NORFOLK RECORDS COMMITTEE Date: Friday, 23 April 2010 Time: 10.30am Venue: The Green Room, The Archive Centre County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich Please Note: Arrangements have been made for committee members to park on the county hall front car park (upon production of the agenda to the car park attendant) provided space is available. Persons attending the meeting are requested to turn off mobile phones. Pencil drawing of the Cow Tower, Norwich, in a letter from David Hodgson (1798-1864), artist of the Norwich School, to John Britton (1771-1857), antiquary and topographer, 5 March 1829. The drawing is one of several proposals for illustrations to be published by Britton. The Cow Tower was an early purpose-built artillery fortification, constructed in the 1390s to improve Norwich’s defences (NRO, MC 1916/1, 536X7). Membership Mr J W Bracey Broadland District Council Substitute: Mrs S Hayes Mrs M Coleman Great Yarmouth Borough Council Ms J Divers Norwich City Council Mr P J Duigan Breckland District Council Substitute: Mrs S Matthews Mrs V R Gay North Norfolk District Council Mr S Jeraj Norwich City Council Dr C J Kemp South Norfolk District Council Ms R Makoff Norwich City Council Mr D Murphy Norfolk County Council Mrs E A Nockolds King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council Mr R Rockcliffe Norfolk County Council Dr F Williamson Norfolk County Council Substitute: Mr J Joyce Non-Voting Members Mr M R Begley Co-opted Member Mr R Jewson Custos Rotulorum Dr G A Metters Representative of the Norfolk Record Society Dr V Morgan Observer Prof. C Rawcliffe Co-opted Member Revd C Read Representative of the Bishop of Norwich Prof. R Wilson Co-opted Member For further details and general enquiries about this Agenda please contact the Committee Officer: Kristen Jones on 01603 223053 or email [email protected] A g e n d a 1. To receive apologies and details of any substitute members attending. 2. Minutes (Page 1) To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Norfolk Records Committee held on 15 January 2010. 3. Matters of Urgent Business 4. Members to Declare any Interests Please indicate whether the interest is a personal one only or one which is prejudicial. A declaration of a personal interest should indicate the nature of the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. In the case of a personal interest, the member may speak and vote on the matter. Please note that if you are exempt from declaring a personal interest because it arises solely from your position on a body to which you were nominated by the County Council or a body exercising functions of a public nature (e.g. another local authority), you need only declare your interest if and when you intend to speak on a matter. If a prejudicial interest is declared, the member should withdraw from the room whilst the matter is discussed unless members of the public are allowed to make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter, in which case you may attend the meeting for that purpose. You must immediately leave the room when you have finished or the meeting decides you have finished, if earlier. These declarations apply to all those members present, whether the member is part of the meeting, attending to speak as a local member on an item or simply observing the meeting from the public seating area. 5. Norfolk Record Office – Performance and Budget Monitoring (Page 5) Report Report by the County Archivist. 6. Annual Review of Charges for Services (Page 9) Report by the County Archivist. 7. Risk Register (Page 18) Report by the County Archivist. 8. Norfolk Record Office Service Plan, 2010-13 (Page 21) Report by the County Archivist. st 9. Archives for the 21 Century (Page 85) Report by the County Archivist. 10. Periodic Report by County Archivist, 1 October 2009 – 31 (Page 89) March 2010 Report by the County Archivist. 11. Annual Report 2009-10 (Page 142) Report by the County Archivist. 12. Exclusion of the Public The committee is asked to consider excluding the public from the meeting under section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 for consideration of the item below on the grounds it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The committee will be presented with the conclusion of the public interest test carried out by the report author and is recommended to confirm the exclusion. 13. Periodic Report: Appendix: Manuscripts Purchased, 1 (Page 149) October 2009 – 31 March 2010 Report by the County Archivist. 