Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Resources, (copy enclosed).

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Resources reporting:

·                    virements and supplementary estimates agreed under delegated powers;

·                    procurement exemptions that had been granted in the period;

·                    on the use of the Repairs and Maintenance reserve during the year.

It was reported that there were no Virements or Supplementary Estimates to be reported for this period.

Members noted that there had been one procurement exemption granted to continue with the current banking arrangements and the report provided further detail in respect of this exemption. 

A number of requests for funding from the Repairs and Renewals reserve had been approved and the details of these were set out in the report.

Councillor Mrs M E Thompson joined the meeting during this item of business.

In response to a question regarding the use of reserves being looked at collectively or as individual amounts, the Director of Resources reminded Members of the policy regarding supplementary estimates and explained that this did not apply to the use of reserves.  It was noted that the Council had very clear procurement guidance which did not allow the segregation of things to bypass rules and regulations.  In respect of the use of reserves and the five items reported these were separate incidents which required repairs, had happened at different points in the year and would not be combined together.

RESOLVED that the contents of the report be noted.