Members were asked to declare any personal, prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests that they might have in the business on the agenda. The following interests were declared in relation to the meeting:

Cllr Cuthbertson: Member of York Museums Trust

Cllr K Myers: Member of Make it York and Trustee of York Museums Trust

To approve and sign the minutes of the previous meeting held on 5 October 2015.

Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting of the 6 July 2015 be approved and signed by the Chair.

Action: Mark Alty to liaise with relevant officers for brief written update to members of the board on market drainage improvements.

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It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

This report presents Make it York’s summary of financial performance from October to December 2015. 

The report from Make it York will follow on Monday 11 January.

Steve Brown outlined the highlights and challenges of financial performance to date.

The group noted the positive overall positive of £20,000 ahead of budget and positive contributions of excellent performance on city centre events and Christmas to this. 

The group discussed areas where there may be challenges, including market income, the visitor information centre, the York Pass and website advertising.

Steve Brown also provided update on work done around flooding and potential impact as well as highlighting forthcoming national media campaign which Make it York has received funding for.

Action: Steve Brown to send on evaluation report for Illuminating York for further metrics.

This report presents:

·        A narrative report of latest activities and progress against responsibilities

·        Make it York scorecard

The group discussed Make it York’s performance against the various elements of the Service Level Agreement.

Steve Brown explained some of the key activities which Make it York have undertaken over the last quarter, including involvement in flood response work, promoting Make it York’s business support offer, developing sector conferences, culture awards and a targeted focus around high value sector conferences (e.g. health insurance conference secured). 

The group noted strong performance in most areas; with the one area for more concern discussed being number of jobs created, particularly above the average wage, and slower progress around inward investment.

Action: Mark Alty to liaise with highways to provide update on city centre signposting for the group.

Action: Mark Alty to liaise with the Guildhall Project Manager to provide update for the group on project.

Action: Steve Brown to provide further update on work around students start-ups for April meeting.

Any other business which the Chair considers urgent.

There were no items for ‘Any other business’.