Issue - meetings

Report FSD19059

The Committee considered a report requesting approval for drawdown from the central contingency of underspends carried forward from 2018/19 to be allocated to the Resources, Commissioning and Contract Management Portfolio.

The Chairman expressed concern that GDPR appeared twice under both HR and IT.  The Director of Finance agreed to circulate a response from the Head of IT following the meeting.

The Chairman also suggested that the £24,300 for the Biggin Hill Noise Action Plan should be held in contingency until it was required.  The Director of Finance confirmed this could be done but that once drawn down there would be rigor in the use of the funding as it could not be released until full details of the use of the funding had been approved by the Portfolio Holder.

RESOLVED: That the Portfolio Holder be recommended to:

1.  Agree the drawdown from the Central Contingency of 2018/19 carry forward sums totalling £598.3k as detailed in the report; and

2.  Place £24.3k in contingency for the Biggin Hill Noise Action Plan to fund contracted specialist expert acoustic advice if and when it is need.