Issue - meetings

Corporate Resources Budget Consultation for 2014/15

Meeting: 03/02/2014 - Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 72)

Budget Consultation for 2014/15

1. Council Fund

  • To review the feedback in relation to the proposals for the Council Fund 2014/15 from individual scrutiny meetings held on 28th and 30th January 2014

 

2. Capital Programme

  • To consider the proposals for the Capital Programme for 2014/15

Decision:

That the presentations be noted. 

 

Minutes:

The Chief Executive and the Head of Finance provided a presentation on the Council Fund Revenue Budget 2014/15, the main features of which were:-

 

  • Purpose of this session
  • Overview & Scrutiny meetings held
  • Member Feedback
  • Issues raised across Committees

- Housing and Social Care

- Environment

- Lifelong Learning

- Corporate Resources

  • Budget Update
  • Issues still under consideration to achieve a balanced budget
  • Investment Strategy
  • Next steps

The Director of Environment and the Head of Finance then provided a presentation on the Assets and the Capital Programme Budget 2014/15, the main features of which were:

 

  • Purpose of the meeting
  • Capital Programme Contest
  • Funding the Capital Programme
  • Capital Programme – Funding
  • Core Capital Programme
  • Capital Receipts & Core Programme
  • Allocating the Core Programme
  • Core Capital Programme – Allocation
  • Next Steps

 

The comments and questions which were raised by Members, and the responses given, are attached at Appendix 1.  

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the presentations be noted.