Issue - meetings
Corporate Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring Q3 2015/16 (Month 9)
Meeting: 05/04/2016 - Cabinet (Item 5)
5 Corporate Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring Q3 2015/16 (Month 9) PDF 141 KB
Additional documents:
- 5.13b Appendix 1 - Control Budget v2, item 5 PDF 60 KB
- 5.13c Appendix 2 - Service Area V2, item 5 PDF 67 KB
- 5.13d P9 - HRA - Appendix 3, item 5 PDF 20 KB
- 5.13e Appendix 4 - Capital Q3, item 5 PDF 73 KB
- Webcast for Corporate Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring Q3 2015/16 (Month 9)
Decision:
DECISION
1. To note the Council’s revenue and capital financial performance compared to budget for 2015/16 as detailed in Sections 3 to 7 and Appendices 1-4 of this report.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, RESOURCES (Z. COOKE)
(Chief Accountant (K. Miles)
Minutes:
Councillor David Edgar, Cabinet Member for Resources, introduced the report. He highlighted the importance of regular monitoring of the Council’s performance and ensuring that budgets were being spent as expected. Officers were continuing to look to improve the content of the report to give greater clarity on the broad position as well as on the detail.
He drew Members’ attention to budget pressures in areas such as Children’s and Adults’ Services and how that was being managed and also issues of slippage in the Council’s capital budgets. Finally, issues in relation to the Youth Service were noted.
Overall though the report presented a positive picture of the Council’s position.
The Mayor welcomed the report and agreed the recommendation as set out.
RESOLVED
1. To note the Council’s revenue and capital financial performance compared to budget for 2015/16 as detailed in Sections 3 to 7 and Appendices 1-4 of this report.