Agenda and minutes

DECISION – That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 16 June 2020 be APPROVED as a correct record.

1.    Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

2.    Other Interests

The following declarations were made:

DECISION:

That the Forward Plan be APPROVED for publication.

The purpose of the report was to inform members of the Council’s overall performance and financial position for the period ended 31 March 2020 (Fourth Quarter 2019/20). The report was considered by the Resources Overview and Scrutiny Panel on 15 July 2020. The position was summarised as follows:

Members commented that the positive report reflected a tremendous effort on the part of all involved.

DECIDED:

1.    That the Fourth Quarter 2019/20 financial, procurement and performance position detailed in Appendices A, B and C and summarised in the report be NOTED.

2.    That the allocation of the surplus on the General Fund Revenue Account to reserves as explained in Appendix A (paragraph 2.10) be APPROVED.

3.    That the proposal to carry forward unspent revenue budget as described in Appendix A (paragraph 2.12) be APPROVED.

4.    That the proposals to carry forward unspent capital budget as set out in Appendix A (paragraph 5.6) be APPROVED.

The purpose of the report was to present the proposed financial planning process in order to review the longer term impact the Coronavirus pandemic had had on the financial position of the Authority.

A summary version of the updated MTFP – focusing on specific significant areas of change, would be presented to Members once the process had been completed.

DECIDED:

That the proposed process be NOTED.

The purpose of the report was to seek approval for capital funds to support Leek Town FC in converting their current natural grass pitch to a 3G all-weather pitch.

Subject to approval, the timeline of the funding process would be to submit the bid to the Football Foundation, receipt of an offer in January 2021 and opening of the newly installed facility in September 2021.

DECISION:

That the allocation of £100,000 capital funding to Leek Town FC providing match funding towards converting their current natural grass pitch to a 3G all-weather pitch be APPROVED.

The Chair to Move:-

“That, pursuant to Section 100A(2) and (4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings whereby it is likely that confidential information as defined in Section 100A (3) of the Act would be disclosed to the public in breach of the obligation of confidence or exempt information as defined in Section 100 I (1) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act would be disclosed to the public by virtue of the Paragraphs indicated.”

RESOLVED:

That, pursuant to Section 100A(2) and (4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings whereby it is likely that confidential information as defined in Section 100A (3) of the Act would be disclosed to the public in breach of the obligation of confidence or exempt information as defined in Section 100 I (1)  of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act would be disclosed to the public by virtue of the Paragraphs indicated.

The report outlined to Members the future options in relation to the Council’s ICT managed service contract.

Councillor Hall had declared a Other Interest and left the meeting prior to the commencement of this item. Councillor Scalise had declared a lobbying interest.

The report updated the Cabinet regarding the disposal of the last remaining plot at Victoria Business Park and requested authority to dispose of the asset in order to maximise the value of the land and realise a capital receipt.