Issue - meetings

To receive any apologies for absence.

Councillor Lewis Herbert, Chairman of the Executive Board, read out a statement on behalf of the University.  The statement highlighted that the University of Cambridge had held a position as a City Deal partner since the programme’s inception in 2014, along with the three Councils and the Local Enterprise Partnership, making it clear that the University was represented by a non-voting Member on the Executive Board.

As one of the biggest employers in the City, the University took an interest in City Deal proposals and submitted responses to consultations, in the same way as any other stakeholder.  However, where there was any actual or perceived risk of a conflict of interests the University representative on the City Deal Board would choose to abstain from taking part at the meeting.  In view of this and the fact that an item on the agenda for this meeting concerned consideration of a preferred bus route from Cambourne to Cambridge, Professor Nigel Slater, who was the University’s representative on the Board, submitted his apologies for absence, thereby abstaining from participation during consideration of this issue.

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Mark Robertson and Councillor Tim Wotherspoon.