Consideration was given to a report requesting that the report back on the closure of the museum, as resolved at the Council meeting on 12th November 2008, be delayed until February 2009. The Executive Director – Partnerships and Projects informed Members that he had attended the first meeting of the ‘Friends of the Norton Collection Charitable Trust’. More detailed information was required on the position of the ‘Friends of the Norton Collection Charitable Trust’ to purchase the Museum building, and the specialist removal, storage and future management of the artefacts. It was therefore proposed that the report back be delayed until April 2009. Members agreed that this would not delay the closure process. Members were also reminded that in its role as Trustee the Council had a duty to act in the best interests of the Trust.
RECOMMENDATION that the report to the Council on the closure of the museum be delayed until April 2009.