Finance & Delivery Committee - August 2020

This document contains the draft minutes from the Finance and Delivery Committee meeting of the Cairngorms National Park Authority, held on 22 May 2020. Attendees were welcomed, and the minutes from the previous meeting on 6 March 2020 were approved with a minor amendment regarding the title of "Chair". The Chair gave an update on action points from the previous meeting, including a request to the Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (OATS) to reflect commitment to path maintenance more explicitly. Eleanor Mackintosh declared an indirect interest related to Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership (TGLP). The committee discussed the final accounts outturn summary position to external audit, noting that the £3.4 million was for project investment and supported by Scottish Government grant funding. The Director of Corporate Services will circulate the staff pay structure to the Committee. The Finance and Delivery Committee noted the provisional outturn position for expenditure against Grant in Aid allocations presented in the paper.

This document contains the agenda for the Cairngorms National Park Authority's Finance and Delivery Committee meeting, which took place via video conferencing on 28 August 2020 from 9.15am to 9.50am. The agenda includes welcoming attendees, noting apologies, approving minutes from previous meetings, discussing any outstanding matters, declarations of interest, and a discussion on finance monitoring for the four months leading up to 31 July 2020. The agenda also includes any other competent business and notes the date of the next meeting as Friday 13 November 2020.

This document contains a summary review of the Cairngorms National Park Authority's income and expenditure for the four months leading up to 31 July 2020. Prepared by Finance Manager Daniel Ralph, the report, dated 28 August 2020, details the financial position of the Authority's core activities, operational plan, and four externally funded projects, including the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership and Great Place Badenoch. Overall, income and salaries are broadly on budget, while core and operational plan expenditure is below budget. COVID-19 related actions have resulted in £12,000 of unbudgeted costs, but the finance department has continued to operate effectively, with ongoing efforts to digitize finance transactions and explore remote access solutions. The Finance & Delivery Committee is requested to note the outturn for the four months to 31 July 2020.

This document contains a statement of net expenditure for the Cairngorms National Park Authority, for the year ending 31 March 2021, with details up to 31 July 2020. It outlines the original budget, revisions made in June 2020, the revised budget for the year, the budget for the first four months, and the actual figures up to 31 July 2020, along with the variance between the actual spend and the revised budget. Key areas covered include income, wages and salaries, board and staff costs, facilities, IT, land management, conservation, visitor services, rural development, corporate services, communications, and project costs. The document shows the gross operating costs, total net resource spend, grant-in-aid, and the net expenditure position to the board.