Archived decisions

Decision Maker:

Executive Member for Policy and Resources

Date of Decision:

29 January 2009

Decision Title:

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

Decision Reference:

544

Report From:

The County Treasurer and Chief Officers

Contact name:

Anne Hibbert

Tel:

01962 847533

Email:

[email protected]

1. Summary

The following decisions were made: to approve for submission to the Leader and Cabinet:

1.1. The revised budget for 2008/09 totalling £59.5 m (as set out in appendices 1 and 2)

1.2. The base budget for 2009/10 totalling £61.9 m (as set out in Appendix 3)

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

1.4. The proposals for efficiency improvements totalling £2.4m (2.4% of the proposed budget) in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 5)

1.5. The summarised trading accounts of business units (as set out in Appendix 6)

1.6. The detailed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 8)

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

1.8. The provisional budget for 2010/11 of £59.1m and for 2011/12 of £59.6m (as set out in Appendix 10).

2. Reasons for the decision

2.1. 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 are in line with the guidelines set by Cabinet as adjusted by allowable base budget adjustments. 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:

29 January 2009

Executive Member for Policy and Resources

Councillor T.K. Thornber, CBE