Issue - meetings

Councillor Patel submits a report showing the summary position comparing spending with the budget for all General Fund Services and the Housing Revenue Account based on the first eight months of the year.  The Cabinet is asked to note the spend to date and forecast outturn and the likely underspend on corporate budgets and; to approve budget virements and transfers and note the action proposed to ensure that spending is curtailed within Departments' budgets.

Any comments of Scrutiny will be reported to the meeting.

Councillor Patel submitted a report showing the summary position comparing spending against the budget for all General Fund services and the Housing Revenue Account based on the first eight months of the year.

The Chair noted the importance of such monitoring reports to ensure tight management of the budget by Members and Directors.

RESOLVED:

(1)that the spend to date and the forecast outturn, be noted;

(2)that the action proposed, as detailed in the report, to ensure that spending is contained within the Departments' budget, be noted;

(3)that the likely underspending in respect of corporate budgets, which would be returned to corporate reserves, be noted;

(4)that the requested budget virements and transfers, be approved; and

(5)that the Document Image Processing repayment schedule, be noted.