To recommend that the Cabinet Member for Heritage make the decision to:
1) Approve the grant of £75,000 to Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Trust towards the cost of purchasing a property for an Archaeology Store to store and make publicly accessible archaeological finds and archives relating to the county of Wiltshire and for the people of Wiltshire. 1
2) Delegate authority to Laurie Bell, Associate Director Communities and Communications to conclude all necessary formalities relating to the grant funding including the authority to enter into the related Grant Agreement on behalf of the Council and to secure the grant funding by way of a First Legal Charge on the property.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 05/12/2018
Decision due: Not before 13 Dec 2018 by Cabinet Member for Housing, Corporate Services, Arts, Heritage and Tourism
Lead member: Cllr Richard Clewer, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Military-Civilian Integration, Health and Wellbeing, Economic Development, Heritage, Arts, and Tourism richard.clewer@wiltshire.gov.uk
Contact: Email: terry.bracher@wiltshire.gov.uk 01249 705500.
Consultation process
Relevant Heritage Service and other Wiltshire Council officers and Cabinet members have been consulted through written correspondence and meetings. Other stakeholders have been consulted through written correspondence and meetings; and independent advice has been sought where necessary via stakeholders.