Agenda, decisions and minutes
Venue: Delyn Committee Room, County Hall, Mold CH7 6NA
Contact: Tracy Waters 01352 702331 Email: tracy.waters@flintshire.gov.uk
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Declarations of Interest (Including Whipping Declarations) Purpose: To receive any Declarations and advise Members accordingly. Minutes: No declarations of interest were made. |
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Council Fund Revenue Budget 2016/17 Additional documents: Decision: That the presentation be noted. Minutes: The Chairman welcomed the contributors to the meeting.
The Chief Executive and Corporate Finance Manager gave a presentation on the Local Government Provisional Settlement 2016/17 which had been given at Cabinet on 15th December, 2015. The presentation covered the following areas:-
· Settlement Context · Settlement Headlines · Flintshire Position in the Settlement · Known Impacts for Flintshire · Ongoing Local Budget Work · Ongoing National Budget Work · Timescale for Phasing the Budget
The Leader of the Council commented on specific grants, particularly the Outcome Agreement Grant, and the continued lobbying of Welsh Government (WG) to allow Local Authorities greater freedom and flexibility to decide how these grants were spent.
The Chief Executive, Chief Officer (Governance) and Corporate Finance Manager gave a detailed presentation which covered the following areas:-
· Purpose of today’s meeting · Corporate Overview · Corporate Finance Efficiency Proposals 2016/17 · Corporate Finance Local Pressures and Inflation · Inflation · Service Business Plan Proposals · Budget Closure Strategy · National Budget Timetable
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. |
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Members of the Press and Public in Attendance Minutes: There were no members of the public and press in attendance. |