Agenda item

To agree the public minutes and summary of the previous meeting.

Resolved: That the minutes of the previous meeting be agreed as an accurate record, subject to items 12 and 13 being agreed by Members via email.

Matters arising:

The Town Clerk informed Members that the figures listed under item 4 in the minutes should be altered as follows:

Original budget 2014/15 = £4,788,000

Expenditure increase = £326,000

Increase in City Surveyor’s Additional Works Programme of £337,000 for Epping Forest and £253,000 for Burnham Beeches, Stoke Common and City Commons.

It was noted that 2014/15 Open Spaces Work Programme would be circulated to Members and Verderers in March 2014.

In response to a query regarding bovine TB, Officers informed Members that regular tests were carried out with no issue yet.