Issue - meetings

Cabinet received a report providing an update to Cabinet on progress on the delivery of agreed budget savings across the museums service to date and details of budgetary pressures that the service are facing. The work of the Cabinet Working Group in relation to the service was noted.

Resolved: That

  i.  additional recurrent funding of £190,000 in the museums service budget from 2020/21 be approved.

  ii.  the use of one-off of £190,000 funding from reserves to cover an inyear pressure in 2019/20 be approved.

  iii.  the use of one-off funding from reserves of £433,000 in 2019/20 and £433,000 in 2020/21 (£866,000 in total) whilst the long term future of Queen Street Mill Museum and Helmshore Mills Textile Museum is considered be approved.

  iv.  the Cabinet Working Group be thanked for their ongoing work