Agenda and minutes


Venue: Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury OX15 4AA

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Items
No. Item

15.

Declarations of Interest

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.

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

16.

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To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 16 December 2019.

 

***Please note the minutes will be to follow***

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 16 December 2019 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

17.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive communications from the Chairman

Minutes:

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

18.

Urgent Business

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

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

19.

Exclusion of the Public and Press

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

 

1             Information relating to any individual

 

2             Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual

 

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 items have been marked as exempt, it is for the meeting to decide whether or not to consider each of them 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, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of Schedule 12A of that Act and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

Resolved

 

That, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 12A of that Act and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

20.

Graven Hill Business Plan and Budget 2020/21, Quarter 3 Reports and Final Accounts for year ended 31 March 2019

Exempt report of Executive Director of Finance (Interim).

Minutes:

The Committee considered an exempt report from the Executive Director: Finance (Interim), which detailed the Graven Hill Business Plan and Budget for 2020/21, the Quarter 3 reports and final accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019.

 

The Committee asked a number of questions which were duly answered by the Managing Director Graven Hill Development Company.

 

Resolved

 

(1)       That the Graven Hill quarter three management information be noted

 

(2)       That the Graven Hill audited annual reports and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2019 be noted

 

(3)       That the Graven Hill business plan and budget 2020/21 be approved.

 

21.

CSN Resources Service Delivery Plan and Budget 2020/21

Exempt Report of Executive Director of Finance (Interim).

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report which detailed the Service Delivery Plan and Resources Budget for CSN to 2020/21.

 

The Operations Director CSN Resources advised the Committee that accessibility was a key work area for the coming year, as well as automating processes where possible.

 

In response to questions from the Committee, the Operations Director CSN Resources advised that Revenues and Benefits was a specific workstream of the West Northamptonshire unitary project, and the implications of the creation of the unitary authority on CSN Resources were being investigated. Further information was expected in the coming months.

 

The Committee congratulated the Operations Director CSN Resources on the level of service delivery, and thanked the team for their hard work.

 

Resolved

 

(1)      That the CSN Resources Service Delivery Plan 2020/21 be noted

 

(2)      That the CSN Resources Budget 2020/21 be approved.