FINANCE SUB-COMMITTEE

 

THURSDAY, 14 AUGUST 1997 - 3.00 pm

 

Present:- Councillors Jackson, Robertson (Y), Mulholland and Finnie, Councillor Mulholland, Convener, in the Chair.

 

In attendance:- The Depute Chief Executive, Mr A S Grant (for the Director of Central Services) and the Director of Finance.

 

Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors O'Rourke, Sir Simpson Stevenson and Mitchell.

 

   892      CONTROL OF EXPENDITURE WITHIN COMMITTEES                                                                   892

 

SUBMITTED:  Report dated 23 July 1997 by the Director of Finance seeking clarification as to the extent of a Committee's flexibility in controlling both revenue and capital expenditure when it contains a number of services within its remit.

DECIDED: 

(a)  That it be recommended to the Council through the Standing Orders Working Group that the Finance Sub-Committee be authorised to recommend to the Policy and Strategy Committee that capital or revenue budgets be adjusted between services under the Council's capital control policy and Financial Regulations, and

(b)  That the appropriate sections of the Council's Financial Regulations be amended accordingly and submitted to the Standing Orders Working Group for approval.

 

   893      RESOLUTION : EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS                                                                    893

 

On the motion of the Convener it was agreed unanimously that, in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the undernoted item of business on the grounds that consideration of the item involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 4, 6 and 14 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

 

   894      AUDIT INVESTIGATION - PARK FARM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION                                      894

 

SUBMITTED:  Report by the Director of Finance updating Members on an Audit investigation of Park Farm Community Association as requested at the meeting of the Corporate Resources Committee on 11 March 1997 (Para 339) refers.

DECIDED:

(a)  That it be recommended to the Policy and Strategy Committee to agree the requirement to submit up to date, audited accounts, in a format acceptable to the Director of Finance, prior to grant payments being made, to all voluntary organisations; and

(b)  That the Committee otherwise note the action taken to date.