Decision No: CAB013 - 06/2009

Forward Plan No: RW03508

This record relates to A07 on the agenda for the Decision-Making

RECORD OF EXECUTIVE DECISION

29/06/2009  

DECISION-MAKER:

THE CABINET  

PORTFOLIO AREA:

Resources and Workforce Planning  

SUBJECT:

Changes to Existing Revenue and Capital Budgets  

AUTHOR:

Rob Carr  

THE DECISION

To approve the proposals / recommendations contained in the report without modification as set out below.
Cabinet recommends Full Council to:

(i) Note the high level forecast for the General Fund for 2010/11 and 2011/12 contained in Appendix 1
(ii) Approve the change in use of the current Transformation budget to be used to lead the Council’s Efficiency Programme and pay for an Efficiency Programme Manager reporting to the Executive Director of Resources, additional procurement staff to deliver procurement savings and other support as necessary to fast track efficiency savings and support project management.
(iii) Approve the efficiencies, income generation proposals and service reductions as set out in Appendix 2.
(iv) Approve one-off expenditure of £279,600 in 2009/10 set out in Appendix 3 to be funded from the part year savings within this report.
(v) Approve the re-phasing of the Environment and Transport Portfolio Capital Programme to bring forward up to £1.0M of expenditure on highway improvement schemes from 2010/11 to 2009/10.
(vi) Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Environment following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport and the Chief Financial Officer to approve capital expenditure of up to £1M for highway improvement schemes in respect of the brought forward funding.
(vii) Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Resources and Workforce Planning to do anything necessary to give effect to the recommendations in this report.



 

REASONS FOR THE DECISION

1. The current medium term financial forecast highlights the challenges facing the Authority. This combined with the potential impact of reductions in future funding levels for Local Government and a further worsening economic position make it imperative that proposals for 2010/11 onwards are developed and savings achieved as early as possible.
2. The recommendations have been put forward to ensure that the operating budget for 2009/10 reflects the priorities of the Executive and to ensure that proposals are advanced as early as possible as part of the budget process for 2010/11.
 

DETAILS OF ANY ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

The option to not consider changes to existing revenue and capital budgets is not compatible with the need to ensure effective and robust financial planning given the financial challenges facing the Authority. There are almost limitless options that can be applied to budget changes in the year most of which are driven by political priorities. In formulating the final options to present in this paper the Executive have taken into account the relevant impact of all options that were under consideration and as a result some have not been progressed.  

OTHER RELEVANT MATTERS CONCERNING THE DECISION

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The decision-maker(s) did not declare a personal or prejudicial interest in the matters set out in the report  

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE RECORD:

We certify that the decision this document records was made in accordance with the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000 and is a true and accurate record of that decision.

Date:

Decision Maker:

29/06/2009

The Cabinet

Proper Officer:

Judy Cordell

SCRUTINY

Note: This decision will come in to force at the expiry of 5 working days from the date of publication subject to any review under the Council's Scrutiny 'Call-In' provisions.

Call-In Period

30 June 2009 to 07 July 2009

Date of Call-in (if applicable) (this suspends implementation)

Call-in Procedure completed (if applicable)

Call-in heard by (if applicable)

Results of Call-in (if applicable)