Archived decisions

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Executive Decision Record

1. The following decision was made :

To approve for submission to the Leader and Cabinet:

a) The revised budget for 2009/10 totalling £302.9m (as set out in appendices 1 and 2)

b) A planned underspend of £1.0m, to be carried forward to fund the shortfall in resources required to meet the growth pressures in 2010/11. It is the intention to maximise this underspend in order to provide flexibility required to manage next year's budget pressures and risks and Cabinet are also requested to allow the full carry forward of any remaining unused contingency at the year end to 2011/12

c) The base budget for 2010/11 totalling £309.0m (as set out in Appendix 3)

d) The proposals for growth totalling £22.9m (as set out in Appendix 4)

e) The proposals for redeployment of resources totalling £14.9m in 2010/11 (as set out in Appendix 4)

f) The proposals for efficiency improvements totalling £15.4m (4.99 % of the base budget) in 2010/11 (as set out in Appendix 5)

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

h) For Supporting People £3.1m (out of 2008/09 £3.9m carried forward underspend) be re-profiled to 2010/11 with the remaining £820,000 being released in 2009/10 to enable spending and resources to be matched.

i) The detailed budget for 2010/11 (as set out in Appendices 7 and 8)

j) The workforce implications of the proposed budget for 2010/11 (as set out in Appendix 9)

k) The provisional budget for 2011/12 of £312.9m and for 2012/13 of £322.4m (as set out in Appendix 10) and that

l) The risks detailed in section 15 be noted.

2. Reason for the decision:

2.1. Cabinet has requested that service budgets be prepared within the budget guidelines confirmed by Cabinet in October 2009 for approval by Executive Members and submitted to the Leader and Cabinet for consideration in February 2010. Proposals need to be submitted to the Cabinet on 5 February 2010 in order to influence decisions on the 2010/11 to 2012/13 budget and council tax.

3. Other options considered and rejected:

3.1 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.

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. Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent: not applicable

7. Statement from the Decision Maker: