To recommend the Treasury Management Strategy and Treasury Policy for approval.

RECOMMENDED to Council

1.      That the Treasury Management Policy, Treasury Management Strategy Statement and Prudential Indicators for 2017/18, be approved.

2.      That subject to the Council’s external auditor’s opinion the Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) policy, as set out at Appendix D (Option 4) to the Executive report, be approved to replace the policy approved by Council on 25 February 2016, in order to allow the change in approach to MRP to be applied with effect from the financial year ending 31 March 2017.

3.      That the MRP policy, as outlined in Appendix D (Option 4), be adopted in respect of the Council’s financial year ending 31 March 2018, subject to the Council’s external auditor’s opinion.