Issue - meetings

Mr Green introduced his report which gave the Committee an overview of budgets that the Committee was responsible for during the fourth quarter of 2017/18.

The Committee noted that:

·  Overall, the budgets for this service had an underspend of £270,000.

·  However this overall figure was made up of various over and underspends.

·  Expenditure on homelessness was within budget, which was a great achievement given the pressures on Council services in this area.

·  Street Cleansing had overspent due to overtime and contractor costs increasing to cover staff sickness.

·  CCTV had overspent due to an income budget that was not met, a savings budget that was not met and unexpected expenditure during the year.

·  A number of carry forwards had been identified, where resources had not been utilised during the financial year but were required to fund expenditure in future years.

·  The significant items of spending within the Committee’s capital budget were spend related to purchasing properties for use as temporary accommodation and housing developments at Union Street and Brunswick Street.

The Committee highlighted that there had been an overall underspend on homelessness, despite some areas within the service being underspent. Mr William Cornall, Director of Regeneration & Place, confirmed that the Service Managers and Head of Service managed budgets within the service to ensure that resources were directed to the areas that had the greatest need.

In response to a question from the Committee about commercial income from the Commercial Waste Service and the Commercial Grounds Maintenance Service, Mr Cornall confirmed that the financial performance of both of these services continued to be monitored by officers.

RESOLVED:

1.  That the financial performance of the services within its remit for 2017/18 is noted.

2.  That the revenue resources to be carried forward into the current financial year are noted.

3.  The slippage within the capital programme in 2018/19 is noted.