Agenda, decisions and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, County Hall, Mold CH7 6NA

Contact: Tracy Waters 01352 702331  Email: tracy.waters@flintshire.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

68.

Declarations of Interest (Including Whipping Declarations)

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were made.

 

69.

Corporate Resources Budget Consultation for 2014/15 pdf icon PDF 26 KB

Decision:

That the presentation be noted.

 

Minutes:

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 Committee

·              Corporate Services by Division:-

·              Finance

                     -  Inflation

- Transfer into Settlement

                        -  Efficiencies

-  Prior Years Decisions

·              Finance – Central & Corporate

                     -  Pressures & Investments

-  Efficiencies

                        -  Prior Years Decisions

·              HR and Organisational Development

               -  Inflation

      -  Efficiencies

      -  Prior Years Decisions

·              ICT and Customer Services

      -  Inflation

      -  Efficiencies

      -  Prior Years Decisions

·              Legal and Democratic Services

               -  Inflation

               -  Pressures and Investments

               -  Efficiencies

·              Chief Executive

-  Inflation

-  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.

 

Appendix 1 to Corporate Resources O&S 28th January 20014 budget meeting pdf icon PDF 43 KB

Presentation slides pdf icon PDF 139 KB

70.

Members of the Press and Public in Attendance

Minutes:

There was one member of the press in attendance.