Issue - meetings

That the Committee recommend to Cabinet that officers initiate discussions with schools where dual use leisure facilities were provided to assess whether they would consider assuming responsibility for community access of the facilities in the future.

The Housing and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Facilitator introduced a report to seek approval for a recommendation from the Leisure Finance Task & Finish Group to be supported and recommended to Cabinet for approval.

            The Facilitator referred to the meeting of the Task & Finish Group which was held on 11 April 2014 and reported that during discussion around schools where dual use leisure facilities were provided, the Group proposed that officers initiated discussions with the schools to assess whether they would consider assuming responsibility for community access of the facilities in the future.

Councillor Stella Jones proposed that the recommendation from the Task and Finish Group be agreed and this was seconded.

RESOLVED: 

That the Committee recommend to Cabinet that officers initiate discussions with schools where dual use leisure facilities were provided to assess whether they would consider assuming responsibility for community access of the facilities in the future.