Decision details

Members considered a report which provided details of the key performance issues discussed at the performance monitor session held for Directors and Executive Members on 27 September 2006 and presented the latest projection of the Council’s revenue income and expenditure for the current year.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the performance issues identified in the report be noted.

REASON:      So that corrective action on the performance issues can be addressed by Directorates and EMAPs prior to the next monitor session in December.

                        (ii)        That the applications for supplementary estimates of £179k, to be funded from the contingency fund, as set out in paragraph 62 of the report, be approved.

REASON:      In accordance with the Executive’s Constitutional powers to make decisions on the level and granting of supplementary estimates.

                        (iii)       That consideration of the virements identified in paragraph 64, Table 4, be deferred until further information on the implications of such action is available.

REASON:      To enable the Executive to make a properly informed decision.

                        (iv)       That the virement of £3k between Treasury Management and Leisure and Culture, as identified in paragraph 65, be approved.

REASON:      The virement request is within the budget areas where the Executive is the responsible body.

                        (v)        That the virements (on a non-recurring basis) that reduce the budgets for indicated departments / portfolio areas and reallocate them to achieve a balanced budget, as set out in paragraph 67, Table 5, be approved.

REASON:      In accordance with the requirement in the Council’s financial regulations that virements of more than £250k be approved by the Executive.

                        (vi)       That departments be instructed to continue to look for savings from within their own budgets, rather than request supplementary estimates for additional expenditure pressures.

REASON:      To ensure that all practicable action is taken in departments prior to seeking additional funding from the Executive.

                        (vii)      That the action currently being taken by departments to manage the overspends identified be endorsed, and that the Director of Housing and Adult Social Services be requested to report to the Executive at the earliest opportunity on the implications, for this and future years’ Council budgets, of the increased demand for social care, including those arising out of complexity issues, plus the impact of changes to the Government’s grant regulations for the Supporting People programmes.

REASON:      To enable the Executive to continue to monitor the budget and in view of the particular pressures faced by Housing and Adult Social Services.