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SUMMARY OF MAJOR VARIANCES (Qtr 1 2008/09) |
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(Not included
elsewhere in the report) |
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Service |
Service Area |
Reason for
Variance & Action being taken |
Variance to Date |
Projected
Variance to Year End |
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+ =
Adverse ( ) = Favourable |
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VARIANCES REPORTED THROUGH PRT PROCESS (SERVICE HEAD COMMENTS) |
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Legal & HR |
Search
Fees |
Downturn
in property market and increased popularity of personal searches and LLC1s as
opposed to full searches. Difficult to
predict full year impact but initial view is a downturn of £20K. |
+10,800 |
+20,000 |
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Amusement Machines |
Higher
number of new adult gaming centre licence applications have been received
than was anticipated. |
(12,500) |
(10,000) |
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Information & Customer Services |
Printing
/ copying equipment |
Printing
structure changed - further investigation needed and full corporate review to
be carried out |
(10,000) |
? |
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Financial Services |
Area
Based Grant (unallocated) |
Call-in
(& subsequent reversal) of decision to appoint Community Cohesion
Officer. Projection assumes that
monies will be allocated in Nov 08 & spent before year end (Cabinet
minute 19 refers) |
(26,000) |
+0 |
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Pension Costs |
Expected
that inflationary increases may be covered through reducing pensioner
numbers. |
+0 |
(9,000) |
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Audit Fees |
Projection
allows for estimated grant certification costs, & NFI. |
+0 |
(9,000) |
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Investment Interest |
Higher
investment returns, linked to recent economic instabilities. Full year represents guestimate only - will
be influenced by HRA share too. |
(65,000) |
(65,000) |
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Bank Charges |
Further
work to be done in reviewing contract position. |
+9,000 |
? |
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Management & Admin |
Variance
relates to debt collection expenses - timing of costs dependent upon recovery
action, so difficult to profile accurately. |
(6,000) |
+0 |
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CC(D)S |
Transport
Costs : Fuel |
Authority
wide variance due to impact of higher than budgeted inflation |
+0 |
+126,000 |
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Transport Costs : Other |
Underspend on
repair and maintenance. Not anticipated to be a variance at year end. |
(9,000) |
+0 |
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White Lund Depot : NNDR |
RV
of depot increased due to open areas now being included in valuation. |
+8,500 |
+8,500 |
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White Lund Depot : Water |
High
levels of solids in waste water resulting in unexpected high charges |
+11,600 |
+11,600 |
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Property Services |
Off-street
car parks : fee income |
Additional
pay and display ticket income, but position could change later in year. |
(21,700) |
+0 |
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Off-street car parks : Permits |
Reduced
public permit sales. |
+28,300 |
+25,000 |
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Residents on-street permits |
Increased
permits and visitor card sales. |
(10,700) |
(5,000) |
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Charter Market : income |
Substantial
increase in trader attendance, resulting in higher income. |
(6,000) |
(20,000) |
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Lancaster Market : rental income |
Substantial
drop in number of tenants. |
+12,600 |
+25,000 |
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Economic
Development & Tourism |
Morecambe
TIC : Rent |
Due
to rent review there has been an increase in cost for the Platform, backdated
to December 2007. |
+0 |
+8,500 |
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Cultural
Services |
Community
Pools : Energy |
Energy
charges are subject to County Council negotiations with energy providers to
determine appropriate tariffs.
Awaiting County to supply accurate bills for recent months. |
+10,900 |
+0 |
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Planning Services |
Luneside
East Estate Management |
Budget
relates to monitoring of works by developer as per building agreement
following transfer of site. Transfer
currently delayed. |
(9,000) |
(27,000) |
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Critical Ordinary Watercourses |
Budget
and expenditure subject to new funding arrangements with the Environment
Agency - not yet finalised. |
(12,600) |
+0 |
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VARIANCES NOT REPORTED THROUGH PRT PROCESS |
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Property Services |
Lancaster
Market : Rent Payable |
Landlord's
proposed increase currently subject to arbitration |
+0 |
+228,000 |
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Various |
Energy
Display / Performance Certificates - potential costs re legal requirements? |
+0 |
? |
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TOTAL VARIANCES |
(96,800) |
+307,600 |
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CC(D)S |
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Property |
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Health & Strategic Hsg |
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Legal & HR |
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Management Team |
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Financial Services |
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Corporate Strategy |
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Democratic Services |
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Revenues |
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Cultural Services |
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Planning |
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Econ Dev & Tourism |
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Council Housing |
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PRT Report Produced |
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No PRT Report Required |
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No PRT Report Produced
but required |
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