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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor P. Jackson. |
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Minutes of the meetings of the Corporate Services and Economic Growth OSC held on 7th February 2021, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chairman. Minutes: RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Corporate Services and Economic Growth Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on?7 February 2021, as circulated, be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chairman. |
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DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS 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.
NB Any member needing clarification must contact the Monitoring Officer at monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this Agenda letter.
Minutes: Councillor Murphy gave notice that she was in the process of being placed on the board for Advance. |
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FORWARD PLAN OF CABINET DECISIONS PDF 132 KB To note the latest Forward Plan of key decisions.? Any further changes made to the Forward Plan will be reported to the Committee. Minutes: The Forward Plan of forthcoming Key Cabinet decisions was reported to the Committee. (Report enclosed with the signed minutes as Appendix A).
RESOLVED that the Forward Plan of key decisions be noted. |
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HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT FUND UPDATE PDF 189 KB This briefing paper provides an update of Northumberland County Council’s progress for delivery of the DWP Household Support Fund (HSF) for the period 06th October 31st December 2022. Minutes: M. Taylor, Executive Director introduced the report to the committee which was an update on the position from 31st December. P. Brooks, Head of Northumberland Communities Together, gave an overview of the report.
The following comments were made in response to member’s questions:-
RESOLVED members agreed to note and support the recommendations in the report.
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The Committee is asked to review and note the Corporate Services and Economic Growth Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme and Monitoring Report for the 2021/22 council year. Minutes: The Committee received an update on its Work Programme for the 2021/22 council year.? ? RESOLVED that this information was noted. |
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EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC 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:-
Minutes: RESOLVED?that? ? (a)? 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)? the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure for the following?reasons:-?
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TRADING COMPANIES FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 2021-22 - DECEMBER 2021 The purpose of the report is to ensure that the Cabinet is informed of the current financial positions of its trading companies for 2021-22. Minutes: Jan Willis, Interim Executive Director of Finance and Section 151 Officer, Rick O’Farrell, Interim Executive Director Regeneration and Robin Earl, Chief Operating Officer, Advance Northumberland presented this report to the Committee.? ? Members were happy to see a representative of Advance attend the meeting and felt the valuation in the report was encouraging. Members were advised that Officers would be attending a future meeting to present a more detailed report regarding Advance.
The financial structure of Advance was to be reviewed to ensure the business model was still fit for purpose. Since the creation of Advance’s predecessor organisation, HMRC had changed laws on thin capitalisation rules which were broad enough to affect UK companies. These changes had not been envisaged at the time of creation and therefore needed to be strategically reviewed. If the model was to be changed members were assured that the NEP 1 contingency fund would not be used to facilitate this. ? Members requested a further report be provided on the NEHL Group’s activities and finances.?
The Committee welcomed the report and supported the recommendations.?
RESOLVED members agreed to note and support the recommendations in the report. |