Agenda item

To receive and, where necessary, adopt reports of Committees.

419.1  Minutes of Meetings:

 

Resolved:

 

That the minutes of the following Committees and Cabinet meetings be received:

 

Southern Area Planning Committee – 2 November 2021

 

Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 3 November 2021

 

Southern Area Planning Committee – 23 November 2021

 

Cabinet – 8 December 2021

 

Northern Area Planning Committee – 9 December 2021

 

Overview & Scrutiny Committee – 15 December 2021

 

Northern Area Planning Committee – 6 January 2022

 

Southern Area Planning Committee – 11 January 2022

 

General Purposes Committee – 12 January 2022

 

Cabinet – 12 January 2022

 

Overview & Scrutiny Committee – 19 January 2022

 

419.2  To adopt recommendations from the following:

 

419.2.1  Cabinet – 8 December 2021

 

419.2.1.1  Asset Management Plan Update

Resolved:

 

1.  That the revised 2021/22 and original 2022/23 Asset Management Plan, as shown in Annexes 1 and 2 to the report, be approved.

 

2.  That the Head of Finance and Revenues, after consultation with the Finance & Resources Portfolio holder and Head of Service responsible for any project, be authorised to amend the Asset Management Plan during the year, as discussed in paragraph 7.3.

 

419.2.1.2  Capital Programme Update 2021/22 to 2023/24

 

Resolved:

 

1.  That the new capital schemes with a total cost of £1,100,000 as shown in Annex 2 to the report, be added to the 2021/22 to 2023/24 Capital Programme.

 

2.  That the revised estimates and financing for the 2021/22 to 2023/24 Capital Programme as shown in Annex 1 to the report, be approved.

 

 

419.2.1.3  Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

 

Resolved:

 

1.  That the proposed programme of events to celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee as set out in section five of the report be approved.

 

2.  That £200,000 be added to the Capital Programme for two public art commissions to commemorate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, to be funded from New Homes Bonus Reserve.

 

3.  That the application fee for a temporary road closure for public events be waived for those applications that demonstrate that their event is for the purposes of celebrating Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee from 2 June 2022 through to 5 June 2022.

 

419.2.2  Cabinet – 12 January 2022

 

419.2.2.1  Council Tax Support Scheme 2022/23

 

Resolved:

1.  That the Council Tax Support scheme for 2022/23, as shown in Annex 1 to the report, be approved.

2.  That the Head of Finance and Revenues, in consultation with the Finance & Resources Portfolio Holder, be authorised to make any necessary changes to the Scheme that are required by the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) Regulations 2022 when they are confirmed by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities.

3.  In the event that further temporary uplifts to Universal Credit are introduced, the Head of Finance and Revenues, in consultation with the Finance Portfolio Holder, be authorised to disregard the increase in income as part of a national response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

419.2.2.2  Appointment of External Auditors

 

Resolved:

 

1.  That the Council opts in to the national scheme for external auditor appointments being administered by Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd.

2.  That the Head of Finance and Revenues be authorised to complete all matters necessary to implement a new auditor appointment at the conclusion of the PSAA procurement exercise.

 

419.2.2.3  Capital Programme Update – addition of Andover BMX track floodlighting project

 

Resolved:

 

The project described at paragraph 6.1 of the report is added to the Council’s capital programme.