Issue - meetings

This report sets out the current proposals for developing the Bath City Liaison Forum into a new Bath City Conference recommending Terms of Reference and outlining plans for the first Bath City Conference

Councillor Paul Crossley moved the recommendations.  He congratulated the Divisional Director, David Trethewey, for his lead on the issue.  The proposals would offer a way of enabling the council to engage with all the residents of Bath.

Councillor David Dixon in seconding the proposal, said that he was looking forward to the conference planned for 2^nd May which would involve residents, businesses, visitors and other organisations with an interest in the city.

On a motion from Councillor Paul Crossley, seconded by Councillor David Dixon, it was

RESOLVED (unanimously)

(1) To ADOPT the emerging approach to the future development of the Bath City Conference, to be kept under review so that opportunities to link this process with other community engagement are fully considered;

(2) To ESTABLISH a Steering Group with the membership as set out in the report; and

(3) To AGREE the involvement of the Council on the basis of the Terms of Reference , to be kept under review; and

(4) To AGREE that the membership and working arrangements of the forum be presented for approval at the first meeting of the Bath City Conference.