Issue - decisions

RESOLVED: (i)         That Option 3 be approved as the most appropriate means of delivering Key Account Management and Inward Investment activity in York.

                        (ii)        That the Director of City Strategy be instructed to make the necessary arrangements regarding staffing in respect of Option 3, and to develop a new ‘York Enterprise’ team within the Council which responds to the objectives of the ‘Future York Report’ through engagement with the Economic Partnership Chair.

REASON:      In order to rationalise business support arrangements within the Council, provide a streamlined and more effective service and address the need for a strong private sector involvement in promoting York as an international ‘brand’.