Agenda item

Report of the Chamberlain.

The Committee considered a Report of the Chamberlain which provided Members with information regarding the current balance of the Finance Committee Contingency Funds for the current year.

In response to a query concerning the Committee’s International Disaster Fund, the Chairman highlighted the importance of what we can do to further amplify our donations and the ways in which we can encourage other organisations to donate.  

The Chairman and the Director of Communicaitons pointed out the we had established an eight point communications plan in order to try to maximise the impact of our donations in future. Additional work was also being undertaken by the team at Mansion House and the Communications Department to see what else we can do.

RESOLVED – That the Committee:

• Noted the Central Contingencies 2021/22 uncommitted balances and;

• Agreed to allocate a sum of £300,000 from City’s Cash Contingency 2021/22

to top up the COVID Contingency for 2021/22.