Decision details

Councillor Butler introduced the report and explained that Cabinet had agreed to transfer Theatr Clwyd to a new governance model as part of the Council’s Alternative Delivery Model (ADM) Programme.  Theatr Clwyd and the Music Service were to be managed by independent charitable companies, limited by guarantee, from 1^st April 2020.

            The report set out the (1) arrangements for transfer (2) due diligence (3) the draft service contract which was being compiled with legal advice and (4) the offer from the Theatr Clwyd Trust Ltd to take over the management of the Theatre and Music Services.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That Cabinet is satisfied with the arrangements for the transfer of Theatr Clwyd and the Music Services, and is assured that due diligence has been exercised;

(b)       That the offer from the new Trust Shadow Board to take over the management of Theatr Clwyd – based on the principles and proposals as set out in the previous report to Cabinet – be accepted;

(c)        That the Chief Executive be given delegated authority to enter into a formal agreement for the transfer between the Council and the Trust based on the principles and proposals as set out in the previous report to Cabinet;

(d)       That the transfers of Theatr Clwyd, Theatr Clwyd Productions Ltd and the Music Services to Theatr Clwyd Trust Ltd ownership take effect on 1^st April 2021; and

(e)       That the revised pay scale for the Music Service be approved.