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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Finance Committee Paper 1 15/06/07 

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 23 February 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 Finance Committee meeting on 23 February 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 / Head of Group / Date circulated / £’000 / Approval received 

(a) Europarc Conference 
A. Harper 
5 Mar 
10
Yes 

(b) Future Landscapes Study 
D Bale
5 Mar
15
Yes

(c) Highland Tourist Route 
M Ferguson
7 Mar
24
Yes

(d) Media Project (Phase 2) 
A Harper
13 Mar
14
Yes

(e) Cairngorm Arts Project 
M Ferguson
13 Mar
15
Yes

(f) Heather Hopper 
A Harper
14 Mar
24
Yes

(g) Carbon Footprinting 
D Bale
22 Mar
14
Yes

(h) Property Surveys 
A Harper
27 Apr
12
Yes

(i) Joint Parks & SNH Outreach 
A Harper
25 Apr
12
Yes

(j) LEADER+ and IGP evaluation 
A Harper
1 May
10
Yes

(k) Aviemore Masterplan 
D McKee
31 May
20 
Yes


2. There have been an unusually high number of expenditure approvals since this period 
included some expenditure that related to the 2006-07 financial year and also a number 
of approvals for the current year since the 2007-08 Operational Plan had been approved 
by the Board on 23 February. 


Proposals Previously Agreed by a quorate meeting of the Finance Committee 

3. Discussions between Finance Committee members took place around the Planning 
meeting on 18 May where approval was given for the following spend: 

Expenditure / Head of Group / Date circulated / £’000 / Approval received 

(a) Community Needs Initiative 
A Harper
11 May
40
Yes

(b) Sustainable Design Guidance 
D. McKee 
11 May 
30 
Yes 

DENBY PETTITT 
31 May 2007 

denbypettitt@cairngorms.co.uk