Decision details

Endorsed the proposals contained in the report for the future management and funding arrangements for the leisure centres at St. Ivo, Huntingdon, St. Neots, Ramsey and Sawtry;

agreed that responsibility for the leisure centres be undertaken by the District Council with effect from the new financial year;

agreed to wind up the existing five management committees with effect from the end of the current financial year;

approved the establishment of an active leisure forum, in accordance with the terms of reference set out in the Annex to the report, and that Huntingdon Town Council be awarded one representative on that forum;

agreed that the existing management agreements be substituted by new agreements to be approved by the County Council and the individual secondary school governing bodies, plus an amendment to the lease of Huntingdon Sports Hall and that the Head of Administration be authorised to determine the final content of the agreement, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Leisure and the General Manager, Leisure; and

requested that future levels of performance for the Centres be reported to Cabinet on a 6 monthly basis.

to adapt to the changing economic and educational environments