Issue - meetings

(1)

the current forecast revenue outturn position for the Council for 2019/20;

(2)

the current forecast on Council Tax and Business Rates collection for 2019/20; and

(3)

the monitoring position of the Council’s capital programme to the end of January 2020 which included the forecast expenditure to year end;

variations against the approved budgets and an explanation of those variations for consideration by Members; and updates to spending profiles and proposed amendments to capital budgets necessary to ensure the efficient delivery of capital projects.

(1)

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;

(2)

the mitigating measures being used to partially mitigate the forecast outturn position, as detailed in paragraph 2.2 of the report, excluding a forecast deficit on Housing Benefits which will be considered at the end of the financial year if it materialises be noted;

(3)

it be acknowledge that the forecast outturn position will continue to be reviewed to ensure a balanced forecast outturn position can be achieved or understand a potential call of General Fund Balances;

(4)

the review updates to spending profiles across financial years as detailed in paragraph 5.1.1 of the report be noted;

(5)

the review of the new schemes approved by Council and added to the Capital Programme for 2019/20 and 2020/21 as detailed in paragraphs 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 of the report be noted;

(6)

the latest capital expenditure position as at 31 January 2020 of £13.718m with the latest full year forecast being £21.823m, as detailed in paragraphs 5.2.2 and 5.2.4 of the report respectively, be noted;

(7)

the explanations of variances to project budgets as detailed in paragraph 5.2.5 of the report be noted;

(8)

it be acknowledged that capital resources will be managed by the Executive Director Corporate Resources and Customer Services to ensure the capital programme remains fully funded and that capital funding arrangements secure the maximum financial benefit to the Council as detailed in section 5.4 of the report; and

(9)

the Head of Health and Wellbeing be requested to prepare a letter for Cllr Maher to submit to the Rt Hon Matt Hancock M.P., Secretary of State for Health and Social Care expressing the Council’s dissatisfaction at the delay in his department confirming the public health grant allocations to local authorities.