Decision details

Decision Maker: City Mayor (Individual Decision)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

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Publication date: 16/11/2023

Date of decision: 24/11/2023

Effective from: 02/12/2023

This decision has been called in by:

• Councillor Patrick Kitterick who writes We the undersigned wish to "Call In" the parts of the Executive Decision in regard to cuts in budgets {Headlined BUDGET SAVINGS}. We are content for some of the savings to be agreed but have concerns about the following matters and their impact on the people of Leicester Restructuring of the provision of Waste Services 0 75 75 Reduced expenditure on Parks & Open Spaces 30 339 339 Efficiency savings within Regulatory Services 0 113 113 Additional income within Bereavement & EBS 0 127 194 Efficiency Savings from Street Cleansing 0 90 180 In particular we note that none of these cuts appear to have been examined by the relevant Scrutiny Committee In terms of some of the other items where substitute funding has been indicated that may well be fine but would require re-assurance that this alternative funding is actually in place before agreeing to the reduction in budget, in terms of the Enablement Service we would wish to examine the impact of any review.. Alternative funding arrangements for CAMHS support 0 155 155 Alternative funding arrangements for Domestic Abuse service 92 252 252 Enablement services - Organisational Review 100 400 400 Total Social Care and Education savings 192 807 807 "
• Councillor Nigel Porter who writes We the undersigned wish to "Call In" the parts of the Executive Decision in regard to cuts in budgets {Headlined BUDGET SAVINGS}. We are content for some of the savings to be agreed but have concerns about the following matters and their impact on the people of Leicester Restructuring of the provision of Waste Services 0 75 75 Reduced expenditure on Parks & Open Spaces 30 339 339 Efficiency savings within Regulatory Services 0 113 113 Additional income within Bereavement & EBS 0 127 194 Efficiency Savings from Street Cleansing 0 90 180 In particular we note that none of these cuts appear to have been examined by the relevant Scrutiny Committee In terms of some of the other items where substitute funding has been indicated that may well be fine but would require re-assurance that this alternative funding is actually in place before agreeing to the reduction in budget, in terms of the Enablement Service we would wish to examine the impact of any review.. Alternative funding arrangements for CAMHS support 0 155 155 Alternative funding arrangements for Domestic Abuse service 92 252 252 Enablement services - Organisational Review 100 400 400 Total Social Care and Education savings 192 807 807 "
• Councillor Paul Westley who writes We the undersigned wish to "Call In" the parts of the Executive Decision in regard to cuts in budgets {Headlined BUDGET SAVINGS}. We are content for some of the savings to be agreed but have concerns about the following matters and their impact on the people of Leicester Restructuring of the provision of Waste Services 0 75 75 Reduced expenditure on Parks & Open Spaces 30 339 339 Efficiency savings within Regulatory Services 0 113 113 Additional income within Bereavement & EBS 0 127 194 Efficiency Savings from Street Cleansing 0 90 180 In particular we note that none of these cuts appear to have been examined by the relevant Scrutiny Committee In terms of some of the other items where substitute funding has been indicated that may well be fine but would require re-assurance that this alternative funding is actually in place before agreeing to the reduction in budget, in terms of the Enablement Service we would wish to examine the impact of any review.. Alternative funding arrangements for CAMHS support 0 155 155 Alternative funding arrangements for Domestic Abuse service 92 252 252 Enablement services - Organisational Review 100 400 400 Total Social Care and Education savings 192 807 807 "
• Councillor Liz Sahu who writes We the undersigned wish to "Call In" the parts of the Executive Decision in regard to cuts in budgets {Headlined BUDGET SAVINGS}. We are content for some of the savings to be agreed but have concerns about the following matters and their impact on the people of Leicester Restructuring of the provision of Waste Services 0 75 75 Reduced expenditure on Parks & Open Spaces 30 339 339 Efficiency savings within Regulatory Services 0 113 113 Additional income within Bereavement & EBS 0 127 194 Efficiency Savings from Street Cleansing 0 90 180 In particular we note that none of these cuts appear to have been examined by the relevant Scrutiny Committee In terms of some of the other items where substitute funding has been indicated that may well be fine but would require re-assurance that this alternative funding is actually in place before agreeing to the reduction in budget, in terms of the Enablement Service we would wish to examine the impact of any review.. Alternative funding arrangements for CAMHS support 0 155 155 Alternative funding arrangements for Domestic Abuse service 92 252 252 Enablement services - Organisational Review 100 400 400 Total Social Care and Education savings 192 807 807 "
• Councillor Deepak Bajaj who writes We the undersigned wish to "Call In" the parts of the Executive Decision in regard to cuts in budgets {Headlined BUDGET SAVINGS}. We are content for some of the savings to be agreed but have concerns about the following matters and their impact on the people of Leicester Restructuring of the provision of Waste Services 0 75 75 Reduced expenditure on Parks & Open Spaces 30 339 339 Efficiency savings within Regulatory Services 0 113 113 Additional income within Bereavement & EBS 0 127 194 Efficiency Savings from Street Cleansing 0 90 180 In particular we note that none of these cuts appear to have been examined by the relevant Scrutiny Committee In terms of some of the other items where substitute funding has been indicated that may well be fine but would require re-assurance that this alternative funding is actually in place before agreeing to the reduction in budget, in terms of the Enablement Service we would wish to examine the impact of any review.. Alternative funding arrangements for CAMHS support 0 155 155 Alternative funding arrangements for Domestic Abuse service 92 252 252 Enablement services - Organisational Review 100 400 400 Total Social Care and Education savings 192 807 807 "
• Councillor Mick Gregg who writes We the undersigned wish to "Call In" the parts of the Executive Decision in regard to cuts in budgets {Headlined BUDGET SAVINGS}. We are content for some of the savings to be agreed but have concerns about the following matters and their impact on the people of Leicester Restructuring of the provision of Waste Services 0 75 75 Reduced expenditure on Parks & Open Spaces 30 339 339 Efficiency savings within Regulatory Services 0 113 113 Additional income within Bereavement & EBS 0 127 194 Efficiency Savings from Street Cleansing 0 90 180 In particular we note that none of these cuts appear to have been examined by the relevant Scrutiny Committee In terms of some of the other items where substitute funding has been indicated that may well be fine but would require re-assurance that this alternative funding is actually in place before agreeing to the reduction in budget, in terms of the Enablement Service we would wish to examine the impact of any review.. Alternative funding arrangements for CAMHS support 0 155 155 Alternative funding arrangements for Domestic Abuse service 92 252 252 Enablement services - Organisational Review 100 400 400 Total Social Care and Education savings 192 807 807 "

Accompanying Documents:

• Savings Report 9 Nov 2023 v2 FINAL PDF 501 KB
• Revenue Decision Notice Savings Report v1 PDF 168 KB