NORFOLK RECORDS COMMITTEE Date: Friday, 1 May 2009 Time: 10.30am Venue: *** Council Chamber, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich Please Note: *** The venue has been changed to the Council Chamber. 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. Barnum’s circus processing through Norwich, 6 September 1898: a photograph taken by Revd William Pelham Burn, vicar of St Peter Mancroft (Norfolk Record Office, MC 2678/3). Membership Mr R Blower Norwich City Council Mr J W Bracey Broadland District Council Mrs M Coleman Great Yarmouth Borough Council Mr P J Duigan Breckland District Council Mrs V R Gay North Norfolk District Council Mr S Jeraj Norwich City Council Mr C J Kemp South Norfolk District Council Mr C B A Lloyd Owen (Chairman) Norfolk County Council Ms R Makoff Norwich City Council Mrs E A Nockolds King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council Mr J R Shrimplin Norfolk County Council Mr M Taylor Norfolk County Council 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 Charles 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: Tim Shaw on 01603 222948 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 16 January 2009. 3. To Note Whether Any Items Have Been Proposed as 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. Annual Governance Statement 2008-09 and Value for Money (Page 7) Report by the Chief Internal Auditor 6. Norfolk Record Office Budget Monitoring Report (Page 11) Report by the County Archivist 7. Annual Review of Charges for Services (Page 14) Report by the County Archivist 8. Risk Register (Page 23) Report by the County Archivist 9. Norfolk Record Office Service Plan, 2009-2012 (Page 27) Report by the County Archivist 10. Periodic Report by the County Archivist for the Period 1 (Page 100) November 2008 to 31 March 2009 Report by the County Archivist 11. Norfolk Records Committee Annual Report 2008-09 (Page 153) 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 for the (Page 159) Period 1 November 2008 to 31 March 2009 Report by the County Archivist 14. Date and Time of Next Meeting Due to the County Council elections being held later than normal this year and the inability to postpone the deadline for accounts approval, the next meeting of the Norfolk Records Committee has been rearranged. The next meeting of this committee will take place at 10:30am on the Friday 26 June 2009 in the Colman Room, County Hall. Please note that the July meeting has been cancelled and there will be no meeting of the Norfolk Records Committee’s Accounts Approval and Urgent Business Sub-Committee. The business of the sub-committee will be taken forward by the full committee on 26 June 2009. 15. To Answer Formal Questions (if any) of Which Due Notice Has Been Given 16. Any Item of Urgent Business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972. Chris Walton Head of Democratic Services County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich NR1 2DH Date Agenda Published: 23 April 2009 If you need this report in large print, audio, Braille, alternative format or in a different language please contact Kristen Jones 01603 223053 or Textphone 0844 8008011 and we will do our best to help. Norfolk Records Committee Minutes of the Meeting Held on 16 January 2009 Present: - Norfolk County Council King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Mr J Shrimplin Council Mr M Taylor Mrs E A Nockolds Breckland District Council Norwich City Council Mr P J Duigan (Vice-Chairman) Mr R Blower Mr S Jeraj Broadland District Council Ms R Makoff Mr J W Bracey Great Yarmouth Borough Council South Norfolk District Council Mrs M Coleman Mr C J Kemp Non-Voting Members Co-Opted Members Observer Mr M R Begley Dr V Morgan Prof C Rawcliffe Prof R Wilson Representative of the Representative of the Bishop of Norwich Norfolk Records Society Revd Charles Read Dr G A Metters 1. Apologies for Absence 1.1 Apologies for absence were received from Mr Lloyd Owen and Mr Jewson. 1.2 As Mr Lloyd Owen had given his apologies, Vice-Chairman Mr Duigan took the Chair. Mr Duigan welcomed Prof Rawcliffe and Dr Morgan who were joining the Committee as Co-Opted Member and Observer respectively. He also welcomed Mr Blower as it was his first meeting representing Norwich City Council. 2. Minutes 2.1 The minutes of the previous meeting held on 21 November 2008 were confirmed by the Committee and signed by the Chairman. 2.2 Members asked Kristen Jones (Committee Officer) if there was an update on the issue of the minute style. The Committee Officer explained that this had been discussed at the last meeting of the Overarching and Steering Committee at Norfolk County Council. Members of committees were not to be identified by name unless the meaning of the minute would not be understood otherwise. 2.3 Dr John Alban (County Archivist) updated Members on the progress of the Kings Lynn Archive report, which went to the Economic Development and Cultural Services Overview and Scrutiny Panel on 17 January 2009. He explained that the Panel thought that the proposal of the Working Group to use the town hall was positive. The next step was to conduct a feasibility study. 3. Any Other Item of Urgent Business There were no items of urgent business. 4. Members to Declare any Interests There were no declarations of interest. 5. Norfolk Record Office Financial Monitoring Report 5.1 The annexed report (6) by the County Archivist was received and presented by John Perrott (Finance and Business Support Manager). The report provided the committee with a progress report on the Norfolk Record Office (NRO) revenue budget and reserves and provisions for 2008/09. The Finance and Business Support Manager explained that a break-even budget was expected with the budget shortfall being met by NRO savings together with a transfer of funds from Cultural Services relating to support savings. 5.2 During the discussion, Members raised the following: Members congratulated officers on their ability to meet the needs of the NRO during such challenging economic times. The query was raised how the NRO made savings. The Finance and Business Support Manager explained that this was achieved through some unfilled vacancies at the NRO as well as making small savings from other budgets within the service. Resolved 5.3 To agree the report. 6. Service and Budget Planning, 2009-12 6.1 The annexed report (6) by the County Archivist was received and presented by the Finance and Business Support Manager. The Finance and Business Support Manager explained that the report updates the Norfolk Records Committee on proposals for service planning for 2009/10 to 2011/12. The report also included updated information on the Provisional Grant Settlement, revenue budget proposals and capital funding bids. 6.2 During the discussion the following points were made by Members: Members asked if attempts were being made to reduce energy costs.