Archived decisions

Decision Maker:

Executive Member for Adult Social Care

Date of Decision:

16 January 2009

Decision Title:

Revenue Budget 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12

Decision Reference:

500

Report From:

The County Treasurer and Director of Adult Services

Contact names:

Erica Meadus and Gill Duncan

Tel:

01962 846195

Email:

[email protected]

Tel:

01962 847200

Email:

[email protected]

1) Summary

The following proposals were approved for submission to the Leader and Cabinet:

1.1. A revised budget for 2008/09 totalling £284.7m (as set out in appendices 1 and 2).

1.2. A planned underspend of £3.9m be carried forward to fund the shortfall in resources required to meet the growth pressures in 2009/10. It is the intention to maximise this underspend in order to provide optimum flexibility required to manage next year's budget pressures.

1.3. The base budget for 2009/10 totalling £298.8m (as set out in Appendix 3).

1.4. The proposals for growth totalling £18.5m (as set out in Appendix 4).

1.5. The proposals for redeployment of resources totalling £8.3m in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 4).

1.6. The proposals for efficiency improvements totalling £8.8m (3.3 % of the base budget) in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 5).

1.7. The annual review of income and charges (as set out in Appendix 6).

1.8. For Supporting People £3.9m be carried forward for the partnership to future years with £2.2m carried forward to 2010/11 and £1.7m carried forward to 2011/12 to enable spending and resources to be matched.

1.9. The detailed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendices 7 and 8).

1.10. The workforce implications of the proposed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 9).

1.11. The provisional budget for 2010/11 of £318.9m and for 2011/12 of £319.3m (as set out in Appendix 10).

Reasons for the decision

1.1. Cabinet has requested that service budgets be prepared within the budget guidelines confirmed by Cabinet in October 2008 for approval by Executive Members and submitted to the Leader and Cabinet for consideration in February 2009. Proposals need to be submitted to the Cabinet on 6 February 2009 in order to influence decisions on the 2009/10 to 2011/12 budget and council tax.

2) Other options considered and rejected:

2.1. The total of the budget proposals in this report equal the guidelines set by Cabinet. A budget in excess of the guidelines is not considered affordable and a budget below the guidelines would not enable service objectives to be met.

3) Conflicts of Interest:

3.1. Conflicts of interest declared by the decision-maker:

None

3.2. Conflicts of interest declared by other Executive Members consulted:

None

4) Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee:

None

5) Any reasons for the matter being dealt with if urgent :

None

6) Statement from the Decision Maker:

Approved by:

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Date:

16 January 2009

Executive Member for Adult Social Care Councillor Felicity Hindson