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Draft Minutes of the Resource Com­mit­tee Meeting

Held Vir­tu­ally

30 June 2023 9.30am

Present Xan­der McDade (Act­ing Chair and Board Con­vener) Janet Hunter (Act­ing Vice Chair) Sandy Bremner

Rus­sell Jones Derek Ross

In Attend­ance Grant Moir, CEO Louise Allen, Head of Fin­ance Kate Christie, Head of Organ­isa­tion­al Devel­op­ment James Ade, Clerk to the Board

Apo­lo­gies Elean­or Mack­in­tosh Lauren McCallum

Wel­come and introduction.

1. Xan­der McDade wel­comed mem­bers to the June Resources Com­mit­tee and took the oppor­tun­ity to form­ally con­grat­u­late Sandy and Elean­or on being voted as Con­vener and Deputy Con­vener of the Board. He also wel­comed the mem­bers who were new or return­ing to the Resources Com­mit­tee – Sandy, Lauren and Derek

Declar­a­tions of interest

1. There were no Declar­a­tions of Interest.

Minutes from Pre­vi­ous Meeting

1. The Minutes from the pre­vi­ous meet­ing of the 10 March 2023 were approved. The Con­fid­en­tial Minutes were deferred to the end of the meeting.

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Mat­ter­ing arising from pre­vi­ous meeting

1. None

²⁰²²⁄₂₃ Budget Monitoring

1. Louise Allen, Head of Fin­ance, presen­ted the paper which was a brief over­view of the budget mon­it­or­ing pos­i­tion for the cur­rent year (2022÷23).

Rus­sell Jones joined the meet­ing at 9.40

1. The Resources Com­mit­tee dis­cussed the paper and made the fol­low­ing com­ments: a) Grant Moir, CEO, informed the Com­mit­tee that the Park Author­ity spends more at the end of the fin­an­cial year as pro­jects devel­op, how­ever, we are try­ing to have a more even pro­file of spend and spend com­mit­ments earli­er in the year. b) Mem­bers thanked the Head of Fin­ance for the clar­ity of the report.

Recom­mend­a­tions The Resources Com­mit­tee is asked to: a) Con­sider the budget man­age­ment pos­i­tion for ²⁰²³⁄₂₄

1. The Com­mit­tee agreed the paper and thanked officers.

2. Action Point Arising: none.

²⁰²²⁄₂₃ Estim­ated Outturn

1. Louise Allen, Head of Fin­ance, presen­ted the paper on an estim­ated out­turn pos­i­tion for the ²⁰²²⁄₂₃ Fin­an­cial year.

2. The Resources Com­mit­tee dis­cussed the paper and made the fol­low­ing com­ments: a) A mem­ber ques­tioned wheth­er, in rela­tion to peat­land, there is any data on claw back or issues with future spend. Grant Moir, CEO, replied there was no implic­a­tion on future spend as the budget alloc­a­tion is over three years, with this year’s spend over £3 mil­lion. The Head of Fin­ance added that the Park Author­ity did not draw down all cash, as we knew we were not going to spend all of it.

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Recom­mend­a­tions The Resources Com­mit­tee is asked to: a) Con­sider the estim­ated out­turn pos­i­tion for the ²⁰²²⁄₂₃ fin­an­cial year.

1. The Com­mit­tee noted the estim­ated out­turn position.

2. Action Point Arising: none

Equal Pay Audit 2023

1. Kate Christie, Head of Organ­isa­tion­al Devel­op­ment presen­ted the paper on the Equal Pay Audit 2023.

2. The Resources Com­mit­tee dis­cussed the paper and made the fol­low­ing com­ments: a) Mem­bers noted that due to the Park Author­ity being a rel­at­ively small organ­isa­tion, small num­bers of staff changes look siz­able in changes in the stat­ist­ics. How­ever, Mem­bers stated they were pleased by the nar­row­ing of the gender pay gap and by efforts made by officers to achieve this.

Recom­mend­a­tions The Resources Com­mit­tee is asked to: a) Note the paper.

1. The Com­mit­tee noted the paper and thanked the Head of Organ­isa­tion­al Devel­op­ment for the detail and sens­it­iv­ity of the report.

2. Action Point Arising: none

Staff Con­sultat­ive For­um Minutes

1. The Head of Organ­isa­tion­al Devel­op­ment intro­duced this paper, inform­ing the Com­mit­tee that nor­mally two Board Mem­bers are nom­in­ated to attend the Staff Con­sultat­ive For­um to allow the Board to have dir­ect aware­ness of what is discussed.

2. Minutes were noted no fur­ther discussions

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1. Action Point Arising: The Con­vener to dis­cuss with newly elec­ted Con­vener, Sandy Brem­ner, about which two Board Mem­bers should attend the Staff Con­sultat­ive Forum.

Health & Safety Com­mit­tee Meet­ing Minutes

1. The Head of Organ­isa­tion­al Devel­op­ment intro­duced this paper, explain­ing that the Board have respons­ib­il­ity for the health and safety of staff, and it was there­fore con­sidered appro­pri­ate for them to have over­sight of the H&SC meet­ing minutes.

2. Minutes were noted no fur­ther discussions/​actions

AOCB

Date of next meet­ing: 11 August 2023

Motion to move onto con­fid­en­tial session.

Pub­lic ses­sion ended 10.02am.