Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chairman

Minutes:

Resolved: That Cllr. Searles  be appointed as Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing municipal year.

 

(Cllr. Searles in the Chair)

2.

Appointment of Vice-Chairman

Minutes:

Resolved: That Cllr. Scholey be appointed as Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing municipal year.

 

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 34 KB

To agree the Minutes of the meeting of the Finance and Resources Advisory Committee held on 14 April 2015 as a correct record.

Minutes:

Resolved: That the Minutes of the meeting of the Finance and Resources Advisory Committee held on 14 April 2015 be agreed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

 

4.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

No additional declarations of interest were made.

 

5.

Actions from Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 18 KB

Minutes:

The actions from the Finance and Resources Advisory Committee meeting held on 14 April 2015, were noted.

 

6.

Update from Portfolio Holder

Minutes:

The Chairman and Portfolio Holder for Finance advised that he was new to the role and was looking forward to the challenge ahead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

Referrals from Cabinet or the Audit Committee

Minutes:

There were no referrals.

 

8.

Scope of Officer Responsibilities pdf icon PDF 21 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chief Officer presented a report which provide details of the role of the Committee, its areas of responsibility and key issues and challenges facing those areas.  Members received a short presentation on the relevant service areas.

 

Resolved:  That the report be noted.

9.

Financial Performance Indicators 2014/15 - to the end of March 2015 pdf icon PDF 22 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Finance presented a report which detailed the internally set performance indicators as at the end of March 2015 which Members considered. 

 

Resolved:  That the report be noted.

 

10.

Provisional Outturn 2014/15 and Carry Forward Requests pdf icon PDF 41 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Finance presented the provisional financial outturn figures for 2014/15 which would be presented to Cabinet at its meeting on 4 June 2015, and set out the requests to carry forward unspent budgets into 2015/16 for Revenue items. 

 

Public Sector Equality Duty

 

Members noted that consideration had been given to impacts under the Public Sector Equality Duty.

 

Resolved:  That it be recommended to Cabinet that

 

a)     the Revenue ‘carry forward’ requests totalling £204,090 as set out in paragraph 14 of the report be approved;

 

b)     the Capital carry forward request totalling £140,000 as set out in paragraph 15 of the report be approved;

 

c)      a sum of £50,000 be transferred to the Housing Surveys earmarked reserve to enable a Stock Condition survey to be completed in 2015/16;

 

d)     a Health and Safety Earmarked Reserve be established, and a sum of £100,000 be transferred to that reserve as at the end of March 2015; and

 

e)      a sum of £60,000 be set aside to provide for payment in respect of restitutionary claims and costs in respect of personal search fees.

 

11.

Work Plan pdf icon PDF 15 KB

Minutes:

The work plan was noted. It was agreed that the meeting of the 25 February 2016 would be moved to 18 April 2016.

 

1 September 2015:   Introduction to Audit, Risk and Anti-Fraud

 

17 November 2015:  Introduction to Revenues and Benefits

 

25 January 2016:      Introduction to Procurement Strategy

                                    Risks and Assumptions for Budget 2016/17

                                    Capital and Asset Maintenance Budget 2016/17

                                    Treasury Management Strategy 2016/17

Financial Performance Indicators 2015/16 – to the end of November 2015

Financial Results 2015/16 – to the end of November 2015

 

18 April 2016:            Introduction to Facilities Management

Financial Performance Indicators 2015/16 – to the end of February 2016

Financial Results 2015/16 – to the end of February 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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