Issue - meetings

The Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Customer & Corporate Services to present a report which provides details of the overall finance and performance position for the period covering 1 July 2017 to 30 September 2017, together with an overview of any emerging issues.

Resolved:  That the finance and performance information set out in the report be noted.

Reason:     To ensure that expenditure is kept within the approved budget.

The Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Customer & Corporate Services presented a report which provided details of the council’s overall finance and performance position for the second quarter of the financial year, covering 1 July 2017 to 30 September 2017.

The financial pressures facing the council were projected at £446k, which was an improvement on the £636k projected in the Quarter 1 monitoring report and on Monitor 2 forecasts in previous years.  It was predicted that, overall, out-turn would be within the approved budget of £119.6m. 

With regard to performance, good progress continued to be seen, despite increasingly complex customer needs and demands for services.  Of the 19 strategic indicators for which new data had been provided, 5 had improved in the last quarter.  Two major public consultations were currently under way, on the pre-publication draft Local Plan and the council’s 2018/19 budget.  Details were set out in the report.

Resolved:  That the finance and performance information set out in the report be noted.

Reason:     To ensure that expenditure is kept within the approved budget.