Agenda and minutes
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Minutes of the meeting held on 26 January 2021 Additional documents: Minutes: 42.1 The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 26 January 2021 were agreed as a correct record. |
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Disclosures of interests Disclosures by all members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.
Additional documents: Minutes: 43.1 Councillor Sylvia Tidy declared a personal non-prejudicial interest in item 6 as a member of the Board of Conservators of Ashdown Forest. |
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Council Monitoring: Quarter 3 2020/21 Report by Chief Executive Additional documents: Minutes: 44.1 The Cabinet considered a report by the Chief Executive.
44.2 It was RESOLVED to: 1) note the latest monitoring position for the Council; and
2) approve the proposed amendments to performance measures as set out in paragraph 2.1 of the report.
Reason 44.3 The report sets out the Council’s position and year end projections for the Council Plan targets, Revenue Budget, Capital Programme, Savings Plan together with Risks for 2020/21 quarter 3. |
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Conservators of Ashdown Forest - Outturn for 2020/21 and interim budget for 2021/22
Report by Chief Operating Officer Additional documents: Minutes: 45.1 The Cabinet considered a report by the Chief Operating Officer.
45.2 It was RESOLVED to:
1. note the financial outturn position for the Conservators’ Core Budget for 2020/21;
2. approve the provision of £69,792 as one-off financial support to meet the overall deficit in 2020/21, arising primarily as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic;
3. approve the Conservators’ Core interim budget for 2021/22,noting that the Board of Conservators has provided assurance that the balanced budget is deliverable and there is no requirement for the County Council to provide additional funding in 2021/22; and 4. approve the annual grant for 2020/21 from the Ashdown Forest Trust Fund Reason
45.3 While the County Council has a statutory obligation to meet the shortfall between expenditure and income of the Conservators, it also has the responsibility for approving the level of expenditure. It is recognised that the 2020/21 deficit in the Core budget has arisen as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and was not foreseeable when the budget was agreed.
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Items to be reported to the County Council Additional documents: Minutes: 45.1 It was agreed that items 5 and 6 should be reported to the County Council. [Note: The items being reported to the County Council refer to minute numbers 43 and 44] |