Issue - decisions

Support for the Tour de Yorkshire 2022

15/07/2021 - Support for the Tour de Yorkshire 2022

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