24 Revenue and Capital Budget Update 2019/20 PDF 175 KB
Report of the Head of Corporate Resources
Minutes:
The Cabinet considered the
report of the Head of Corporate Resources that informed of:
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the current forecast revenue
outturn position for the Council for 2019/20;
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(2)
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the current forecast on Council
Tax and Business Rates collection for 2019/20; and
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the monitoring position of the
Council’s capital programme to the end of June 2019, the
forecast expenditure to year end, variations against the approved
budgets and an explanation of those variations for consideration by
Members. Updates to spending profiles and proposed amendments to
capital budgets necessary to ensure the efficient delivery of
capital projects are also presented for approval.
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Decision Made: That:
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the current forecast revenue
outturn position for 2019/20 and the current position relating to
delivery of savings included in the 2019/20 revenue budget, be
noted;
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(2)
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the potential mitigating
actions that may be required should there still be a forecast
deficit following the mid-year review in relation to the revenue
budget, be noted;
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(3)
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the updates in relation to
spending profiles across financial years of Capital Programmes, as
detailed in paragraph 5.1.1 of the report, be noted;
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the latest capital expenditure
position as at 30 June 2019 of £1.7m (paragraph 5.2.2); and
the latest full year forecast of £26.6m (paragraph 5.3.1), of
the Capital Programmes, be noted;
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the explanations of variances
to project budgets (paragraph 5.3.2), be noted;
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the additional and revised
Transport allocations shown in paragraphs 5.4.1 to 5.4.4 of the
report, be approved;
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the additional Better Care Fund
grant allocation (section 5.6), be approved;
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the revised Schools capital
budgets as detailed in paragraph 5.7 of the report, be
noted;
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the additional Special
Educational Needs and Disabilities allocations as detailed in
paragraph 5.8 of the report, be approved;
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the additional Homes England
grant as detailed in paragraph 5.9 of the report, be
noted;
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the Burials and Cremation
capital programme plans as detailed in paragraph 5.10 of the
report, be noted; and
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it be noted that the capital
resources will be managed by the Head of Corporate Resources to
ensure the capital programme remains fully funded and that capital
funding arrangements secure the maximum financial benefit to the
Council.
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Reasons for the Decision:
To
ensure Cabinet are informed of the forecast outturn position for
the 2019/2020 revenue budget as at the end of June 2019, including
delivery of agreed savings, and to provide an updated forecast of the outturn position with regard to the
collection of Council Tax and Business Rates.
To
keep Members informed of the progress of the capital programme
against the profiled budget for 2019/20 and agreed allocations for
future years.
To
progress any changes that are required to maintain a relevant and
accurate budget profile necessary for effective monitoring of the
capital programme.
To
approve any updates to funding resources so that they can be
applied to capital schemes in the delivery of the Council’s
overall capital strategy.
In March 2017 Council approved
a three-year budget plan to March 2020. The final year
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