Agenda

Members are asked to declare any interest and the nature of that interest which they may have in any of the items under consideration at this meeting.

The Chairman to advise whether they have agreed to any item of urgent business being admitted to the agenda.

***Please note that the minutes are to follow as they are under review.***

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 28 November 2017.

To receive communications from the Chairman.

Report of the Chief Finance Officer.

Purpose of report

To provide members of Budget Planning Committee with an update on the business rates position as at the end of Quarter 2 of the 2017-2018 financial year.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1       To note this report.

** The appendices to this report will follow as they are being reviewed and finalised **

Report of the Chief Finance Officer.

Purpose of report

To review the current expenditure for projects in 2017/18 and the capital bids for 2018/19.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1       To note the contents of the report relating to 2017/18 expenditure.

1.2      To recommend capital bids and the proposed capital programme for approval by Executive Committee as part of the budget for 2018/19.

** The appendices to this report will follow as they are being reviewed and finalised **

Report of the Chief Finance Officer.

Purpose of report

To provide members of the Budget Planning Committee with an update on the Council’s proposed fees and charges for 2018/19.   

Recommendations

1.1       The meeting is recommended to note the contents of the report.

To review the Committee Work Plan.

The following items contain exempt information as defined in the following paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of Local Government Act 1972.

  3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Members are reminded that whilst the following item has been marked as exempt, it is for the meeting to decide whether or not to consider it in private or in public. In making the decision, members should balance the interests of individuals or the Council itself in having access to the information. In considering their discretion members should also be mindful of the advice of Council Officers.

Should Members decide not to make a decision in public, they are recommended to pass the following recommendation:

“That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the ground that, if the public and press were present, it would be likely that exempt information falling under the provisions of Schedule 12A, Part 1, Paragraph 3 would be disclosed to them, and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

** The appendices to this report will follow as they are being reviewed and finalised **

Exempt report of the Chief Finance Officer.