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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Finance Committee Paper 1 30/11/07 

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 21 September 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 21 September 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: 

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

(a) Wildness in the CNP 
NHLM 
17 Oct
20
Yes

(b) Cairngorms Explorer 
A Harper
17 Oct
21
Yes

(c) Media profile 
F. van Buuren 
25 Oct 
10
Yes

(d) Park Life 
F. van Buuren 
25 Oct
13
Yes

(e) Publications 
F. van Buuren 
25 Oct
20
Yes

(f) Stakeholder engagement 
F. van Buuren 
25 Oct
21
Yes

(g) Interim funding for Ranger Service 
M. Ferguson 
16 Nov
12
Yes

(h) Path signing and waymarking 
M. Ferguson 
16 Nov
10
Yes

(i) Tourist signs 
M. Ferguson 
16 Nov
12
Yes



Proposals Previously Agreed by a quorate meeting of the Finance Committee 

2. Discussions between Finance Committee members took place before the Planning 
Committee on October 19 where approval was given for the following spend: 

(a) Web portal 
A. Harper 
17 Oct 
27 
Yes 

3. This item of expenditure related to the design of a web portal which has been put out to 
tender. In order to meet the National Park aims, a range of high quality web content is 
needed that is easy to access, informs people about the special qualities of this area and 
is integrated with existing visitor, community and business websites. 


DENBY PETTITT 
19 November 2007 

denbypettitt@cairngorms.co.uk