The Commissioners set a rate of 35.0p in the £.
The Clerk reminded Commissioners of the need to declare interests in any relevant matters.
Mr J Heading was re-appointed as Chairman and Mr N V M Walker was re-appointed as Vice-Chairman. The Commissioners re-appointed the finance committeep.
The Commissioners received an updated report on the Flood and Coastal Defence Funding Review, the Public Bodies Bill and the Flood and Water Management Act. Reports were also given on the Water Framework Directive and Spoil Disposal.
The Commissioners received the report of their Consulting Engineers and the Chairman reported on the drain maintenance works for 2011/2012 and proposals for 2012/2013. The Chairman confirmed that the District system was operating well.
The Environmental Officer’s Newsletter was noted along with the recently published IDB biodiversity manual, and on the progress in implementing the Commissioners’ BAP discussed.
The Commissioners received updated reports on development proposals having drainage implications within the District and approved for a letter to be sent to local planning authorities expressing their concern that drainage issues raised did not appear to be enforced as part of planning requirements approved by the authority.
The Commissioners noted the position regarding the likely unchanged precept figure and agreed to pay the subscription to ADA for 2012.
The update from the Cambridgeshire Flood Risk Management Partnership was noted.
The payments and accounts were approved.
The Clerk reminded Board members of the need to declare interests in any relevant matters. Appropriate declarations were duly made.
The Board discussed the latest developments on the IDB Review and associated legal developments in particular the Public Bodies Bill. The Clerk referred to the continued need for vigilance, even though the most contentious elements of that Bill, so far as IDBs were concerned, had been removed. He referred to a Defra statement of £225,000 savings as regard IDBs due to the changes proposed under that Bill, without any supporting evidence yet published and to the implementation of the Flood and Water Management Act.
The update from the Cambridgeshire Flood Risk Management Partnership was noted.
The Clerk also reported on developments regarding the spreading/disposal of spoil, grant-in-aid and the Water Framework Directive.
The Environmental Officer's BAP update was noted and approved.
The Board received and approved the report of the Consulting Engineers and the Chairman referred to the current years proposed drain maintenance programme.
The Chairman informed the meeting of the recent illness of their operations engineer, and the Commissioners requested that there best wishes for a speedy recovery be conveyed to him.
The Board noted the position regarding the unchanged precept figure.
The payments and accounts were approved and approval given to the Annual Governance Statement. The Board approved the report of their internal auditor, their Internal Audit Strategy and Plan and Risk Register and resolved that they were satisfied with the internal controls in place. The use of internet banking facilities was also authorised.