To: The Members of the RESOURCES COMMITTEE of the Exmoor National Park Authority
A meeting of the Resources Committee will be held in the Committee Room, Exmoor House, Dulverton on Tuesday 19 July 2005 at 2 pm
The meeting will be open to the press and public subject to the passing of any resolution under s.100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972.
(The agenda and papers for this meeting can be downloaded from the Authority’s website at www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk )
Dr Nigel Stone
National Park Officer
AGENDA
- Apologies for Absence
- Declarations of Interest: Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in relation to items on the agenda for this meeting. (NB. When verbally declaring interests, members are also asked to complete the Disclosure of Interests at Meetings form – attached for members only)
- Minutes: (1) To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 7 June 2005 (Item 3 attached (PDF, 11kb)). (2) To consider any Matters Arising from the Minutes.
- Public Question Time: The Chairman will allow members of the public to ask questions, make statements or present a petition on any matter on the Agenda for this meeting.
- Annual Accounts Outturn: To consider reports by the Chief Finance Officer as follows: (i) Budget Outturn 2004/05 and Position on Reserves as at 31 March 2005 (Item 5.i (PDF, 31kb)) (ii) Statement of Accounts for 2004/05 (Item 5.ii (PDF, 85kb)).
- External Audit Arrangements: To consider the report of the Chief Finance Officer (Item 6 attached (PDF, 70kb)).
- Annual Treasury Management Report: To consider the report of the Chief Finance Officer (Item 7 (PDF, 35kb)).
- Implementing Electronic Government Return 2005 Mid Term: To consider the attached draft of the return to be submitted to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Item 8 attached (PDF, 184kb)).
- Personnel Update: To note the following staff changes:- Arrivals: Eleri Valiant, Data Inputter (18/04/05)
Jo Cox, Rural Housing Enabler (10/05/05), Andrew Player, Conservation Assistant (Trees and Woodlands) (01/06/05), Liz Ridgway, Admin. Assistant (01/07/05), Spencer Dimmock, ‘England’s Past for Everyone Project’(05/07/05). Departures: Mike Groves, Field Services Assistant (06/05/05), Eleri Valiant, Data Inputter (31/05/05) - Confidential Business: To consider passing a resolution pursuant to Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972 that the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting on the grounds that publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business arising and that the following information will be considered which is exempt information as presented in Schedule 12A of the Act: - 8 – The amount of any expenditure proposed to be incurred by the authority under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services. 9 – Any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services
- Car Parking: To consider the confidential report of the Head of Business Management (Item 11 attached for members and appropriate officers only).
- Other Business of Urgency
Full Report (PDF, 445kb)
Further information on any of the reports can be obtained by contacting the National Park Authority at the address and telephone numbers at the top of the agenda.
Details of the decisions taken at this meeting will be circulated in the formal Minutes which the Authority will be asked to approve as a correct record at its next meeting. In the meantime, details of the decisions can be obtained from Martin Palmer, The Member Services Officer, at Exmoor House.