Agenda item

(i)            Report of the Corporate Director Resources.

(ii)          Report of the Assistant Chief Executive

The Committee considered two reports, the first of the Assistant Chief Executive (ACE) and the second of the Corporate Director, Resources which provided details of the forecast outturn budget position highlighting major variances in comparison with the budget based on the position at the end of September 2015 (for copy see file of Minutes).

Councillor Wilkes referred to the underspends of £990k in the revenue budget in the Resources grouping at Quarter 2, and £237k in the ACE grouping in the same quarter. He reiterated his comments about the proposed reductions in AAP budgets for next year and suggested that that part of the total underspend in these service groupings could be utilised to avoid budget cuts to AAPs.

By way of information Members were advised the savings target for 2016/2017 in the Resources service grouping was £1.5m and the underspend was as a result of the early achievement of those savings.

Resolved:

That the content of the report be noted.