Issue - meetings

Report to follow.

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

(B)     the use of £116,780 from the Local Plan Reserve as noted in paragraph 2.3 of this report, be approved;

(C)    an additional £20,000 to support the Citizen Advisory Bureau as detailed in paragraph 2.5 of this report, be approved;

(D)    the virement of £30,000 from the Credit Union to Rent Deposit budget as detailed in paragraph 2.8 of this report, be approved;

(E)     a request to slip £40,000 of Community Capital Grant into 2015/16 as outlined in paragraph 2.23 of this report, be approved; and

(F)     carry forward requests of £38,245, £81,750, £18,000, £73,325, £15,000, £5,000 and £6,730 as outlined in paragraphs 2.24 to 2.32 be approved.

The Leader of the Council submitted an exception report on performance and finance monitoring for East Herts Council for May 2014.

He referred to performance indicator EHPI 192 (% of household waste sent for reuse, recycling and composting) and advised that this data was not available at this stage and would be included in the report to the next meeting.  

In response to questions by Councillor T Page on the proposed funding of temporary posts in the Development Plans team, the Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Transport stated that a huge amount of work had been identified in the team’s work programme and it was important to move forward on the various Local Plan processes.  The Director of Neighbourhood Services added that the proposed use of temporary staff was the most economic and effective option.

The Executive approved the recommendations now detailed.

RESOLVED - that (A) the budgetary variances set out in paragraph 2.1 of the report submitted be noted;

(B)       the use of £116,780 from the Local Plan Reserve as noted in paragraph 2.3 of the report submitted, be approved;

(C)       an additional £20,000 to support the Citizen Advisory Bureau as detailed in paragraph 2.5 of the report submitted, be approved;

(D)       the virement of £30,000 from the Credit Union to Rent Deposit budget as detailed in paragraph 2.8 of the report submitted, be approved;

(E)       a request to slip £40,000 of Community Capital Grant into 2015/16 as outlined in paragraph 2.23 of the report submitted, be approved; and

(F)       carry forward requests of £38,245, £81,750, £18,000, £73,325, £15,000, £5,000 and £6,730 as outlined in paragraphs 2.24 to 2.32 of the report submitted, be approved.