Issue - meetings

To receive the Treasury Management Annual Report.

The committee received and considered a report which summarised the treasury management performance and position information for Dorset Council’s six predecessor authorities, for the year ended 31 March 2019.  In presenting the report, the Service Manager for Operational Finance noted an amendment to the figure for total capital expenditure of £72.1m compared to an estimated £61.6m, contained within the Executive Summary of the report, which should read £61.6m compared to an estimated £72.1m.

In response to a question, it was reported that work was currently being undertaken in respect of the inherited capital programme and that information would be made available to councillors once it had been discussed at a working group.  The need to review this area in light of the new Dorset Council Plan was recognised.

It was noted that a training session for all Dorset Council’s councillors would be provided by officers and advisers to further explain the responsibilities that councillors had in relation to treasury management.

The report was noted.