Decision details

Implementation of the Peterborough Lottery - JULY17/CAB/14

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Cabinet considered the report and RESOLVED to:

 

1.    Approve the setting up of a Peterborough Lottery in accordance with the Medium Term Financial Plan;

 

2.    Authorise the Corporate Director, Resource to establish the ‘Peterborough Lottery’ in accordance with the policies in the attached appendices including implementing and running the Peterborough Lottery;

 

3.    Authorise the appointment of Gatherwell as the external lottery management company (ELM) to deliver the Peterborough Lottery;

 

4.    Agree that the proposed distribution of funding be considered at a future meeting of Cabinet; and

 

5.    Agree that a report would return to Cabinet in six months to provide an update on the progress of the Peterborough Lottery scheme.

 

Reasons for the decision:

To help in addressing the budgetary pressures facing the council in the future, and to enable community groups to ‘self-help’ by gaining access to their own lottery within the Peterborough Lottery umbrella scheme.

 

Alternative options considered:

Do Nothing:- Discounted on the basis that the scheme will deliver savings to the Council which would otherwise be lost.

 

Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:

None.

Background Documents:

None.

Publication date: 10/07/2017

Date of decision: 10/07/2017

Effective from: 14/07/2017

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