Decisions

That the public and press be invited back into the meeting for the remaining items of business.

1.         The Cabinet noted the General Fund revenue position at the end of Quarter 3 (31st December 2022) for 2022/23, including actions being undertaken or proposed to improve the position, where significant variances have been identified;

2.         The Cabinet noted the General Fund capital position at the end of Quarter 3 (31st December 2022) for 2022/23;

3.         The Cabinet noted the Housing Revenue Account revenue position at the end of Quarter 3 (31st December 2022) for 2022/23, including actions proposed to ameliorate the position, where significant variances have been identified; and

4.         The Cabinet noted the Housing Revenue Account capital position at the end of Quarter 3 (31st December 2022) for 2022/23.

The Cabinet discussed and noted this report.

(1)            The Cabinet considered and approved the current Corporate Risk Register including whether the risks are scored appropriately

(2)        The Cabinet considered whether there were any new or emerging risks that are not on the Corporate Risk Register that should be referred to the officer Risk Management Group. They agreed that the Waste Management Contract should be considered in more depth.

(1)        Cabinet approved the provision of £4.167m within the Capital Programme for 2023/24 and associated revenue costs and agreed to proceed with this project to develop a Vehicle Depot at North Weald Airfield.

(2)        Officers to prepare and develop planning application and relevant documents for a North Weald Vehicle Depot and appoint consultants to lead on this work.

1.         The Cabinet endorsed the approach taken on the Rural Prosperity Fund and the submission as defined in the appendix of the report.

2.         The Cabinet noted the current position of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund £1 million investment bid submitted at the end of July 2022.

That, in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the items of business set out below as they would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act indicated, and the exemption was considered to outweigh the potential public interest in disclosing the information: