Decision details

That (A) the budgetary variances set out in paragraph 2.1 of the report be noted;

(B)     a further drawdown of £6,500 from the Local Plan Reserve to fund the extension of hours and overtime arrangements in the Development Plans Section to support District Plan preparation work as set out in paragraph 2.6 of the report submitted, be approved;

(C)    the current position and action proposed to address three performance indicators that are currently off target of which EHPI 181 has been off target for the third consecutive month, be noted, and the Executive Member for Health, Housing and Community Support, in conjunction with Officers, continue to monitor the situation;

(D)    the use of £40,000 of the contingency budget to fund a housing needs survey to determine the future needs of social housing tenants, as detailed at paragraph 2.27 of the report submitted, be approved;

(E)     the use of £75,000 of the contingency budget to fund the filling of a sink hole in Cherry Tree, Hertford, as detailed at paragraph 2.28 of the report submitted, be approved;

(F)     changes to the capital programme as detailed in paragraphs 2.32 to 2.42 of the report submitted, be approved; and

(G)    a request for a £30,000 capital bid to carry out the initial stages of a survey of gas emissions at the Pole Hole Landfill Site, as detailed in paragraph 2.44 to 2.45 of the report submitted, be approved.