A no confidence motion in the Yorkshire Coast Bid will be debated by Scarborough Borough Councillors tomorrow.
The motion asks councillors to debate "the past and present performance of the Yorkshire Coast BID, its future operation and fitness for purpose"
It has been tabled by Councillors s Bill Chat and Clive Pearson and comes as a meeting of Scarborough Borough Council’s Audit Committee last week expressed concerns regarding the behaviour and spending of Yorkshire Coast BID.
The BID area runs from Staithes in the north to Spurn Point in East Riding at its southern point.
Yorkshire Coast BID Ltd was established as a private, not-for-profit company governed by a board of volunteer directors who represent independent, national and public sector operators, according to its website.
The BID is funded by a mandatory levy payable by qualifying local business, but Councillor Paul Riley says local businesses who have to pay the BID levy have told him they don't feel they are being listened to by the BID, he's calling for BID management to hold an AGM to which all levy payers would be invited.
Councillor Riley says local firms have been telling him of their frustration with the BID.
The full motion being discussed by borough councillors tomorrow state:
“In light of extraordinary, unforeseeable and unpredicted hardships to businesses throughout the pandemic and these early days of its aftermath, will this council […] now examine and debate the past and present performance of the Yorkshire Coast BID, its future operation and fitness for purpose and pass a vote of no confidence in Yorkshire Coast BID Ltd?”
Responding to the motion of no confidence, Clive Rowe-Evans, Chair of the Yorkshire Coast Business Improvement District, said he was “disappointed” to see the motion of no confidence.
He added:
“Over the last 3 years, the Yorkshire Coast BID has supported 83 different projects across the region and our investment to date of 1.4 million has attracted a further £848,000 match funding which has gone back into the community to boost the local economy and drive tourism. These projects have been for a variety of different initiatives and events designed to drive footfall and highlight the cultural offerings available in the different coastal towns.
“We were the only BID in the UK to have granted a 12-month extension to outstanding payments as we sympathised with those businesses that had experienced struggles during the pandemic.
“The Yorkshire Coast BID will continue to support all those levy payers who have backed the BID until at least July 2024 and we will continue to deliver a programme of initiatives that promote, protect and support the Yorkshire coast.”
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