Agenda and minutes

Councillor P Clark substituted for Councillor H Rowson.

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and personal or personal and prejudicial interests.

No whip was declared.

Resolved– That the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting held on 13 January 2022, having been printed and circulated amongst the members, be taken as read and correctly recorded and be signed by the Chairman.

There were no public speaking requests received.

The Chairman welcomed Becky McIntyre, Nina Torr, Adam Hopley and Mark Kitching to the meeting, the council’s Director: Governance and Communities, Head of Finance and Commissioning, Financial Planning Strategic Lead and Chief Accountant respectively.

Mrs McIntyre, Mrs Torr, Mr Hopley and Mr Kitching had been invited to the meeting to discuss with members the financial reports that would be considered by Council at its budget setting meeting on 24 February 2022.

The scrutiny panel was guided through a comprehensive presentation that highlighted the key areas contained within the Council budget papers.

Following the conclusion of the presentation, the Chairman invited scrutiny panel members to comment on the matters discussed during the presentation. 

Resolved – (a) That the Director: Governance and Communities, Head of Finance and Commissioning, Financial Planning Strategic Lead and Chief Accountant, be thanked for their attendance, presentation and for answering scrutiny panel members questions, and (b) that the presentation be received with thanks.

The Chairman informed the Panel that the added item submitted by Councillor Yeadon on the ‘proceeds of property sold in the financial year 2020 to 2021 – an explanation of procedures and considerations prior to selling’ would be considered at a future meeting.

There was no urgent business for consideration at the meeting.