Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Stuart Fraser and Alderman Sir David Wootton.

There were no declarations.

To agree the public minutes of the Sub-Committee meeting held on 23 January 2014.

The public minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2014 were approved.

Report of the Chamberlain.

RESOLVED – that the following be approved:

a)    the purchase of a 3-year subscription licence agreement from Microsoft at an estimated total cost of £1,068,000;

b)     an increase to the Chamberlain’s budget in 2014-15 of £254,000 to be met from the Finance Committee’s Contingencies; the Chamberlain to determine an appropriate methodology for the allocation from each contingency (i.e. City Fund, City’s Cash and Bridge House Estates); and

c)     base budget increases of £332,000 for 2015/6, £352,000 for 2016/17, £109,000 for 2017/18 and £21,000 for 2018/19 - figures subject to tolerance of 5%.

There were no questions.

There was no other business.

MOTION – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

Part 2 – Non-Public Agenda

RESOLVED – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Scheduled 12A of the Locakl Government Act.

Item Nos.                                                        Paragraph(s) in Schedule 12A

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To agree the non-public minutes of the Sub-Committee meeting held on 23 January 2014.

The non-public minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2014 were approved.

Report of the Chamberlain.

The Sub Committee considered and agreed a report of the Chamberlain concerning Project Funding.

Report of the Chamberlain and the Deputy Town Clerk.

The Sub Committee noted a joint report of the Chamberlain and the Deputy Town Clerk which provided an update on the Service Based Review.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.