Issue - meetings

Report number:     CAB/WS/20/076

Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah Broughton

Lead officer: Christine Brain

Recommended to Council

(15 December 2020):

That the proposals as detailed in Section 2 and Table 1 of Report number PAS/WS/20/019, be included in the medium-term financial plans.

The Cabinet considered this report, which was recommending to Council, the approval of proposals for inclusion in the medium-term financial plans.

In July 2020, Cabinet had agreed proposed next steps and principles for future financial planning across the medium term (Report number: CAB/WS/20/043).  The approach was designed to enable the Council to respond effectively to changing circumstances while maintaining a medium-term focus on the Council’s financial sustainability.

The Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee (PASC) on 19 November 2020, received an update on the development of that flexible and responsive recovery plan, a plan that would continue to follow the Council’s agreed financial strategy and six key medium-term financial strategy themes, and the proposed key budget assumptions were set out in Section 2 of the PASC report (PAS/WS/20/019) (and reproduced in Cabinet report number: CAB/WS/20/076).

The recommendations considered and for subsequent approval by Council on 15 December 2020, together with any further recommendations emanating from PASC and Cabinet in the coming weeks, would be incorporated into the budget setting process, the composite report for which would be considered by Cabinet and Council in February 2021.  

Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance, drew relevant issues to the attention of Cabinet.

Cabinet demonstrated its support for the approach to the Council’s future financial planning previously agreed in July 2020 and considered the proposals outlined in the report pragmatically underpinned this approach and would contribute to the delivery of a sustainable medium-term budget.

Recommended to Council (15 December 2020):

That the proposals as detailed in Section 2 and Table 1 of Report number PAS/WS/20/019, be included in the medium-term financial plans.