Archived decisions

Decision Maker:

Executive Member - Environment

Date of Decision:

20 January 2009

Decision Title:

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

Decision Reference:

489

Report From:

The County Treasurer and Director of Environment

Contact name:

Bevis Ingram

Tel:

01962 847508

Email:

[email protected]

1) Summary

The following decision was made:

To approve for submission to the Leader and Cabinet:

1.1. The revised budget for 2008/09 totalling £116 million (as set out in Appendices 1 and 2), including proposals for the carry forward of resources totalling £314,000 to the 2009/10 budget.

1.2. The base budget for 2009/10 totalling £115.6 million (as set out in Appendix 3).

1.3. The proposals for additional expenditure to meet service pressures totalling £2.9 million in 2009/10, matched by equivalent redeployment of resources and other savings (as set out in Appendix 4).

1.4. The proposals for efficiency improvements totalling £2.3 million (2.0% of the base budget) in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 5).

1.5. The annual review of income and charges (as set out in paragraph 6).

1.6. The detailed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 7).

1.7. The workforce implications of the proposed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 8).

1.8. The provisional budget for 2010/11 of £118.5m and for 2011/12 of £120.2m (as set out in Appendix 9).

2) Reasons for the decision

2.1. Cabinet has requested that service budgets be prepared within the budget guidelines confirmed by the 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 in order to influence decisions on the 2009/10 to 2011/12 budget and council tax.

3) Other options considered and rejected:

3.1. The total of the budget proposals in this report meet the guidelines set by the 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.

4) Conflicts of Interest:

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

None

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

None

5) Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee:

None

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

None

7) Statement from the Decision Maker:

Approved by:

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Date:

20 January 2009

Executive Member for Environment

Councillor M J Kendal