Issue - meetings

To consider a limited number of urgent referrals from the Executive Committee which relate to financial decisions relevant to tonight’s business.  (Other matters will be reported to the next ordinary meeting of the Council on 9 March 2009.)

·                    Estimated Outturn 2008/09;

·                    Virement Request – Planning Savings;

·                    Initial Estimates 2009/10.

(The  individual decisions from the meeting of the Executive Committee on 28 January  (attached) and 18 February 2009  (to be tabled) refer.

Members considered urgent referrals from the Executive Committee in respect of the following matters:

Estimated Outturn 2008/09;

Virement Request – Planning Savings; and

General Fund Revenue Budgets and Capital Bids 2009/10 – 2011/12.

During consideration of the item on the Estimated Outturn, Members again reiterated their concern at the further reduction in the contribution from Scottish Widows Investment Partnerships Ltd to the Shopmobility service.

In respect of the General Fund item, the Council was informed that in addition to proceeding with all revenue bids identified as unavoidable or high priority steps were to be taken to identify an existing officer within the organisation to undertake the role of Grants Officer which had been categorised as a medium priority revenue bid.

1.         ESTIMATED OUTTURN 2008/09:

RESOLVED that

the Estimated Outturn 2008/09 be recommended for approval;

2.         VIREMENT REQUEST – PLANNING SAVINGS

            RESOLVED that

            The budget savings totalling £57,900 be vired for studies required as part of the evidence base for the Local Development Framework and the Redditch Economic Strategy, estimated to cost £55,000.

3.         GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGETS AND CAPITAL BIDS 2009/10 – 2011/12

            RESOLVED that

1)      subject to comments, above, the Initial Estimates for 2009/10 be approved;

2)      the Revenue Bids categorised as unavoidable and high detailed in Appendix 14 be approved as follows:

                        2009/10          £465,000

                        2010/11          £367,000

                        2011/12          £280,000;

3)      the General Fund bids for capital resources categorised as unavoidable and high set out in Appendix 15 be approved as follows:

                         2009/10          £1,112,800

                         2010/11          £   920,000

                         2011/12          £   820,000;

4)      the Housing Revenue Account bids for capital resources categorised as high set out in Appendix 17 be approved as follows:

2009/10          £1,090,000

                         2010/11          £   570,000

                         2011/12          £   570,000;

5)      the savings / additional as identified in Appendix18 and below be approved  for consultation:

                               2009/10          £   958,400

                               2010/11          £1,464,900

                               2011/12          £1,571,700;

6)      the balance of the set up costs for Civil Enforcement Parking funded by the Council from future income streams;

7)      potential redundancy costs of £35.1, be funded from balances;

8)      Officers be asked to do further work with regard to

a)      ArrowValley Countryside Centre

b)      ForgeMill Museum

c)      Shopmobility

d)      Dial A Ride.