Agenda

Open minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 6 April 2021, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room. NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

Financial Performance 2020-21 – Provisional Outturn 2020-21

The purposre of the report is to provide members of the Cabinet with the Council’s 2020-21 provision outturn position for the Revenue and Capital budgets, and the Housing Revenue Account: and details of the movement in reserves and provisions (Appendix A).

Summary of New Capital Proposals Considered by Officer Capital Strategy Group

The report summarises proposed amendments to the Capital Programme considered by the officer Capital Strategy Group on 1 May 2021 (Appendix B).

Cabinet is asked to make its nominations to the outside bodies detailed in Appendix C.

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

It is expected that matters included in this part of the Agenda will be dealt with in private.  Reports referred to are enclosed for members and officers only, coloured pink and marked "Not for Publication".

The Committee is invited to consider passing the following resolution:

(a)    That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the Agenda as it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act, and

(b)    That the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure for the following reasons:-

Agenda Items          Paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12A

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                                Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

AND                         (9) The public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure could adversely affect the business reputation or confidence in the person/organisation, and could adversely affect commercial negotiation.

                                (10) The public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the interest in disclosure because the information can be considered to be commercially sensitive.

Confidential minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on Tuesday 6 April 2021, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

Northumberland Business Park

To seek approval to terms for the disposal of the site by way of an option agreement and sale (Apprendix D).