Issue - meetings

Report of Financial Services Manager.

The Financial Services Manager introduced a report on the Budget and Planning Process 2016/17 Onwards.

The report set out a range of indicative scenarios for the General Fund Budget deficits or savings requirements between 2016/17 and 2019/20.  In addition, there was a need for Cabinet to review the Council’s Corporate Priorities at an early stage, alongside the consideration of savings options.  A detailed timetable for the forthcoming budget process was attached to the report.  

The options, options analysis, including risk assessment and officer preferred options considered by Cabinet were set out in the report.

Members asked a number of questions relating to such issues as power station outages, Government proposed social housing rent reductions, restructuring, cost sharing on waste recycling, the “innovative ideas” for income generation, the residents survey and the merits of an additional meeting of the Panel in December to scrutinise draft budget proposals.

It was then proposed by Councillor Gardiner and seconded by Councillor Hall: -

“(1) That the report be noted.

(2)  That the Briefing Note on Council Housing due to go to Housing Regeneration Cabinet Liaison Group be circulated to the Members of the Panel.

(3)  That a Briefing Note on Waste Cost Sharing Agreement be circulated to the Panel Members.

(4)  That a copy of the results of the resident’s survey be circulated to the Panel when available.

(5)  That an additional meeting of the Panel be scheduled for December 2015 to scrutinise the draft budget proposals.”

Upon being put to the vote Members voted unanimously in favour of the proposition, whereupon the Chairman declared the proposal clearly carried.

Resolved:- 

(1)  That the report be noted.

(2)  That the Briefing Note on Council Housing due to go to Housing Regeneration Cabinet Liaison Group be circulated to the Members of the Panel.

(3)  That a Briefing Note on Waste Cost Sharing Agreement be circulated to the Panel Members.

(4)  That a copy of the results of the resident’s survey be circulated to the Panel when available.

(5)  That an additional meeting of the Panel be scheduled for December 2015 to scrutinise the draft budget proposals.