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2011/12 Leader Budget Proposals

Meeting: 01/02/2011 - Decision Session - Executive Leader (Item 24)

24 Revenue Budget Estimates 2011/12 - Office of the Chief Executive pdf icon PDF 104 KB

This report presents the 2011-12 budget proposals for The Office of the Chief Executive and also includes savings proposals relating to Strategic Housing which is part of Communities & Neighbourhoods Directorate but is the Executive Leader’s responsibility. The Executive Leader is asked to consider and comment on the budget proposals included in this report and identify their recommendations which will be considered by the Executive as part of the consultation exercise at its meeting on 15 February 2011.

Additional documents:

Decision:

 

 

RESOLVED: 

 

(i)                 That it be confirmed that the budget proposals are in line with the Council’s priorities.

(ii)               That the report be referred to the Budget Executive for consideration.

 

 

Reason:  As part of the 2011-12 budget consultation.

Minutes:

The Executive Leader considered a report that presented the 2011/12 budget proposals for The Office of the Chief Executive, which included:

 

  • the national context regarding local government funding and the implications for City of York Council.
  • the approach that had been adopted to develop budget proposals.
  • the outcomes of the customer budget consultation.
  • the revenue budget for 2010/11 (Annex 1 of the report) to show the existing budgets.
  • the budget adjusted and rolled forward from 2010/11 into 2011/12.
  • the cost of pay and price increases and increments for the portfolio.
  • proposals for service pressure costs and saving options for the portfolio area (Annexes 2 and 3 of the report).

The report also included saving proposals related to Strategic Housing which was part of Communities & Neighbourhoods Directorate but was the Executive Leader’s responsibility.

 

Officers gave an update and stated that although the Holocaust Memorial Day budget had been reduced the Council would continue to support this event.

 

RESOLVED: 

 

(i)         That it be confirmed that the budget proposals are in line with the Council’s priorities.

 

(ii)        That the report be referred to the Budget Executive for consideration.

 

REASON:

 

As part of the 2011-12 budget consultation.


 

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