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St. Helier Retail: Funding Support

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A decision made on 6 November 2020

Decision Reference: MD-E-2020-0052

Decision Summary Title :

St Helier Retail Funding Support

Date of Decision Summary:

06/11/2020

Decision Summary author

Registrar of Aircraft and Shipping

Decision Summary:

Public or exempt?

Public

Type of report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person giving

Oral Report:

n/a

Written Report

title :

St Helier Retail Funding Support Request

Date of Written Report:

06/11/2020

Written Report author

Registrar of Aircraft and Shipping

Written Report:

Public or exempt?

Public

Subject: Parish of St Helier Town Centre Recovery Plan – Request for Financial Support

Decision: The Minister approved the allocation from uncommitted departmental funds of a sum not exceeding £35,000 to support pre-Christmas initiatives within the Parish of St Helier Town Centre Recovery Plan.

Reasons for Decision:

On 20 October 2020, the Minister received a briefing on the Town Centre Recovery Plan at St Helier Town Hall.

 

The Minister was satisfied in principle that the range of measures proposed within the Plan had potential to improve town centre retail trading prospects through November and December 2020. He was further satisfied that the Department was in a position to make available a maximum of £35,000 in uncommitted funds for 2020 to support execution of the Plan, subject to a requirement that officials –

(a)    verify the viability of executing individual pre-Christmas projects within the Plan, and

(b)    obtain confirmed notice and verified invoices for relevant Plan expenditure to be met using departmental funds.

Resource Implications: There are no staffing implications. The funding requirement of £35,000 will be met from uncommitted departmental funds.

Action required: Registrar of Aircraft and Shipping to obtain and verify invoices for relevant expenditure commitments made by Parish of St Helier in support of Recovery Plan.  Accounting Officer to authorise necessary payments not exceeding maximum sum approved by the Minister.

Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

Senator Lyndon Farnham

Position:

 

Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture

Date signed:

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed)

 

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