Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive and Section 151 Officer

Further to Minute No. 210 of the meeting held on 17 February 2011, the Cabinet considered the report of the Chief Executive and Section 151` Officer on proposals to finalise the 2011/12 Budget within the prioritisation framework agreed by the Council.

The Chair reported on the following corrections to the report, which do not affect the total budget figure:

Paragraph 7.1 Coast and Countryside value should read £306,000

                        Arts and Cultural Services value should read £497,000; and

Appendix B - Item 7.1.9             Arts and Culture should read £497,000 in 2011/12.

The Chair circulated an amendment to the recommendations in the report in respect of the Sure Start Children’s Centres, Youth Centres and to create a Budget Pressure Reserve.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED:

That the Council be recommended to:

(1)       note the progress to date on the Transformation Programme;

(2)            approve the Neighbourhoods and Safer/Stronger Communities Review, confirm that their activities be funded to the value of £1.2m and mandate officers to commence a consultation process with partners, key stakeholders, employees and Trade Unions, including the issue of relevant statutory and contractual notifications;

(3)            approve the additional savings/budget adjustments outlined in paragraph 3.1 of the report and totalling £0.95m;

(4)            approve the further savings proposals relating to management and support costs set out in paragraph 4 of the report and mandate officers to continue/commence the consultation process with suppliers, employees and Trade Unions, with a view to realising the reduction in costs identified, including the issue of relevant statutory and contractual notifications;

(5)       note the balance of Management and Support savings yet to be identified and request officers to report back on specific proposals to meet this target;

(6)       note the update on Terms and Conditions and the Social Care Funding and give approval to the inclusion of the savings within the final approved budget;

(7)            approve the assessment of Tier 2 services in line with the previous resolution of Council and the specific savings proposals set out in Appendix B of the report, subject to the deletion of the savings relating to Targeted Youth and Detached Youth Work, and mandate Officers to continue the consultation process with relevant stakeholders, employees and Trade Unions, with a view to realising the reduction in costs identified;

(8)       note the shortfall of £0.30m on the savings achievable from Tier 3 in 2011/12 only, subject to a combined saving target of £1m being applied to all Youth Service activities in 2012/13 with a part year effect of £500,000 in 2011/12 and a redesign of the Youth Service being undertaken to ensure that the savings are met and that our most vulnerable young people are protected whilst still enabling an element of universal service;

(9)            approve the cessation of externally funded activity set out in Appendix D of the report due to the reduction in Government funding and mandate Officers to continue the consultation process with relevant stakeholders, employees and Trade Unions, with  ...  view the full minutes text for item 240