Agenda and minutes

Corporate & Performance Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 5th July, 2023 10.00 am

Venue: as a Hybrid Meeting virtually via MS Teams or in the Sir William Firth Room at the General Offices, Ebbw Vale

Items
No. Item

1.

Simultaneous Translation

You are welcome to use Welsh at the meeting, a minimum notice period of 3 working days is required should you wish to do so.  A simultaneous translation will be provided if requested.

 

Minutes:

It was noted that no requests had been received for the simultaneous translation service.

 

Media

2.

Apologies

To receive.

Minutes:

An apology for absence was received from Councillor C Bainton.

3.

Declarations of Interest and Dispensations

To receive.

Minutes:

No declarations of interest or dispensations were raised.

4.

Revenue Budget Monitoring 2022/2023 – Provisional Outturn pdf icon PDF 562 KB

To consider the report of the Chief Officer Resources.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Chief Officer Resources.

 

The Committee AGREED that the report be accepted and

 

(a)         Members considered and provided the appropriate challenge to the financial outcomes in the report; and

(b)         noted the net use of specific reserves (Option 1).

 

 

5.

Capital Budget Monitoring, Provisional Outturn 2022/2023 Financial Year (As at 31 March 2023) pdf icon PDF 520 KB

To consider the report of the Chief Officer Resources.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Chief Officer Resources.

 

The Committee AGREED that the report be accepted and

 

(a)          Members considered the information included within the report and provided the appropriate challenge to the financial outcomes in the report;

(b)          continued to support appropriate financial control procedures agreed by Council; and

(c)           noted the budgetary control and monitoring procedures in place within the Capital Team, to safeguard Authority funding (Option 1).

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Meeting Specific Requirements of the Equality Act 2010: Strategic Equality Policy Development pdf icon PDF 591 KB

To consider the report of the Head of Democratic Services, Governance and Partnerships.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Head of Governance and Partnerships.

 

The Committee AGREED that the report be accepted and supported the proposed approach for developing the Strategic Equality Plan 2024/28 and Equality Objectives to be approved by Cabinet (Option 1).