Temperatures are forecast to drop to -5C in Potters Fields this summer, with the world's largest ice attraction due to open on 1 May.
Chaucer Ward councillor Dr Abdur-Rahman Olayiwola has quit the Lib Dems and is standing as an independent having failed to be reselected.
Lower Marsh market, the Leake Street tunnel, Jubilee Gardens and the Mayor's framework for Waterloo were among the subjects raised at Tuesday's meeting.
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