27 Budget and Planning Process 2016/17 Onwards PDF 527 KB
(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Newman-Thompson)
Report of Chief Officer (Resources)
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(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