14. Date and Time of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Norfolk Records Committee will take place at 10:30am on Friday, 16 July 2010, in The Green Room, The Archive Centre. The meeting of the Norfolk Records Accounts Approval and Urgent Business Sub-committee will take place at 10:30am on Friday 25 June 2010 in the Colman Room, County Hall. Chris Walton Head of Democratic Services County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich NR1 2DH Date Agenda Published: 15 April 2010 If you need this document in large print, audio, Braille, alternative format or in a different language please contact Kristen Jones on 0344 800 8020 or 0344 800 8011 (textphone) and we will do our best to help. Norfolk Records Committee Minutes of the Meeting held on 15 January 2010 Present: King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Norfolk County Council Council Mr D Murphy (Chairman) Mrs E Nockolds Mr R Rockcliffe Dr F Williamson North Norfolk District Council Mrs V Gay Breckland District Council Mr P Duigan Norwich City Council Ms J Divers Broadland District Council Mr S Jeraj Mr J Bracey Ms R Makoff Great Yarmouth Borough Council Mrs M Coleman Non-Voting Members Co-Opted Member Representative of the Bishop of Norwich Mr M Begley Revd C Read Prof. R Wilson Representative of the Norfolk Record Observer Society Dr V Morgan Dr G A Metters 1. Apologies for Absence Apologies for absence were received from Mr R Jewson, Dr C Kemp, and Prof. C Rawcliffe. 2. Minutes The minutes of the previous meeting held on 13 November 2009 were confirmed by the Committee and signed by the Chairman. 3. Matters of Urgent Business There were no items of urgent business. 4. Declarations of Interest There were no declarations of interest. 5. Norfolk Record Office – Performance and Budget Monitoring Report 5.1 The annexed report (5) by the County Archivist was received. The report provided Members with an update of performance, together with a budget update for the period 30 November 2009. Members were asked to consider and comment on the contents of the report. 5.2 During the discussion the following points were made: The Finance and Business Support Manager stated that the increase in the Education and Outreach visits indicated almost a threefold increase (285%), but that this exceptional increase was likely a one-off, resulting mainly from the work on the ‘Connecting with Communities: People and Parliament’ project, which had attracted a national audience. The Finance and Business Support Manager explained that electricity costs stood at £133k and gas at £33k for a total of £166k for energy costs. There were £50k savings from renewing the energy contracts which means that the revised total energy costs were £116k. Out of the £50k saved through contract renewal, £10k of this was reserved for the conservation budget. 5.3 Resolved To note the performance for the Norfolk Record Office, together with revenue, capital programme and reserves and provisions budget monitoring position for 2009/10. 6. Service and Budget Planning 2010-13 6.1 The annexed report (6) by the County Archivist was received. The report updated Members on further information and changes affecting the proposals set out in the pervious report brought to the committee in November 2009. The current report included confirmation of the Provisional Grant Settlement, information from the recent Pre-Budget Report 2009, updated information on revenue budget proposals and capital funding bids, and the latest information on the cash limited budget for services relevant to the committee. Members were asked to consider and comment on the proposals contained within the report and to consider the prioritised bids for capital funding, in order to inform the Cabinet’s discussion at its meeting on 25 January 2010. 6.2 During the discussion the following points were made: The Finance and Business Support Manager noted that the Norfolk Record Office had a ‘clean sheet’ as it went into the 2011/12 and 2012/13 budget round and did not need to make any savings for 2010/11. The additional cost pressures outlined in the original budget (£121k) discussed at the meeting in November 2009 had been reduced to £18k and met from the proposed budget uplift. Members thanked officers for their work in achieving this outcome for the service. The County Archivist replied to a query, saying that 93% of fire damaged documents were conserved from the fire in the Norwich library in 1994. It was noted that REFCUS stood for ‘Revenue Expenditure Funded from Capital Under Statute’. The Finance and Business Support Manager explained that these were deferred charges, but would gladly send the full description of the term to Members, as necessary. 6.3 Resolved To note the report. 7. Date and Time of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Norfolk Records Committee will be held at 10:30 a.m.