Issue - meetings
Chief Executive's Revenue & Capital Budget Estimates 2009/10
Meeting: 27/01/2009 - Executive Members for City Strategy and Advisory Panel (Item 75)
75 Chief Executive's Revenue and Capital Budget Estimates 2009/10 
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This report presents the 2009/10 budget proposals for the Chief Executive’s Directorate. This includes:
- the revenue budget for 2008/09 to show the existing budgets
- the budget adjusted and rolled forward from 2008/09 into 2009/10
- the provisional allocation of pay and price increases for the portfolio
- proposals for budget service pressure costs and savings options for the portfolio area
- fees and charges proposals
- the existing approved capital programme and
- options for new capital schemes.
Additional documents:
- Chief Exec Budget 2009-10 Annex 1 service plan, item 75
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- Chief Exec Budget 2009-10 Annex 2 savings, item 75
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- Chief Exec Budget 2009-10 Annex 3 Fees & Charges, item 75
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- Chief Exec Budget 2009-10 Annex 4 Capital Programme, item 75
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- Chief Exec Budget 2009-10 Annex 5 New Capital Schemes, item 75
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Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member Advisory Panel note the report and recommends the Executive Leader forward the budget proposals contained in the report for consideration at the budget Executive meeting on 16 February 2009.
Decision of the Executive Leader
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: As part of the consultation for the 2009/10 budget process.
Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report, which presented the 2009/10 budget proposals for the Chief Executive’s Directorate. This included:
- the revenue budget for 2008/09 (Annex 1) which showed the existing budgets
- the budget adjusted and rolled forward from 2008/09 into 2009/10
- the provisional allocation of pay and price increases for the portfolio
- proposals for budget service pressure costs and savings options for the portfolio area (Annex 2)
- fees and charges proposals (Annex 3)
- the existing approved capital programme (Annex 4) and
- options for new capital schemes (Annex 5).
The budget proposals had been summarised as follows:
|
|
£'000 |
|
Base Budget 2008/09 |
6,141 |
|
Provisional allocation for pay increases |
182 |
|
Provisional allocation for price increases |
-8 |
|
Full year effect of 2008/09 growth items |
230 |
|
Savings proposals (Annex 3) |
-399 |
|
Proposed Budget 2009/10 |
6,146 |
As part of the consultation process Members were asked for their comments or alternative suggestions on the proposals shown in Annexes 2, 3 and 5, before the budget was considered by Budget Council on 26 February 2009.
Officers confirmed that they were aware that the release of trade union representatives to undertake their duties was a statutory obligation but that this could not be met from the Chief Executive’s budget and that Officers would work with the Union to monitor the release time. Members questioned whether this would be required as a growth item in departmental budgets.
Members of the Labour Group and Green Party reserved their position for Budget Council.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member Advisory Panel note the report and recommends the Executive Leader forward the budget proposals contained in the report for consideration at the budget Executive meeting on 16 February 2009.
Decision of the Executive Leader
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: As part of the consultation for the 2009/10 budget process.