Labour GROUP AMENDMENT

NOTICE OF MOTION
REGISTER OF HERITAGE ASSETS

That the motion be amended to insert the text as shown below in bold italics and to delete the text as struck through.

Council asks the Chief Executive to write to the Secretary of State for Health, requesting:

This Council

1. Expresses regret over recent incidents relating to the loss of historic lanterns from the Brighton seafront;

2. Praises the actions of local investigative journalists for identifying said missing items; and

3. Calls for an officer report to the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee to explore options for setting up an independent group of volunteers to assist the relevant officers in the work of with the aim of establishing a list of all heritage assets – including those in situ, in storage and undergoing repair elsewhere – for which the Council has responsibility.;

4. For that report to explore:

· the option of valuing and certifying items that for any reason would require replacing, first offering them to Brighton or Hove Museum, then either for display in an alternate Council setting or for sale via a dedicated Council website;

· for local residents to be offered a prior chance to purchase these items before they go on general sale;

· the enhanced value that certification of these items can ensure;

· ring-fencing the funds raised from these sales to be allocated for the restoration of items in the public domain and to fund the storage space for such items and items which may be put up for sale.

Proposed by: Cllr Grimshaw                          Seconded by: Cllr O’Quinn

Motion if carried to read:

Council asks the Chief Executive to write to the Secretary of State for Health, requesting:

This Council

1. Expresses regret over recent incidents relating to the loss of historic lanterns from the Brighton seafront;

2. Praises the actions of local investigative journalists for identifying said missing items; and

3. Calls for an officer report to the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee to explore options for setting up an independent group of volunteers to assist the relevant officers in the work of establishing a list of all heritage assets – including those in situ, in storage and undergoing repair elsewhere – for which the Council has responsibility;

4. For that report to explore:

· the option of valuing and certifying items that for any reason would require replacing, first offering them to Brighton or Hove Museum, then either for display in an alternate Council setting or for sale via a dedicated Council website;

· for local residents to be offered a prior chance to purchase these items before they go on general sale;

· the enhanced value that certification of these items can ensure;

· ring-fencing the funds raised from these sales to be allocated for the restoration of items in the public domain and to fund the storage space for such items and items which may be put up for sale.