Issue - meetings

This report presents details of the overall finance and performance position for the period covering 1 April to 31 December 2015, together with an overview of any emerging issues.

Resolved:  That Executive agree to:

(i)      Note the current finance and performance information;

(ii)     Present performance reports to the Council’s scrutiny committees.

Reason:     (i)      To ensure expenditure is kept within the approved  budget

(ii)     To ensure performance reporting and framework is in line with models of good practice across local authorities.

Members considered a report which detailed the overall finance and performance position of the Council for the period 1 April to 31 December 2015, assessed performance against budgets together with delivery of the Council’s savings programme.

With the Council’s budget for 2015/16 at £119,760k forecasts indicated financial pressures of £1,117k, an improvement of £133k on the previous forecast. Details of the financial position in relation to individual directorates were reported at paragraphs 10 to 33 of the report. It was noted that there was potential for an additional pressure of £3m in Adult Social Care owing to funding issues within the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group. It was also noted that, as a result of the severe flooding over the Christmas period, some assistance would be forthcoming from the Government’s emergency financial scheme and that the remaining unallocated contingency of £206k had provisionally been allocated to deal with the floods, with further details being provided in future reports.

Officers highlighted the main issues affecting the Council’s financial position and the risks involved and following further discussion it was

Resolved:  That Executive agree to:

(i)      Note the current finance and performance information;

(ii)     Present performance reports to the Council’s scrutiny committees. ^1.

Reason:     (i)      To ensure expenditure is kept within the approved  budget

(ii)     To ensure performance reporting and framework is in line with models of good practice across local authorities.