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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Finance Committee Paper 2 10/08/07 

CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
FINANCE COMMITTEE 


FOR DECISION 


Title: RATIFICATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 
EXPENDITURE PROPOSALS 


Prepared by: Denby Pettitt, Finance Manager 


Purpose 
To summarise expenditure that has been approved by the Finance Committee since their last 
meeting on 15 June 2007. 


Recommendations 

That the Committee formally approve: 

a) the expenditure detailed in para. 1. 


Executive Summary 

a) At the September 2006 meeting the Finance Committee approved a change to the 
approval process whereby expenditure between £10,000 and £24,999 is approved by 
its Convener, together with the Chief Executive and Head of Corporate Services 
outwith the normal quarterly Committee meetings. Any expenditure approved in 
this way is reported to the next full Committee meeting. 

b) Expenditure between £25,000 and £49,999 has to be approved by a quorate meeting 
of Finance Committee members. This expenditure, having been approved by the full 
Finance Committee, appears here as a matter of record only. 



RATIFICATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 
EXPENDITURE PROPOSALS 
FOR DECISION 

Proposals Previously Agreed by the Finance Committee Convener, Chief 
Executive and Head of Corporate Services 

1. Since the papers were issued for the previous Finance Committee meeting on 15 June 
2007 the following expenditure plans have been approved by the Finance Committee 
Convener, the Chief Executive and Head of Corporate Services in line with the two-tier 
approval process agreed at the September 2006 meeting: 

Expenditure 
(a) Interpretation guidance

Head of Group 
 M. Ferguson

Date circulated 
 8 Jun

£’000 
24

Approval received 
Yes 


Proposals Previously Agreed by a quorate meeting of the Finance Committee 

2. Discussions between Finance Committee members took place following the Planning 
Committee on 27 July where approval was given for the following spend: 

Expenditure 
(a) Angus Glens Ranger base

Head of Group 
M. Ferguson

Date circulated
-

£’000 
99

Approval received 
Yes 


3. This item of expenditure had initially been submitted to the June Board meeting where 
the Board agreed that the decision on funding should be delegated to the Finance 
Committee leaving the other Members of the Board free to make a decision on the 
planning application when this came before the Planning Committee. 

4. Expenditure on the Ranger base, if ratified by the Scottish Executive, will be a cost in the 
next financial year (2008-09). 


DENBY PETTITT 
27 July 2007 

denbypettitt@cairngorms.co.uk