Agenda and minutes
Venue: Conference Room, Parkside, Chart Way, Horsham
Contact: Email: CommitteeServices@horsham.gov.uk Direct Line: 01403 215465
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Declarations of Members' Interests To receive any declarations of interest from Members Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Announcements To receive any announcements from the Chairman of the Council, the Leader, Members of the Cabinet or the Chief Executive Minutes: There were no announcements. |
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Recommendations from Cabinet PDF 365 KB To receive the recommendations from the meeting of Cabinet held on 24 March:
Grant income from Government received late in the 2021/22 financial year and extension of budget for the Drill Hall into June 2022
Report of the Cabinet Member for Finance & Parking available at: Agenda Item 10 Minutes: Grant Income from Government received late in the 2021/22 Financial Year and extension of Budget for the Drill Hall into June 2022
Councillor Tony Hogben, Cabinet Member for Finance & Parking, introduced the recommendation from Cabinet that related to three separate issues that required the creation of budgets:
There was unanimous support for all recommendations.
RESOLVED
i) To approve the creation of a revenue budget in 2021/22 of £100,000 which will be spent on cyber security.
ii) To approve the creation of a £10,047 revenue budget in 2021/22 in strategic planning to be spent on the introduction of biodiversity net gain.
iii) To approve the creation of a £35,000 revenue budget in 2021/22 in strategic planning to be spent on establishing a business case to support future funding bids.
iv) To approve the creation of a revenue budget in Leisure services for the Drill Hall of £9,000 income and £18,600 expenditure, which is a net cost of £9,600 in the 2022/23 budget.
v) To approve the budget sum of £20,000 in 2022/23 to pay for a review of Steyning Parish Council to be conducted by Hoey Ainscough Associates Ltd.
REASON
i) The funding will be used on the delivery of our Cyber Treatment Plan and actions to reduce risk created by the use of legacy operating systems.
ii) The funding will be used in our preparations for the introduction of a mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain requirement, which is due to come into force in 2023.
iii) The funding will be used to establish a business case to support future funding bids to create a collaborative co-working space in Horsham Town.
iv) The budget will enable the Council to continue to operate the Drill Hall in the first quarter of 2022 whilst discussions with the Royal British Legion are finalised.
v) The Budget will allow for alternative action to be taken for dealing with the ever-increasing and continuing code of conduct complaints that have been received from Steyning Parish Council. |
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Urgent Business To consider matters certified by the Chairman as urgent Minutes: There was no urgent business. |