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Medium Term Financial Strategy and Budget Proposals
Meeting: 14/01/2020 - Communities, Housing and Environment Committee (Item 77)
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Minutes:
The Director of Finance & Business Improvement introduced his report on the Medium-Term Financial Strategy and Budget Proposals and outlined the following points:
· There had been an increase in the cost of CCTV provision, which had resulted in the release of £30k from a contingency fund to fill the gap. There would still be an overall saving from bringing CCTV in-house.
· Within the revenue budget proposals £60k had been allocated for the ongoing provision of a Climate Change Officer and ancillary costs.
The Head of Housing and Community Services advised that the increased CCTV budget and unforeseen costs could be attributed to technical reasons. It was also confirmed that whilst savings are still envisioned, the full cost of operating the system would be confirmed after 12 months in operation.
Concerns were raised by some Members as they felt that cost of the provision of water fountains had not been fully explained. The Head of Environment & Public Realm responded that the provision of the water fountains was included within the Waste Strategy related to an investment in infrastructure initiative to reduce waste. It was felt they needed further information before this could be approved.
In view of this, Councillor M Burton requested that a report on the water fountains be made available for Members at the next Committee meeting.
RESOLVED:
1. That the revenue budget proposals for services within the remit of this Committee, as set out in Appendix A, be agreed for submission to Policy and Resources Committee; and
2. That the capital budget proposals for services within the remit of this Committee, as set out in Appendix B, be agreed for submission to Policy and Resources Committee; and
3. That a report providing further details on the provision of water fountains be presented to the next meeting of this Committee.