Agenda item

i)             Report of the Corporate Director Resources

ii)            Report of the Director of Transformation and Partnerships

The Committee received two reports of the Assistant Chief Executive and Corporate Director Resources, the first of which provided details of the outturn budget position for the Resources and Assistant Chief Executive service grouping highlighting major variances in comparison with the budget based on the outturn position at the end of March 2016 (for copy see file of Minutes).

The second report provided details of the forecast outturn budget position for the Resources and Assistant Chief Executive’s service grouping, highlighting major variances in comparison with the budget based on the position to the end of June 2016.

Councillor J Armstrong reminded all members that their Neighbourhood Budget had to be committed or spent by 26 February 2017 or it would be lost. It was suggested that member support send an email reminder to all members advising of the above.

Councillor Hillary in referring to the subjective analysis headings, noted that there were no figures in the report detailing employee turnover/costs. He suggested that it would be useful to see how many staff were employed from one month to another. Where there had been a reduction in costs, he asked whether this had been due to ERVR / MTFP savings or otherwise. Where there was an increase in costs, he wanted to know whether this was a result of staff being paid more or an increase in the headcount. In summary, he asked that staff turnover rates be provided, broken down by service area against payroll costs.

The Head of Planning and Performance advised that she would look into what information could be provided, however noted that Overview and Scrutiny Management Board received similar data within their quarterly MTFP delivery report.

Resolved:

That the content of the reports be noted.