22 January 2026 Finance Committee

Finance Committee

1. Apologies

2. Declarations of Interest

3. Minutes of previous meeting held Thursday 11th December 2025 (summary attached)

FOR INFORMATION (Items 4 - 7)

4. Prompt Payments (report attached)

5. Management Accounts Period 8 (report attached)

6. APP Forecast (report attached)

7. EPP Forecast (report attached)

FOR DECISION (Item 8)

8. Small Business Rate Relief Consultancy response (report attached)

9. Correspondence

9.1 General Estimate of Rates 2026/27 – Letter to Councils (copy attached)

9.2 Annex 1a – General Estimate of Rates 2026/27 – Form for Striking Combined District Rates (copy attached)

9.3 Annex 1b – General Estimate of Rates 2026/27 – Form for Striking Separate District Rates (copy attached)

9.4 Annex 2 – Penny Product for Transferred Functions Grant (copy attached)

9.5 Annex 3 – RSG 2026-2027 Percentage of Eligibility (copy attached)

9.6 Annex 4 – Estimated NIPSO Contribution Table 2026-2027 (copy attached)

9.7 Annex 5 – Movement in Wealth Measurement of RSG Calculation from 2025-26 to 2026-27 (copy attached)

9.8 RSG 2026-2027 - Revised Percentage of Eligibility January 2026 (copy attached)

9.9 Revised Annex 3 - Jan 2026 (copy attached)

9.10 Revised Annex 5 - Jan 2026 (copy attached)

FOR DECISION IN COMMITTEE (Item 10)

10. NJC Pay Briefing Survey (report attached)

FOR INFORMATION IN COMMITTEE (Items 11 - 12)

11. Debt Management (report attached)

12. Minutes of FMT meeting Tuesday 2nd December 2025 (copy attached)

13. Any Other Relevant Business (notified in accordance with Standing Order 12 (0))