Issue - meetings

Report number:     CAB/WS/23/005

Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah Broughton

Chair of the Committee: Councillor Ian Houlder

Lead officer: Rachael Mann

Recommended to Council (as part of the budget setting process):

(21 February 2023)

That the proposals detailed in Section 2 and Table 1 at paragraph 3.4 of report number PAS/WS/23/001, be included in the 2023 to 2024 budget.

(Report number CAB/WS/23/005)

The Cabinet considered this report, which was recommending to Council, approval of proposals for inclusion in the budget for 2023 to 2024 and medium-term financial plans.

Following the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee’s consideration and subsequent recommendation to Cabinet on 17 November 2022 regarding the inclusion of proposals in the budget for 2023 to 2024 and in the medium term, the Committee was recommending further proposals, having been provided with an updated position.

On 26 January 2023, the Committee received further updates on assumptions and anticipated savings and initiatives proposed or already delivered to-date to deliver a sustainable and balanced budget for 2023 to 2024 and included details of the medium-term budget estimates.

The proposals, as set out in Section 2 and Table 1 at paragraph 3.4 of Report number PAS/WS/23/001 (and reproduced in the Cabinet report) had been incorporated into the budget setting process, the composite report for which was to be considered by Cabinet later in the meeting under Agenda Item 12, for referral to Council on 21 February 2023.  Should Cabinet therefore not endorse any of the proposals endorsed by the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee, or suggest alternatives, this would need to be reflected in the subsequent budget setting documentation and recommendations.

Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Property, drew relevant issues to the attention of Cabinet, including thanking the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee for their role in helping to shape the budget for 2023 to 2024 and beyond.

Recommended to Council, as part of the budget setting process (21 February 2023):

That the proposals detailed in Section 2 and Table 1 at paragraph 3.4 of report number PAS/WS/23/001, be included in the 2023 to 2024 budget.