Agendas, reports and minutes

A Special Meeting of the City of Inverness Area Committee will take place in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Friday 4 November 2022 at 9.30 am.

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance

1.    Apologies for Absence    
Leisgeulan

2.    Declarations of Interest
Foillseachaidhean Com-pàirt

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Member making a declaration of interest should provide some information on the nature of the interest and leave the meeting at the appropriate time.  Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3.    Inverness Common Good Fund: Financial Monitoring and Budget Allocation Report    
Maoin Math Coitcheann Inbhir Nis: Aithisg Sgrùdadh Ionmhasail agus Riarachadh Buidseit

There is circulated Report No CIA/25/22 dated 20 October 2022 by the Executive Chief Officer, Communities and Place

The Committee is invited to:
i.    consider the 2022/23 financial monitoring report for the six months to 30 September 2022; note the predicted outturn and associated underspend and note the potential discretionary areas of the budget where spending could be redirected;
ii.    consider utilising £0.100m of the predicted underspend from the 2022/23 budget to increase the single tier payment for those applicants that satisfied the eligibility criteria for the Winter Payment Scheme for 2022/23 to £150 in the light of the Cost of Living Crisis;
iii.    consider and agree any areas of the budget they may wish to repurpose for poverty alleviation measures; 
iv.    consider and discuss the type of poverty alleviation measures they would wish to see proposed, noting any proposals would be subject to a report to CIAC set 24 November 2022, noting that this is subject to and dependent upon the type of proposals suggested and the associated work to develop these in sufficient time for the meeting on the 24 November 2022; and
v.    agree to a series of Members’ workshops to be held in preparation of the ICGF Budget for 2023/24, with a focus on establishing priorities for the ICGF, planned to be presented to the first scheduled meeting of the CIAC in 2023.