Issue - meetings

(i)           to approve the allocation of £120,000 to the Centre for the Moving Image towards the purchase of digital projection equipment for the Belmont Media Centre; and

(ii)          to approve the additional expenditure of £10,000 per annum to be included in the payment for services, making the total annual payment to the Centre for the Moving Image £85,000.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Education, Culture and Sport which provided an update on the future operation of the Belmont Media Centre and requested approval to allocate £120,000 towards the purchase of digital projection equipment and the inclusion of an additional £10,000 per annum in the payment for services.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)          approve the allocation of £120,000 to the Centre for the Moving Image towards the purchase of digital projection equipment for the Belmont Media Centre; and

(b)          approve the inclusion of additional expenditure of £10,000 per annum in the payment for services, making the total annual payment to the Centre for the Moving Image £85,000.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.