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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Finance Committee Paper 1 22/02/08 

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 
quarterly meeting on 30 November 2007. 

Recommendations 

This expenditure, having been approved by the full Finance Committee, appears here as a 
matter of record only. Members are asked to approve this paper as a formal note of the 
decision taken. 

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 30 November 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) CNPA reception works 
D Cameron
30 Nov
14
Yes

(b) Royal Deeside DMO 
A Harper
30 Nov
10
Yes

(c) Auchtavan canopy 
A Harper
20 dec
6
Yes

(d) Cairngorms Green Farm pilot 
H Trench
22 Jan
20
Yes


Proposals Previously Agreed by a quorate meeting of the Finance Committee 

2. In addition to the above, the Finance Committee met on January 18 and considered, 
amongst other things, a proposal to fund the Heather Hopper (£30,600 in the 2008/09 
Financial Year). This expenditure was approved and is recorded in the minutes for the 
January meeting. 


DENBY PETTITT 
11 February 2008 

denbypettitt@cairngorms.co.uk