Issue - meetings

Cabinet received a proposal to make changes to the Terms of Reference of the Cabinet Working Group for Museums following a decision by Full Council that secured further funding for Queen Street Mill Museum, Helmshore Textile Mills Museum and the Conservation Studio.

In presenting the report, it was noted that the Cabinet Working Group for Museums at its meeting on 30 September 2020, requested an amendment to the Terms of Reference of the committee. The amendment was to add the following to the Roles and Functions, listed in the Terms of Reference, "Consider the recruitment, training and re-training of technicians and apprentices for the technical jobs in the mills and also look to current and forthcoming government funded schemes in support of a sustainable future for all our museums."

Resolved: That, the revised Terms of Reference for the Cabinet Working Group for Museums as set out in Appendix 'A' of the report be approved subject to the addition of the following point in the Terms of Reference, "Consider the recruitment, training and re-training of technicians and apprentices for the technical jobs in the mills and also look to current and forthcoming government funded schemes in support of a sustainable future for all our museums."