Issue - meetings

This report combines performance and financial information for the Resources Directorate for 2007/08. The performance element covers key and Council Plan indicators and projects, and the financial aspect deals with capital, revenue and Treasury Management variances.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised:

(i)                 That the financial and service performance reported be noted;

(ii)               That the year end financial situation be noted;

(iii)             That the improvement in performance achievements be noted;

(iv)              That officers across the directorate be thanked for their hard work;

(v)                That the carry forward requests be approved to go forward to the Executive.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:In accordance with budgetary and performance monitoring procedures.

Members received a report which combined performance and financial information for the Resources Directorate for 2007/08. The performance element covered key and Council Plan indicators and projects, and the financial aspect dealt with capital, revenue and Treasury Management variances.

The net expenditure for the Directorate was £4,554k compared to a budget of £6,090k, a total underspend of £1,536k. This was a variance of 2.3% compared to the gross budget of £67,646k. The overall underspend was significant however there were a number of projects which had slipped and which would require budget to be carried forward into 2008/09 if they were to be successfully implemented. Paragraph 108 detailed carry forward requests of £660k which mainly relate to the FMS project and various IT&T projects.

Members were asked to choose to support all, some or none of the carry forward requests detailed in paragraph 108 of the report.

Members requested a break down on the job scales for the male/female split. Officers reported it was currently broken down into about 90 pay grades, but the information could be provided in groups such as lower grades, higher grades, principal grades and chief officer grades.¹

Members queried why the Council had failed to receive any LPSA reward and how much reward they could of received. Officers reported that recruitment to the Benefits Team and turnover had been issues, but there was now two permanent benefits advisors who do visits on request. It was further reported that the reward would have been £327.9k and the Council would get a percentage of the overall amount for the number of the 12 targets hit. Members requested that clarity on whether some of the LPSA reward could be received be provided by email.²

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised:

(i)                 That the financial and service performance reported be noted;

(ii)               That the year end financial situation be noted;

(iii)             That the improvement in performance achievements be noted;

(iv)              That officers across the directorate be thanked for their hard work;

(v)                That the carry forward requests be approved to go forward to the Executive.³

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:In accordance with budgetary and performance monitoring procedures.