Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services detailing items requested for discussion from the current Forward Plan, attached.

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services detailing the item, “General Fund Revenue Budget 2016/17 to 2018/19” and the associated Cabinet report.

RESOLVED

(i)  that the Chief Financial Officer provide the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee with an overview of the proposed savings put forward by officers that had not been included in the Cabinet report; and

(ii)  that, in the context of the financial sustainability of the Council, officers provide the Committee with a summary of the legal and constitutional role of elected members in relation to budget setting at Full Council in February 2016, and the requirements that need to be met to enable the Section 151 Officer to sign off the budget.