Agenda item

To consider the Minutes of the under mentioned Committees (copy enclosed).

* Please note that where Minutes contain recommendations to the Council the Minute references for these recommendations are listed below for Members’ information.

a)        MINUTES OF OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE – 14 FEBRUARY 2018

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 14 February 2018 be adopted.

(b)       MINUTE OF FINANCE AND CORPORATE SERVICES COMMITTEE – 6 MARCH 2018

RESOLVED

Minute 868 – Pay Policy Statement (Annual Review)

RESOLVED

(i)              That the Pay Policy Statement attached at Appendix 1 to the Minutes of the Finance and Corporate Services Committee be adopted for the financial year 2018 /19.

Minute 869 – Treasury Management and Annual Investment Strategy

RESOLVED

(ii)           that the draft Treasury Management and Annual Investment Strategy together with the embedded Prudential Indicators for 2018 / 19, as set out in Appendices 2, 3 and 4 to the Minutes of the Finance and Corporate Services Committee, be approved

Minute 870 – Financial Services Policy – Mileage and Expenses

RESOLVED

(iii)         that subject to the above amendment outlined in the Minutes of the Finance and Corporate Services Committee, the Mileage and Expenses Policy attached at Appendix 5 to those Minutes, be approved and adopted

Minute 871 – Information and Data Security Policies

RESOLVED

(iv)          that the following information and data security policies (attached as Appendix 6 to the Minutes of the Finance and Corporate Services Committee) be agreed and adopted.

·                 Conditions of Acceptable Use V7.1 2018

·                 Corporate Information Security Policy V2.1 2018

·                 Using Email and Digital Communications V1.0 2018

Minute 871 – Data Protection Policy 2018

RESOLVED

(v)            that subject to the amendment detailed in the Minutes of the Finance and Corporate Services Committee, the Data Protection Policy, attached at Appendix 7 to those Minutes, be approved.

Minute 873 – Information Security Data Breach Incident Reporting Management Policy

RESOLVED

(vi)           that subject to the amendment detailed in the Minutes of the Finance and Corporate Services Committee, the Information Security Incident Reporting and Data Breach Management Policy, attached at Appendix 8 to those Minutes, be approved.

RESOLVED

(vii)         that subject to the above decisions, the Minutes of the meeting of the Finance and Corporate Services Committee held on 14 February 2018 be adopted.

(c)       MINUTE OF PLANNING AND LICENSING COMMITTEE – 8 MARCH 2018

Minute 882 – Essex Coastal Recreational Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (RAMS) Update

In response to a comment regarding the funding priorities, Councillor Mrs P A Channer, Chairman of the Planning and Licensing Committee, provided a brief update on discussions at the meeting and advised that an update report would be brought to the next meeting of the Committee.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Licensing Committee held on 8 March 2018 be adopted.