Issue - meetings

That the presentation be noted.

The Chairman welcomed the contributors to the meeting.

The Head of Finance explained that an overview of the budget would be provided for each Overview & Scrutiny Committee with the budget proposals for the specific area covered by each Committee detailed at the meetings.  An information pack including background papers had been made available prior to the meeting.

The main features of the presentation were:-

·              National Context and Local Impact

·              Budget Overview

·              How did the budget gap reduce?

·              Organisational Redesign & Change

                        -  Organisational Redesign: Structure and Corporate Operating Model

                        -  Organisational Redesign: Workforce

·              Corporate VFM & Functional VFM

·              Detailed proposals for this joint Committee

·              Housing Services

                        -  Inflation

                        -  Efficiencies

                        -  Prior Years Decisions

·              Social Care

            -  Inflation

                     -  Pressures / Investments

                        -  Efficiencies

                        -  Prior Years Decisions

·              Ongoing Work to finalise budget

·              Next Steps

The comments and questions which were raised by Members of the Committee on the presentations, together with the responses given, are detailed in Appendix 1 (attached).

            RESOLVED:

That the presentation be noted.