WARD MATTERS AND OUTSIDE ORGANISATIONS - MEMBERS' REPORTS
To receive any verbal reports from Members regarding Ward matters and Outside Organisations.
Decision:
Councillor Ruth Brown provided a verbal update on Outside Organisations, including Citizens Advice and Royston First.
Councillor Brown also provided a Ward Matters update regarding the naming of a path.
Minutes:
Audio recording – 71 minutes 00 seconds
North Herts Citizens Advice
Councillor Ruth Brown provided an update for Members including that:
· The number of enquiries received was up, with a specific rise regarding cost of living, debt and benefits.
· They had run Cost of Living workshops in Baldock but were looking for funding to expand this offer to Royston.
Royston First
Councillor Brown provided an update for Members including that:
· The renewal ballot for the Royston BID was due by 2024, but no date had been set for this yet and meetings were scheduled to take place with Letchworth and Hitchin BID managers to agree this.
· Preparations were ongoing to develop a prospectus and it would seek to authorise a further 5-year term, with businesses voting on this.
· Advertising was now in place for a full time BID Manager, which would relieve pressure and increase capacity of the organisation.
· They were working closely with the Royston Environmental Group, including arranging a litter pick on 22 April.
Councillor Brown also noted that, following a request from a resident, a proposal had been made to the Town Council to name the footpath located off Briary Lane to Princes Mews as ‘Jockey Way’, and this had been agreed by the Town Council.