Decisions set out in the book have been made under delegated powers by the Chief Executive, Executive Directors or the Chief Finance Officer and Monitoring Officer, in consultation either with the relevant committee or Lead Councillor.

The Decision Book process has been altered to suspend the current Councillors’ call-in arrangements within the 10-day period after its publication and replace it with the ability during that period for three Councillors to request a retrospective review of the decision in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.

The decision book can be accessed on the Council’s website – www.reading.gov.uk/decisionbooks.

The officer reports accompanying the decisions are attached.

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This report sets out the decision to adopt the Reading Museum Access Policy.

This revised policy is consistent with professional museum practice and is a requirement of the Museum Accreditation Scheme – The UK Standard for museums and galleries. The regular review of this policy is good practice and is a requirement of the Museum Accreditation Scheme. This policy supersedes any previous policy in this area of the Museum’s work.

It is the decision of the Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services, in consultation with the Lead Councillor for Culture, Heritage and Recreation, that the attached Access Policy is adopted by Reading Museum to ensure that it continues to meet with the requirements of the Accreditation standard for UK museums.