Issue - meetings

1.    That the principle of a Winchester BID Ballot on 3 November 2022 to determine whether there will be a fourth Winchester BID for the area covered in the BID Area Map (Appendix 1 of CAB3348) be supported.

2.    That authority be delegated to a Strategic Director to exercise the ballot votes in support of the BID in respect of city council properties in the BID area;

3.    That the financial implication associated with the Winchester BID in respect of running the ballot; ongoing levy collection and paying the BID levy be noted as set out in section 2 of report CAB3348.

4.    That authority be delegated to the Corporate Head of Economy & Community, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Business and Culture, to provide comment on the Winchester BID Draft Business Plan (Appendix 2 of CAB3348), noting that it had been positively received by members of the Winchester Town Forum at its meeting on 16June 2022.

5.    That Winchester BID be informed that the services set out in the Winchester BID Baseline Statements 2023-2028 (Appendix 3 of CAB3348) may be subject to review through the annual council budget setting process and the BID will be consulted on any change arising throughout the life of the BID term 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028.

Councillor Thompson introduced the report and welcomed to the meeting, Paul Spencer (Executive Director of Winchester BID).  At its meeting on 12 June 2022, Winchester Town Forum had received a presentation from Mr Spencer which set out the achievements of the BID over the previous four years.  The proposed draft Winchester BID business plan had been positively received by the Forum members.

At the invitation of the Leader, Councillor Brook addressed the meeting as summarised briefly below.

Supported the proposals as contained in the report. Highlighted the sentiments of some residents regarding the lack of bunting in the city centre for the recent Queen’s jubilee celebrations.  She suggested that consideration be given to the future support of such extraordinary events.

Councillor Thompson responded to the comments made and confirmed that further consideration was being undertaken into supporting future extraordinary events in discussion with the BID.

Mr Spencer responded to Cabinet members’ questions on the report proposals and the work of the BID.

Cabinet agreed the following for the reasons set out above and outlined in the report.

RESOLVED:

1.         That the principle of a Winchester BID Ballot on 3 November 2022 to determine whether there will be a fourth Winchester BID for the area covered in the BID Area Map (Appendix 1 of the report) be supported.

2.         That authority be delegated to a Strategic Director to exercise the ballot votes in support of the BID in respect of city council properties in the BID area;

3.         That the financial implication associated with the Winchester BID in respect of running the ballot; ongoing levy collection and paying the BID levy be noted as set out in section 2 of the report.

4.         That authority be delegated to the Corporate Head of Economy & Community, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Business and Culture, to provide comment on the Winchester BID Draft Business Plan (Appendix 2 of the report) noting that it had been positively received by members of the Winchester Town Forum at its meeting on 16June 2022.

5.         That Winchester BID be informed that the services set out in the Winchester BID Baseline Statements 2023-2028 (Appendix 3 of the report) may be subject to review through the annual council budget setting process and the BID will be consulted on any change arising throughout the life of the BID term 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028.