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Hastings Business Improvement District
Meeting: 31/01/2022 - Cabinet (Item 412)
412 Hastings Business Improvement District PDF 283 KB
Additional documents:
- Enc. 1 for Hastings Business Improvement District, item 412 PDF 473 KB
- Enc. 2 for Hastings Business Improvement District, item 412 PDF 204 KB
- Enc. 3 for Hastings Business Improvement District, item 412 PDF 3 MB
- Enc. 4 for Hastings Business Improvement District, item 412 PDF 18 MB
Minutes:
Councillor Rogers left the meeting during discussion of this item due to a prejudicial interest.
The Continuous Improvement and Democratic Services Manager presented a report to provide an update on the progress towards a second term ballot for Love Hastings Ltd – Business Improvement District.
Love Hastings Ltd, the Business Improvement District (BID) for Hastings, has been operating within Hastings Town Centre for the last five years. BIDs are allowed to operate for a maximum five-year term before ceasing or going to a ballot of their members for a further term. Love Hastings Ltd held their AGM on 8 December 2021, where members voted ‘yes’ to balloting the current boundary levy payers for a second term running from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2027.
Councillor Barnett proposed approval of the recommendations, seconded by Councillor Forward.
Under the emergency powers set out in Rule 26.22 of the Council’s Constitution the Managing Director is authorised to implement the following decision in consultation with Councillors Forward, Barnett, Batsford, Chowney, Evans, Rogers & Webb.
RESOLVED (unanimously):
1. To support the progress towards a potential second term of Love Hastings Ltd, including operating the ballot process on their behalf, and managing the collection of the BID Levy should an overall ‘yes’ vote be secured at the ballot.
2. To delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Regeneration & Culture, in consultation with the Lead Member for Regeneration to cast the HBC votes on its own hereditaments that will attract a levy.
3. To give delegated authority to the Assistant Director of Regeneration & Culture and the Chief Financial Officer, in consultation with the Lead Member for Regeneration to agree with the BID board the BID Business Plan and BID Operating Agreement.
Reasons:The BID is shortly reaching the end of it first five-year term on the 31 March 2022. The BID members voted at their AGM on 8 December 2021 to go to ballot for a second term on the current boundary arrangements. Government BID Technical Guidance dictates that Hastings Borough Council are required to support the BID through the management of the ballot process and the management and collection of the subsequent levy payments, should a ‘yes’ vote result be declared after the ballot. This also includes the Council approving and supporting the ambitions detailed within the Business Plan.
(The Chair declared the meeting closed at 6.34pm)
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