Agenda, decisions and minutes

No declarations of interest were made. 

1. Council Fund

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

2. Capital Programme

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

That the presentations be noted. 

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. 

There was one member of the press and no members of the public in attendance.