Issue - meetings

Matter for Decision

2015 was the first year of trading for Cambridge Live, an independent charity set up by the Council. Cambridge Live was contracted by the Council to run the Corn Exchange, Guildhall Event Programme, Cambridge Folk Festival and the City Events Programme. The Officer’s report provided an overview of performance management and proposed new key indicators for the contract.

Decision of Executive Councillor for Communities

Approved the key performance indicators listed in paragraph 3.4b of the Officer’s report.

Reason for the Decision

As set out in the Officer’s report.

Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

Not applicable.

Scrutiny Considerations

The Committee received a report from the Head of Communities, Arts & Recreation. This was supplemented by a presentation from the Chair of Cambridge Live.

The Committee made the following comments in response to the report:

       i.          This was a good time to recognise the hard work by Officers in setting up Cambridge Live and delivering services.

     ii.          The City Council and Cambridge Live worked well together.

   iii.          Cambridge Live were delivering their contracted obligations.

In response to Members’ questions the Cultural Manager said the following:

       i.          Key performance indicators focussed on the Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) community as these reflected issues that encouraged/discouraged service uptake. It was assumed that age and gender details were also collected at the same time.

The Executive Councillor for Communities said he was happy in principle to report BAME, age and gender details collected from key performance indicators. Officers said they would discuss this with Cambridge Live.

     ii.          Performance against key performance indicators would be benchmarked against national data as there was no local level data equivalent.

The Committee unanimously resolved to endorse the recommendation.

The Executive Councillor approved the recommendation.

Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive Councillor (and any Dispensations Granted)

No conflicts of interest were declared by the Executive Councillor.