Dear Member,

 

A meeting of the Highland and Western Isles Valuation Joint Board will be held in Committee Room 1, Council Offices, Glenurquahrt Road, Inverness on Tuesday 16 January 2007 at 10.30 a.m.

 

Your attendance at the meeting is invited and I append a note of the business to be transacted.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

R Pieroni

Clerk to the Board

 

 

Business

 

Declarations of Interest – 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 indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.    

 

1.           Apologies for Absence

 

2.           Minutes of Last Meeting 

 

There are circulated for confirmation Minutes of Meeting held on 23 November 2006.

 

3.           Revenue Expenditure 2006/07 – Monitoring Statement                                       

 

There is circulated for noting Report No. VAL1/07 dated 8 January 2007 comprising a statement on Revenue Expenditure and Income for the period to 31 December 2006 and the projected year end position.

 

4.           Revenue Estimates 2006/07                                                                                 

 

There is circulated Report No. VAL2/07 by the Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer comprising the draft estimates of expenditure and income for 2007/08 and a draft requisitions statement prepared jointly by the Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer and the Treasurer.

 

The Board is asked to agree:-

 

i.              a revenue budget for 2007/08 as detailed in the report; and

ii.            the requisitions to be levied on each of the Constituent Authorities.

 

5.           Fee Proposals for Audit Scotland                                                                       

 

There is circulated Report No. VAL3/07 dated 9 January 2007 by the Treasurer which outlines the fee proposals from Audit Scotland in respect of the year ended 31 March 2007.

 

The Board is invited to approve the estimated audit fee of £7,400, it being £400 under the budgeted figure for 2006/07.

 

6.           Departmental Report                                                                                           

 

There is circulated Report No. VAL4/07 by the Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer advising on the current position of the main activities of the Department.