MINUTE of SPECIAL MEETING of the HOUSING COMMITTEE held in the Town and County Hall, Forfar on Thursday 14 February 2002 at 3.13 pm.
Present: Councillors FRANK ELLIS, ALISTAIR GRAY, IAN ANGUS, BILL CROWE, DAVID LUMGAIR, GLENNIS MIDDLETON, JOY MOWATT, ROBERT MYLES, PETER NIELD, GEORGE NORRIE, BILL ROBERTON and SHEENA WELSH.
Apology: An apology for absence was intimated on behalf of Councillor STEWART McGLYNN.
Councillor ELLIS, Convener, in the Chair.
Councillors Ellis and Gray declared an interest in page 91 of Report No 199/02 (Angus Care and Repair).
1. PROVISIONAL REVENUE AND CAPITAL BUDGETS 2002/03
There were submitted (a) Report No 198/02 by the Director of Finance, being a background report apprising members of the Provisional Revenue Budget submissions of each Council Department and of the departmental budget cuts considered necessary to allow the Council to deliver a Revenue Budget within the resources expected to be available and also setting out the Provisional Composite Capital Budget submissions for those Departments with capital programme expenditure; (b) Report No 199/02 by the Director of Finance, being the Provisional Revenue Budget Volume, together with a commentary by each Head of Department; (c) Report No 200/02 by the Director of Finance being the Departmental Budget Cuts Proposals Volume; and (d) Report No 201/02 by the Director of Finance, being the Provisional Capital Budget 2002/2003.
Councillors Lumgair, Myles, Nield and Norrie indicated that they would not be supporting this budget, but rather than move an amendment at this meeting, reserved their position to the special meeting of the Council.
The Committee agreed:-
- to note the Other Housing Provisional Base Budget submission for 2002/03 as contained in pages 90 and 91 of the Provisional Revenue Budget Volume (Report No 199/02); and
- to approve the Provisional Revenue Base Budget net expenditure for Other Housing and recommend accordingly to the Council at the Council Tax setting meeting.
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