The Chief Executive Officer considered the
report presented at the informal meeting of Executive members held
on 13 July 2021. Having taken account of the comments made by
Executive Members, he resolved for the reasons set out below in
this decision record to:
i. approve funding of £100k to Welcome to Yorkshire as a fee
to staging the 2022 Tour de Yorkshire;
ii. approve the provision of a further fee of up to £100k in
the event that Welcome to Yorkshire are unable to generate
sufficient sponsorship for the 2022 event and that this provision
is funded from the Strategic Capacity Unallocated; and
iii. delegate authority to the Corporate Director, Business &
Environmental Services in consultation with the Corporate Director,
Strategic Resources to make any payment to Welcome to Yorkshire
which becomes due after appropriate due diligence is carried
out.
iv. Approve the undertaking of two reviews post the Tour de
Yorkshire event in 2022 – the first to review the
event’s sponsorship and the resulting media coverage the
county received. The second a wider review of the principal of
supporting one-off events;
By whom: Richard Flinton, Chief Executive Officer, under his
emergency delegated powers and after consultation with the
Executive Members