Agenda item

Finance Monitoring Report Quarter 2 2018/19

Members were asked to note that the financial details within the report were accurate as of December 2018 and the figures would be superseded by those that would be included in the final Medium Term Financial Plan 2019/20 to 2022/23.  The financial position for the Council would alter by £16,000 to take into account additional Section 106 monies that had been received. 

Joint Discussion – A Joint Payscale

The proposals detailed within the report would ensure that there was parity in terms of the pay received by Officers employed by Redditch Borough and Bromsgrove District Councils.  The Council had needed to amend the pay scales for Officers to comply with changes at a national level.  There would be a slightly detrimental impact as a result of the changes in respect of the gender pay gap but Officers were identifying actions to address this.

It was noted that the unanimous support of all Members was contingent on proper consultation being conducted, in line with the Council’s moral and legal obligations.  The potential to dismiss staff and then re-employ them under the new pay scales would only be undertaken as a last resort.

Fees and Charges 2019/20

Members noted that the fees and charges for some of the sheltered accommodation and housing complexes managed by the Housing Department had been reissued in an additional papers pack.  It had been identified by Officers that some incorrect charges had been loaded onto the Housing software and the figures detailed in the reissued papers were correct.

8^th January Executive Committee Minutes

Councillor Baker, in his capacity as Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, commented that the minutes should have highlighted that the recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in respect of Minute Item No. 73, for the redevelopment of Matchborough and Winyates District Centres, had received unanimous support.  The Mayor confirmed that this amendment would be approved.

RESOLVED that

1)        the minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee held on Tuesday 11^th December 2018 be received and all recommendations adopted subject to, in respect of Minute 77 – Fees and Charges 2019/20, it being RESOLVED that

a)    the fees and charges for the sheltered housing schemes, St David’s House, Mendip House, Bredon House and Malvern House and the Home Support Service, as detailed in Additional Papers 1, being approved; and

2)        subject to the amendment detailed in the preamble above, the minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee held on Tuesday 8^th January 2019 be received and all recommendations adopted.