The Director of Finance and IT will submit Document “H” which reports that the Council’s Financial Regulations are reviewed annually and currently approved allow the Chief Finance Officer to apply exceptions where these are in the Council’s interest. This report provides information on exceptions applied during the financial year 2020/21.

Recommended-

That the use of exceptions under Financial Regulation 1.7 as detailed in Document “H” be noted.

                                                                        (Chris Chapman – 01274 433656)

Resolved-

That the use of exceptions under Financial Regulation 1.7 as detailed in Document “H” be noted.

                                                            (Chris Chapman – 01274 433656)

The Director of Finance and IT submitted Document “H” which reported that the Council’s Financial Regulations were reviewed annually and currently approved allowed the Chief Finance Officer to apply exceptions where these were in the Council’s interest. The report provided information on exceptions applied during the financial year 2020/21.

Members sought clarification on the contents of the report relating to threshold of when exceptions could be applied; the replacement of the pool filter mentioned in Appendix 1 and the Muslim Burial Ground as part of the approved Bereavement Strategy.

It was reported that there had been 2 further occasions where exceptions had to be applied which included:

·         Approved safety works to Ilkley footbridge which was urgent

·         Approved £21,000 emergency repairs to Buttershaw Youth Centre from capital contingency otherwise it would have had to close.

Resolved-

That the use of exceptions under Financial Regulation 1.7 as detailed in Document “H” be noted.