Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Alex Bain-Stewart; Deputy Stanley Ginsburg; Graham Packham and Chris Punter.

There were no declarations.

Before commencing the business on the agenda, the Town Clerk reminded Members that this Special Meeting would be constituted in the same way as an ordinary Committee Meeting; ie the same Terms of Reference and Standing Orders would apply and therefore only non-resident Members were eligible to vote. 

Report of the Chamberlain and the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Committee considered a joint report of the Chamberlain and the Director of Community and Children’s Services in respect of the Revenue and Capital Budgets.  This report had been deferred from the last meeting of the Barbican Residential Committee on 14^th December 2015, following queries from Members in respect of  capital charges. 

The revised report sought to address these queries and Members noted that the accounts were produced in accordance with CIPFA Guidelines, whereby the treatment of capital charges created a deficit.  The Head of Financial Services explained that all budget reports were presented to Service Committees in the same format.  However, Members’ comments were duly noted and would be passed to the Chamberlain for further consideration. 

In concluding, Members were pleased that the presentation of the figures in this revised report had progressed to a more understandable format.  The Head of Financial Services invited Members to contact him directly, should they have further queries.

RESOLVED – that,

1.  The Provisional 2016/17 Revenue Budget be approved for submission to the Finance Committee. 

2.  The Draft Capital Budget be approved.

3.  The Chamberlain be authorised to revise these budgets to allow for further implications arising from departmental reorganisations and other reviews arising from corporate projects.    

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

RESOLVED – that, the public be excluded from item 5 by virtue of paragraphs 1,2 and 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

The Chairman has agreed to the admission of a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services in respect of assigning a lease.

The Chairman agreed to the admission of one item of business, whilst the public were excluded and Members subsequently considered and approved a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.