Agenda

To receive any apologies and notification of substitutes.

Members are requested to declare the existence and nature of any disclosable pecuniary interest and/or other interest in any item on the agenda.

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 11 February 2021.

To update the Committee as to how Parish and Town Councils have utilised the various Covid-19 grant funding received in 2020/21 for use in the local area.

To consider a request for grant assistance in accordance with the protocol for the consideration of grant aid to parish and town councils.

To seek approval for the introduction of an additional cash payment facility for council house tenants and council tax payers.

To inform Members of the implementation of the CIPFA Financial Management Code as a framework to support good practice in local authorities by the setting out of standards of financial management.

To inform Members of the position of the Council’s Treasury Management investments in respect of the environmental, social and governance aspects of investing which have been coming into prominence over the last few years.

To inform Members of the changes to the Council’s establishment as well as the associated costs and impact on service delivery from May 2019 to January 2021.

To seek approval for an allocation within the 2021/22 General Fund revenue budget for costs associated with developing a project bid for submission to the Levelling Up Fund.

To seek approval for the termination of Risk Based Verification in respect of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support new applications.

To consider items for inclusion in the Work Programme for future meetings.

The Committee is asked to RESOLVE that, under Section 100A of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act.