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Agenda and minutes
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Items No. Item Apologies for absence
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None received.
Declarations of interest
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None received.
Minutes of previous Charity Committee PDF 197 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Councillor Rogers proposed approval of the minutes, seconded by Councillor Batsford.
RESOLVED – that the minutes of the meeting held on 29th March 2021 be approved as a true record.
Notification of any additional urgent items
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None received.
(Kevin Boorman, Marketing and Major Projects Manager)
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The Marketing and Major Projects Managerpresented to advise the Charity Committee on details of the Welcome Back Funding (WBF) and interventions
proposed on Foreshore Trust assets. Welcome Back Funding will support the Council to safely welcome back visitors and residents to the town.
An update was given to the committee that the report was written whilst still waiting Government confirmation. Apart from some minor detail variations this funding has now been agreed by Government.
Sea front welcome marshals will be on a seven-day working pattern to help direct visitors to parking spaces. There will also be sea front welcome marshals directing traffic to less busy town centre car parks, keeping the beach clean and ensuring public toilets are working, etc. The marshals will be able to deal with issues on a Saturday which sometimes would wait until the following week.
The Public Wi-Fi network will receive funding for servicing and maintenance so the visitors and business along the sea front will be able to continue to use the free Wi-Fi service.
Funding will also be spent on the ‘Beautification’ of the high street and sea front. This will include removing graffiti, and temporary planting.
The chair and committee gave thanks to Marketing and Major Projects Manager and officers for the report.
The councillors discussed how the sea front marshals will make a positive difference to locals and visitors experience of the town.
The committee noted the details of the report.
Foreshore Trust Finance update
(Kit Wheeler, Chief Accountant)
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The Chief Accountant reported to the committee a brief update as the financial statement are still being completed. Covid had a large impact on last year’s visitors to Hastings which has reduced income streams. Income from the car parks was impacted greatly. There was a reduction in expenditure last year but that was not able to cover the reduction in income. It is planned to have the full report Statement Accounts complete for the next Charity committee meeting.
The councillors discussed how using the reserves has been able to protect the towns assets and protecting the key charity’s in Hastings.
Feedback from Coastal Users Group
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Coastal Users Group expressed no issues with the reports presented to the Charity Committee.
Concerns from the Coastal Users Group have been raised regarding the fair ground on the sea front. The Marketing and Major Projects Manager will be meeting with the Coastal Users Group to update them.
Urgent items (if any)
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None
(Chair closed the meeting at18:30)
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