Issue - meetings

Delivering a Sustainable Budget 2015/2016

 

 

Meeting: 02/12/2014 - St Edmundsbury Cabinet (Item 6)

6 Recommendations from the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee - 26 November 2014: Delivering a Sustainable Budget 2015-2016 and Budget Consultation Results pdf icon PDF 270 KB

Report No:   CAB/SE/14/004 TO FOLLOW

Cabinet Member: David Ray           Lead Officers: Davina Howes

                                                                    Rachael Mann

                                                                  

Decision:

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:

That, taking into account the public consultation results outlined in Appendix A to Report No: PAS/SE/14/010:

 

(a)     the proposals, as detailed in Table 2 at paragraph 1.5.1 of Report No: PAS/SE/14/010, be included; and

 

(b)     the proposals, as detailed in paragraph 1.5.2 of Report No: PAS/SE/14/010, be removed.

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered Report No: CAB/SE/14/004 (previously circulated) which sought approval for several proposals for savings and income generation to enable the delivery of a balanced budget in 2015/2016.

 

Councillor Ray, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance, drew relevant issues to the attention of the Cabinet including that in light of continuing financial challenges as a result of uncertainty in the wider economy and constraints on public sector spending, difficult financial decisions are needed to be taken. 

 

A public consultation exercise was undertaken over summer 2014 in order to inform the budget setting process and help Members make decisions on the 2015/2016 budget.  The feedback received was analysed and as a result, a number of budget proposals had been considered by the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee for inclusion or removal, as detailed in Sections 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 of Report No: PAS/SE/14/010 (duplicated in Sections 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 of Report No: CAB/SE/14/004). 

 

The Cabinet noted that some areas of the budget consultation still required further work and these were likely to be the subject of individual business cases over the coming months.

 

 

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:

 

That, taking into account the public consultation results outlined in Appendix A to Report No: PAS/SE/14/010:

 

(a)    the proposals, as detailed in Table 2 at paragraph 1.5.1 of Report No: PAS/SE/14/010, be included; and

 

(b)    the proposals, as detailed in paragraph 1.5.2 of Report No: PAS/SE/14/010, be removed.

 

(Councillor Mrs Levack arrived during the consideration of this item.)