Issue - meetings

(i)       to agree to the implementation of the Plaques Policy with effect from the date of the Committee meeting (25 August 2021), subject to amending the Policy by replacing the word ‘must’ with ‘should normally’ in the qualifying criteria for people plaques (in section 5.1), and also making any necessary consequential amendments to the Policy and supporting documentation; and

(ii)       to agree to the proposed colour change for the People Plaques to blue and white.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which sought approval for a revision of the Council’s Plaques Policy, which guided the decisions of Council officers and Committees on whether a person, event or building should be recognised with a plaque by the City Council, and was last revised in 2002.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      agree to the implementation of the Plaques Policy with effect from the date of the Committee meeting (25 August 2021); and

(b)      agree to the proposed colour change for the People Plaques to blue and white.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to agree to the implementation of the Plaques Policy with effect from the date of the Committee meeting (25 August 2021), subject to amending the Policy by replacing the word ‘must’ with ‘should normally’ in the qualifying criteria for people plaques (in section 5.1), and also making any necessary consequential amendments to the Policy and supporting documentation; and

(ii)       to otherwise approve recommendation (b).