Issue - meetings

This report asks Members to approve a new Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Theatre Royal, to come into effect once the current SLA comes to an end on 31 March 2008. 

RESOLVED: That consideration of this item be deferred until the next meeting.

REASON:      To receive the additional information required and ensure that there is clarity about the Theatre’s plans for the next few years before signing off the agreement.

Members received a report which sought approval for a new Service Level Agreement (SLA) with York Theatre Royal, to come into effect after expiry of the current SLA, on 31 March 2008.

Members expressed concern about the lack of a detailed business plan, measurable performance indicators and milestones in the draft SLA attached as Annex A to the report.  Additional information on these issues had been requested but had not been made available before the meeting.  It was therefore considered prudent to defer consideration of this item to enable Officers to produce that information and also to respond to suggestions made by the Shadow Executive in relation to extending the theatre’s pricing policy for families and those on low incomes.¹

RESOLVED: That consideration of this item be deferred until the next meeting.²

REASON:      To receive the additional information required and ensure that there is clarity about the Theatre’s plans for the next few years before signing off the agreement.