Agenda and decisions

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 October 2017 (previously circulated in Agenda for Council meeting of 18 October 2017)

That the application for the designation of a Hunsdon Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan, submitted by Hunsdon Parish Council, be supported.

That the application for the designation of a Hunsdon with Eastwick and Gilston Joint Neighbourhood Plan, submitted by Hunsdon and Eastwick and Gilston Parish Councils, be supported.

That (A) a full financial sustainability strategy be developed;

(B)     the comments of Overview and Scrutiny Committee be received;

(C)    the implementation of the projects below be delegated to the Head of Strategic Finance and Property upon consideration of sound business cases:

·        Exploration of cost recovery approach to fees and charges

·        Physical Advertising on council assets

·        Advertising on the council website; and

(D)    a working group of officers and members be established to develop and deliver a Community Benefit Lottery.

That (A) the comments of Performance, Audit and Governance Scrutiny Committee be received; and

(B)    the Treasury management activity and prudential indicators for the first 6 months of the 2017/18 financial year be approved.

That (A) the projected revenue budget forecast overspend of £143k in 2017/18 as advised at October 2017, be noted;

(B)     the capital budget forecast underspend of £1.573m, as detailed at paragraph 6.1 of the report submitted, be noted;

(C)    the reported performance and actions for the period July to September 2017, as detailed at paragraph 9 of the report submitted, be noted; and

(D)    the comments of Performance, Audit and Governance Scrutiny Committee be received.

That (A) the comments of Performance, Audit and Governance Scrutiny Committee be received; and

(B)     the risk management controls implemented be approved.

Note – Essential Reference Papers B – F are enclosed for Members only as they contain exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.  In considering these matters, if necessary, the meeting may exclude the press and public as detailed at item 13.

That (A) the continued discussions with Bishop’s Stortford Town Council and the Rhodes Birthplace Trust to create a delivery model for the Arts/Cultural centre which transfers the existing Rhodes Arts Centre business to the new building, be supported; and

(B)     the work programme set out in section 5 of the report submitted, including the likely timeframes for submission of a planning application for a new multi-storey car park, and soft market testing for a development partner for the rest of the development, be noted.

If necessary, 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).