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Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee - Monday, 8th December, 2025 11.00 am
December 8, 2025 View on council websiteSummary
The Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee are scheduled to discuss the City Arts Initiative, proposals for the future of the Skills and Innovation Training Centre, and the revenue outturn forecast as at Quarter 2 2025/26. The committee will also be asked to approve the minutes of the last meeting and note the committee's forward plan. Some items on the agenda will be discussed with the public excluded.
City Arts Initiative
The committee will be asked to consider recommendations relating to the City Arts Initiative (CAI). The CAI aims to celebrate individuals with connections to the City of London through the installation of commemorative plaques. The report pack includes information on proposed plaques for:
- Francis Barber, a servant to Samuel Johnson1
- George Sandeman, founder of the Port wine merchant Sandeman, at Billiter Street. Background research and a mock-up of the proposed plaque are included in the report pack.
- John Amos Comenius, a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian, at Angel Court. Supporting information is included in the report pack.
The committee will also consider a report on a proposal to commission a sculpture by Delcy Morelos, a Colombian artist, for the Barbican Estate2.
Skills and Innovation Training Centre
The committee will consider proposals for a transfer of the Skills and Innovation Training Centre (SITC) to a Community Interest Company (CIC) model in principle. The Skills and Innovation Training Centre is located at Aldgate Tower. The report pack includes a document titled 2025 11 28 - SITC - proposed delivery model and governance, as well as a Protocol for Outside Bodies. The Skills and Innovation Training Centre aims to provide accessible training and skills development opportunities for City residents, workers and visitors. According to the report pack, the proposal to transfer the SITC to a CIC model is based on a review of the centre's delivery model and governance. The proposed transfer to a CIC model is intended to provide the SITC with greater flexibility and autonomy, allowing it to respond more effectively to the needs of the community.
Revenue Outturn Forecast
The committee will receive the Revenue Outturn Forecast as at Quarter 2 2025/26. The report, titled CHL Qtr 2 Forecasts 2526 - Final2, is from The Chamberlain, Deputy Town Clerk, Executive Director of Community and Children's Services, City Surveyors and the Executive Director of Environment.
Minutes and Actions
The committee will be asked to agree the public minutes of the meeting of 03 November 2025, which can be found in the document titled 251103CHLdraftminutesP, and review the actions arising from that meeting, which are listed in CHLActionsupdatedNov25P.
Forward Plan
The committee are asked to note the Committee's forward plan, as detailed in ForwardPlanCHL_Dec2025.
Exclusion of the Public
The committee will consider a motion to exclude the public from the meeting for certain items, as they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.
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Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer, poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. , at Gough Square. A mock-up of the proposed plaque is included in the report pack. ↩
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The Barbican Estate is a residential complex in the City of London, built in the 1960s and 1970s in the Brutalist architectural style. ↩
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