In accordance with Minute 99 of the Clacton Town Board on 7 November 2025, to:
(1) accept the funding identified from the Pride in Place Capacity Funding for Clacton-on-Sea to deliver the establishment and recruitment stated:
a. The funding of £54,000 for the establishment and recruitment of a Full Time (37 hours per week) Town Centre Manager (Pride in Place) for one year in 2026 (with £3,000 being applied to recruitment expenses for the role);
b. The funding of £78,000 for the establishment and recruitment of a Full Time (37 hours per week) Programme Manager (Pride in Place) for one year in 2026;
(2) allocate £8,800 from the approved ‘Engagement’ budget of £58,625 (from the Pride in Place Capacity Funding) in respect of the Clacton Town Board’s Visitor Survey commissioned by Essex County Council and, as such, enable the authorisation of payment of an invoice for this sum; and
(3) allocate £40,000 from the approved ‘Surveys, project preparation’ budget line, £4,536.25 from the approved ‘Engagement budget and £1,300 from the approved ‘Contingency’ budget in respect of the work undertaken by We Made That (the appointed consultant) in respect of the preparation work for the Board’s Vision, the youth engagement activity and attendance at a Clacton Councillors stakeholders meeting on 15 October 2025 and, as such, enable authorisation of payment of an invoice in the sum of £45,836.25.