Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Transformation Services and Head of Corporate Finance and ICT

Further to Minute No. 94 of the meeting held on 31 January 2013, the Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Transformation Services and Head of Finance and ICT which provided an update on the outcome of consultation on options previously approved for consultation, set out recommendations on what should now be included in the final two year Budget Plan and identified further new budget options and assumptions for consideration and consultation.

The report also provided an update on the outcome of consultation with residents on a number of options previously approved for consultation on an increase in the Council Tax.  No new options were presented in the report.

The report was arranged in a number of parts with the associated annex as indicated below:

The Chief Executive indicated that the resolutions arising from the report would form the basis of the report to Budget Council meeting on 28 February 2013 which would enable the Council to set its budget and the two year plan.  She requested the Cabinet to take into account amongst other things the consultation and engagement activity to date and the impact and risk associated with each option.

Councillor Hardy referred to the revised operational arrangements for the public conveniences service set out in the report which had been amended as as a result of the outcome of consultation.

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

Decisions Made:  That

Part 1 Background

 (1)      it be noted that figures and phasing in the annex to the report are working assumptions of options to be considered and the figures should not be seen as predetermining any decisions. Some of these options remain subject to consultation, engagement and Public Sector Equality Duty  assessment, and any figures indicated were being used to facilitate outline budgetary forecasting only;

Part 2 Consultation & Engagement

(2)       it be noted that the feedback on Consultation and Engagement set out in Part 2 of the report including the outcomes of the consultation with residents on Council Tax, had been taken into account;

Part 3 Options previously approved for consultation

Public Sector Equality Duty

(3)       it be noted that the detail within the equality analysis report, the consultation feedback and the mitigating actions within each option set out in the report had been taken into account;

Annex A

(4)       the Council be recommended to give approval to the following actions being taken on the options in Annex A of the report and Officers be authorised to prepare for implementation immediately pending final decisions of Council including the issue of relevant statutory and contractual notification, if appropriate to achieve change.