Decision - Brighton Town Hall: City Hall and Civic Office Proposals

RESOLVED – That the Committee:

1)     Agrees that Officers continue to develop the Civic Office proposals, including piloting a programme of civic events hosted by the mayor’s office, linked to attracting inward investment and supporting key business-related campaigns or policy initiatives.

2)     Agrees that Officers further develop designs and a financial business case to refurbish and modernise Brighton Town Hall to become a multi-sector hub for business growth, international trade, inward investment activity, and destination marketing to position the City as ‘open for business’, and that the full business case will return to a future Policy, Resource and Growth committee for consideration.

3)     Agrees that Officers design a role and a recruitment process for a number of ‘city ambassadors’: a small pool of council-recognised people drawn from the business sector.  Proposals around the ambassador role will developed in consultation with the Leaders Group with a view to the first appointments being made in the 2017/18 municipal year.