December 2008

AGENDA

MEETING:  FINANCE AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE

VENUE:  Yoredale, Bainbridge

DATE/TIME:  Friday, 5 December 2008 at 10.30am

[Membership:  R Alderson, RA Bird, J Blackie, Mrs A Brooks, A Colley, G Dalton, TRN Harrison-Topham, KJ Lancaster, C Lis, D Millward and W Weston.]

Business

1. Minutes of the meeting held on 8 August 2008.

2. Public Question Time.

The National Park Authority has allocated up to 15 minutes at the start of meetings to allow members of the public the opportunity to ask questions and/or to make statements that relate to the work of the Committee.

Notice of all questions and/or the intention to make a statement must be received by the Chief Executive (National Park Officer) at Yoredale, Bainbridge, Leyburn DL8 3EL no later than 12 noon on the day before the meeting.  Each person will be allowed to address the meeting for up to three minutes.

More detailed guidance on the above procedure is available from the Authority’s Secretariat.

3. Exclusion of the public from the meeting during the consideration of Item No 15 on the agenda on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

4. Apologies for absence.

5. Declarations of lobbying.

6. Cravenlink and DalesBus Network in the National Park – presentation by The Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company.

7. Financial Progress Report, 2^nd Quarter to 30 September 2008:

• Report

• Appendices 1-5

• Appendix 6.

8. Proposed Budget 2009/10:

• Report

• Appendix 1

• Appendix 2

• Appendix 3.

9. The Three Peaks Project and the Approach to Sponsorship.

10. Government Consultation on the Introduction of a Model Code of Conduct for Local Authority Employees.

11. IT issues:

• Information and Communications Technology Strategy

• Information Technology Policy and Procedures.

12. Staffing Matters.

13. Sickness Absence.

14. Health and Safety.

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Private business – report circulated to members only

15. Sponsorship.

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16.Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

DAVID BUTTERWORTH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Yoredale, Bainbridge

01 December 2008