Decision details

A report setting out recommendations from the Regeneration and Community Overview and Scrutiny Committee on changes to the Town Centre Management service and operation of street markets.

356/2002 The Cabinet agreed to give the retail sector greater prominence and consideration in the forthcoming revisions/reviews to the Council's Tourism Strategy and Economic Development Strategy;
357/2002 The Cabinet noted the support of the Committee to the transfer of the management of street markets and farmers markets from the environmental health unit of the front line task force to the tourism and retail sector unit of economic development and neighbourhood renewal;
358/2002 In support of decision number 357/2002 the Cabinet agreed for the budget transfer from the community safety budget head to the regeneration and renewal budget head.
359/2002 The Cabinet agreed to formalise the current market contracts prior to a complete re-tendering of the service in 2003 for implementation in April 2004;
360/2002 The Cabinet agreed in the budget setting process to permit the additional income raised via street markets (over budget expectation for 2003/2004) to be retained by the Town Centre Management service in order to add value to future developmental and marketing programmes.

These decisions will support and highlight the retail sector within the Medway towns and the council's relevant strategies, regularise the contractual position relating to the markets and provide a more effective and obvious line of management in terms of the street markets.