Issue - meetings

This report presents the 2007/08 budget proposals for Neighbourhood Services portfolio.  It includes:

• the budget adjusted and rolled forward from 2006/07
• the allocation of pay and price increases for the portfolio
• budget service pressure proposals and savings options for the portfolio area
• budget options subject to consultation

This report presented the 2007/08 budget proposals for Neighbourhood Services portfolio.  It included:

• the budget adjusted and rolled forward from 2006/07
• the allocation of pay and price increases for the portfolio
• budget service pressure proposals and savings options for the portfolio area
• budget options subject to consultation

The Executive Member and Advisory Panel were asked to consider and comment on the budget proposals and identify their preferences for submission to Budget Executive on 16 January 2007.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Advisory Panel advise the Executive Member to approve the proposals for consultation for the Neighbourhood Services portfolio for 2007/08 contained in the report, whilst rejecting the “Further Savings Options”, and the items listed below to be submitted to the Budget Executive on 16 January 2007:

·  2007/08 Base Budget as set out in paragraph 7 of the report;

·  Service Pressure proposals as set out in Annex 1;

·  Savings proposals as set out in Annex 2;

Decision of the Executive Member

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

REASON:                  To begin consultation on the Neighbourhood Services budget for 2007/08.

This report presented the 2007/08 budget proposals for Neighbourhood Services portfolio.  It included:

• the budget adjusted and rolled forward from 2006/07
• the allocation of pay and price increases for the portfolio
• budget service pressure proposals and savings options for the portfolio area
• budget options subject to consultation

The Executive Member and Advisory Panel were asked to consider and comment on the budget proposals and identify their preferences for submission to Budget Executive on 16 January 2007.

The figures in the 2006/07 settlement indicated that the increase in government funding in 2007/08 nationally would be 4.0% but for York the figure was 3.2% or an additional £1.192m.  However, there was no guarantee that this allocation will not change when the final grant settlement was announced in late January 2007, although any changes were expected to be minor.

Members expressed their thanks to Officers for finding the required savings and to residents for increased recycling which provided additional landfill tax savings for reinvestment in schemes. It was also reported that the Authority’s budget would be assisting the Friends of St Nicholas Fields to support their recycling scheme next year.

The Labour Group reserved their position on the proposals.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Advisory Panel advise the Executive Member to approve the budget proposals for consultation for the Neighbourhood Services portfolio for 2007/08 contained in the report, whilst rejecting the “Further Savings Options”, and the items listed below to be submitted to the Budget Executive on 16 January 2007:

·  2007/08 Base Budget as set out in paragraph 7 of the report;

·  Service Pressure proposals as set out in Annex 1;

·  Savings proposals as set out in Annex 2;

Decision of the Executive Member

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

REASON:                  To begin consultation on the Neighbourhood Services budget for 2007/08.