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Third Quarter Budget Monitoring
Meeting: 20/03/2018 - Communities, Housing and Environment Committee (Item 141)
141 Third Quarter Budget Monitoring 2017/18 PDF 69 KB
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Minutes:
The Committee considered the report of Mr Mark Green, the Director of Finance and Business Improvement which provided an overview of the revenue budgets and outturn for the third quarter of 2017/18 and highlighted financial matters that might have a material impact on the Medium Term Financial Strategy or the Balance Sheet.
Mr Green advised that there had been a positive variance on the budget as at 31st December 2017. However, current projections indicated that it would be significantly reduced by year end.
The Committee noted that:-
·
There had been good performance on Grounds
Maintenance where additional work had
been generated from Section 106 agreements.
·
As the Council acquired more of its own properties,
the expenditure for overnight accommodation from external sources
would reduce.
In response to questions from Members, the Officers advised that:-
·
The savings identified for CCTV in the Medium Term
Financial Strategy were over a 3 year period. There had been problems with flooding at the Town
Hall which may have a bearing on the budget.
However, there had been a number of cameras that had been
switched off which had resulted in the lines being disconnected and
therefore some savings had been made.
It was noted that a report would be coming to the April Committee
meeting to update Members.
·
In regard to the staff shortages at the Depot, there
had been changes to shift patterns which had meant that the team were unable to react to staff
sickness as effectively as they would have wished. However, the budget had been reviewed and there
was more resource available to deal with sickness positively and
also the night shifts cleaning up A Roads had now stopped which had
seen a reduction in the overtime budget.
·
In the Housing Inclusions Section there had been a
couple of vacancies, one of which had been filled and the team were
in the process of recruiting to the other post.
·
The additional spend on fly tipping and materials
had been due to the fact that when presenting the waste to KCC it
had not been put in their required bags etc. Therefore additional colour sacks had to be
purchased.
In terms of the composite of the fly-tipped material, if it was
asbestos, chemicals or oils, these had to be disposed of by
specialist companies which would be an additional cost to the
Council.
RESOLVED:
1) That the
revenue position at the end of the third quarter and the
actions being taken or proposed to improve the position where
significant variances have been identified be noted.
2) That the
position with the capital programme be noted.