Agenda and decisions

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3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 142 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 November 2015.

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5.

Issues Arising from Scrutiny pdf icon PDF 117 KB

Report to follow

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6.

Request for Area Designation for Neighbourhood Planning: Sawbridgeworth Parish pdf icon PDF 201 KB

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Decision:

That the application for the designation of a Neighbourhood Area, submitted by Sawbridgeworth Town Council, be supported.

7.

Council Tax Reduction Scheme pdf icon PDF 162 KB

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8.

Charrington's House, Bishop's Stortford Capital Bid pdf icon PDF 126 KB

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9.

Quarterly Corporate Healthcheck - July-Sept 2015 pdf icon PDF 245 KB

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Decision:

That (A) the comments of the Corporate Business Scrutiny Committee on the Quarterly Corporate Healthcheck, be received;

 

(B)     the revenue budget forecast underspend of £556k be noted;

 

(C)    the use of the transformation reserve to fund the compensation payments in respect of changes to the employee expenses policy of £198k be approved;

 

(D)    proposed slippage on capital schemes of £277.7k be noted;

 

(E)     the current explanation for long term trends for:

·                    EHPI 151 – Number of homeless households living in temporary accommodation at the end of the quarter

·                    EHPI 152 – The number of applicants accepted as owed the main homelessness duty to secure accommodation.

·                    EHPI 2.6 – Percentage of residual waste (refuse) sent for disposal

·                    EHPI 12c– Total number of sickness absence days per FTE staff in post

be noted;

 

(F)     the amendment to the indicator set out in paragraph 7.7 of the report submitted, be noted; and

 

(G)    the risk controls and addition to the Strategic Risk Register be approved.

11.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To move that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of item 12 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act of the following description:

 

“Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)”

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12.

NNDR Write-Off

Decision:

That the write off of an uncollectable business rates debt of £51,654.66, as detailed in the report submitted, be authorised.