Issue - meetings

(1)          Mr Hill gave an update based on the list of topics that he had circulated with the papers for the meeting.  This included updates on :-

·        Turner Contemporary

·        Kent School Games

·        Kent History Centre

·        Community Wardens’ Football Tournament

·        Youth Capital Fund

·        Olympics – Key dates

·        Mr Hespe’s recent visit to Beijing

·        The Dover Torch Campaign

·        Libraries

·        Youth

(2)        In response to a question from Mr Birkett on whether the Kent History Centre development had been effected by the economic climate, Mr Hill replied that the developer was currently optimistic that the scheme was viable.

(3)       Mrs Hohler referred Members to a LGA conference on maximising participation in the run up to the Olympics, to he held in December.

(4)       In response to a question in relation to the DVD of the Kent School Games, Ms Honey confirmed that the Directorate did record some events and a copy of these was kept in the Directorate.  Members could have access to these on request.  It was suggested that the use of DVD recording could be helpful to Members when considering awarding grants.

(5)       Members welcomed Mr Hill’s bullet point update and confirmed that they were happy with the format.

(6)       Ms Honey referred to the recent fire in the Channel Tunnel and commended the response of the Emergency Planning team.  She stated an item on Emergency Planning was scheduled for the January meeting of the Committee.

(7)       RESOLVED (a) Mr Hill’s bullet point update, Ms Honey’s update and the additional information that supplied at the meeting be noted.

            (b)       The Committee’s congratulations be passed to the Emergency Planning team for their work during the recent channel tunnel fire.