Issue - meetings

RESOLVED – that (A) the budgetary variances set out in paragraph 2.1 of the report be noted;

(B)     £100,000 of the Drill Hall capital budget be re-profiled from 2011/12 into 2012/13, as detailed at paragraph 2.25 of the report submitted;

(C)    proposed slippage on Capital Grants, Village Hall Community Challenge, Partnership Investment Fund, Community Planning Grants and Town Centre Environmental Enhancements be deferred until the next Healthcheck report, pending clarification of applications awaiting consideration, schemes in progress and commitments made; and

(D)    £16,800 of the Historic Buildings Grants capital budget be re-profiled from 2011/12 – 2012/13 as detailed at paragraph 2.30 of the report submitted.

The Leader of the Council submitted an exception report on finance and performance monitoring for December 2011.

The Executive Member for Finance referred to items of slippage and the consideration given to reductions in the capital programme elsewhere on the agenda.  He suggested that slippage on Town Centre enhancements and various budgets as detailed in recommendations (C) – (F) of the report now submitted, should be deferred pending further review by Officers, in order to clarify:

·        schemes in progress;

·        schemes where funds had already been committed; and

·        schemes where submitted applications had yet to be considered.

The Executive agreed that where items did not meet any of these criteria, they should be deleted from the programme, in order that savings could be made.  Officers were requested to clarify these issues in the next Healthcheck report. 

The Executive approved the proposals now detailed.

RESOLVED – that (A) the budgetary variances set out in paragraph 2.1 of the report be noted;

(B)      £100,000 of the Drill Hall capital budget be re-profiled from 2011/12 into 2012/13, as detailed at paragraph 2.25 of the report submitted;

(C)      proposed slippage on Capital Grants, Village Hall Community Challenge, Partnership Investment Fund, Community Planning Grants and Town Centre Environmental Enhancements be deferred until the next Healthcheck report, pending clarification of applications awaiting consideration, schemes in progress and commitments made; and

(D)      £16,800 of the Historic Buildings Grants capital budget be re-profiled from 2011/12 – 2012/13 as detailed at paragraph 2.30 of the report submitted.