Issue - meetings

This report presents the 2009/10 budget proposals for Housing & Adult Social Services.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to:

(i)         agree whether the budget proposals are in line with the Council's priorities.

(ii)        note the comments made by the Advisory Panel on the budget proposals for savings and growth, which have been prepared by Officers and contained in this report, which are intended to from part of the Council's budget to be considered by the Budget Executive on 16 February 2009.

(iii)       note the comments made by the Advisory Panel on the areas for consultation for the revenue budget contained in this report, which may form part of the Council's budget to be considered by the Budget Executive on 16 February 2009.

(iv)       note the comments made on the capital proposals, which have been prepared by Officers and contained in this report, which are intended to from part of the Council's budget to be considered by the Budget Executive on 16 February 2009.

(v)        note the budget proposals for consultation for Housing & Adult Social Servicesfor 2009/10 contained in this report and listed below and any  comments to be submitted to the Budget Executive on 16 February 2009.

• 2009/10 base budget as set out in paragraph 6
• Service pressure proposals as set out in Annex 2
• Savings proposals as set out in Annex 3
• Fees and charges as set out in Annex 4
• Other revenue budget options for consultation as set out in Annex 5
• Options for new capital schemes in Annex 7
• The HRA budget as set out in Annex 8

Decision of the Executive Member

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

REASON:                  As part of the consultation on the Housing & Adult Social Services budget for 2009/10.

Members considered a report, which presented the 2009/10 budget proposals for Housing & Adult Social Services.

The Director of Housing and Adult Social Services reported to Members that the savings proposed were in Annex 3 and that Annex 5 referred to the savings consulted on but not the recommendations for inclusion. He also noted that this year the budget was tight with cost pressures and growth kept to a minimum. He also stated that decisions needed to be made with regard to fees and income as referred to in Annex 4.  The Officer noted that there had been very strong support for protecting services to the elderly and long-term care fees as noted in paragraph 31 of the report. On the question of risk it was stated that an Equality Impact Assessment needed to be undertaken with regard to the impact of Savings Proposal HASS15 in respect of disabled adults, together with more consultation. It was stated that Housing Revenue had shown a surplus.

Members of the Labour Group reserved their position for Budget Council.

Members noted that some of the annex pages had been difficult to read due to the page setup and that this would be looked at for future agendas.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to:

            Consider whether the budget proposals are in line with the Council's priorities and provide comments to be submitted to Budget Executive on the:

• 2009/10 base budget as set out in paragraph 6
• Service pressure proposals as set out in Annex 2
• Savings proposals as set out in Annex 3
• Fees and charges as set out in Annex 4
• Other revenue budget options for consultation as set out in Annex 5
• Options for new capital schemes in Annex 7
• The HRA budget as set out in Annex 8

Decision of the Executive Member

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

REASON:                  As part of the consultation on the Housing & Adult Social Services budget for 2009/10.