Issue - meetings

Budget and Planning Process 2016/17 Onwards

Meeting: 01/09/2015 - Cabinet (Item 27)

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(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Newman-Thompson)

 

Report of Chief Officer (Resources)

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Minutes:

(Cabinet Members with Special Responsibility Councillors Blamire and Newman-Thompson)

 

Cabinet received a report from the Chief Officer (Resources) in order for Cabinet to agree a process for reviewing the Council’s Budget and Policy Framework for 2016/19 onwards and to update Cabinet on various policy and planning matters.

 

The options, options analysis, including risk assessment and officer preferred option, were set out in the report as follows:

 

Thefollowingoptionsareavailable to Cabinet.

 

(1)          Approvetheproposalsandtimetablesetoutinthereportforreviewingand revisingthe Council’sBudgetandPolicyFramework.

 

(2)          Approve an amended version of theproposals, drawingonanyspecific issues thatCabinet have.

 

AssumingthatCabinethasnootherspecificissuestoaddressOption1 isthe Officerpreferred option, as it setsouta structured but very challenging approach forCabinettoreview the existingBudgetandPolicyFramework and tobring forwardits budgetand corporate planning proposals for2016/17 up to 2019/20, within statutory timescales.  The time and effort involved will mean that less is spent on other tasks.

 

Councillor Hanson proposed, seconded by Councillor Clifford:-

 

“That the recommendations, as set out in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 27