Issue - meetings
Budget Proposals 2017-18
Meeting: 09/02/2017 - Executive (Item 365)
365 Budget Proposals 2017-18 PDF 170 KB
Additional documents:
- MAIN REPORT Budget 2017-18 Executive 9.2.17, item 365 PDF 363 KB
- Appendices A to G_Budget 2017-18_Executive 9.2.17, item 365 PDF 2 MB
- Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee response to Budget Proposals, item 365 PDF 130 KB
- Budget Report Appendix H Pay Policy 2016-17, item 365 PDF 194 KB
Decision:
AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS
Reasons for decision – as specified in the report
Other options considered – none
Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted
– none.
Minutes:
In introducing
the report, the Councillor Hull advised that the government may not
confirm the final local government grant settlement in time for the
Budget Council meeting on 23 February 2017 and therefore proposed
the following amendment:
Additional recommendation, to be numbered 2.2:
2.2 That, in the unlikely event that
the final local government settlement differs
from the provisional settlement already notified by the government,
to
delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Resources to make
any
adjustments necessary to balance the Council’s Budget for
2017/18, in
consultation with the Executive Member for Finance, Performance and
Community
Safety.
The proposed
additional recommendation was agreed and the meeting
therefore
RESOLVED:
The General Fund Budget 2017-18 and MTFS (Section 3 of the
Main
Report)
2.1
That the 2017-18 net Council cash limits as set out in Table 1
(paragraph 3.1.3 of the report) and the MTFS at Appendix A of the
report, which include the revenue savings in Appendix B of the
report, be agreed.
2.2
That, in the unlikely event that the final local
government settlement differs from the provisional settlement
already notified by the government, authority be delegated to the
Corporate Director of Resources to make any adjustments necessary
to balance the Council’s Budget for 2017/18, in consultation
with the Executive Member for Finance, Performance and Community
Safety, be agreed.
2.3
That the requirement to report on the number of maintained schools
that have completed the Schools Value Financial Standard (SVFS) by
31st March to the Department for Education by
31st May each year (paragraph 3.2.17 of the report) be
noted.
2.4
That the fees and charges policy and the schedule of 2017-18 fees
and charges be agreed and that authority be delegated to the
Corporate Director of Children's Services, in consultation with the
Executive Member for Children and Families, to agree new childcare
charges following consultation in the summer term (paragraphs
3.2.18-21 and Appendices C1 and C2 of the report) be
agreed.
2.5
That the Council’s policy on the level of General Fund
balances and the estimated use of the Council’s earmarked
reserves be agreed. That the redundancy
reserve is estimated to be fully spent by the end of 2016-17 be
noted and that from 2017-18 redundancy costs are funded within
departmental budgets (paragraphs 3.2.23 to 3.2.26 and Table 3 of
the report) be agreed.
The HRA Budget and MTFS (Section 4 of the Main Report)
2.6 That the balanced HRA 2017-18 budget within the HRA MTFS at Appendix D1 of the report and the 2017-18 HRA savings at Appendix D2 of the report be agreed.
2.7
That the 2017-18 HRA rents and other fees and charges (Tables 5 to
8 and Appendix D3 of the report) be noted.
The Capital Programme 2017-18 to 2019-20 (Section 5 of the
Main
Report)
2.8
That the 2017-18 capital programme be agreed and the provisional
programme for 2018-19 to 2019-20 (paragraph 5.1, Table 9 and
Appendix E1 of the report) be noted.
2.9 That the Corporate Director of Finance ... view the full minutes text for item 365