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Budget Targets for 2018/19

 

 

Meeting: 09/10/2017 - Community and Wellbeing Committee (Item 15)

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This report informs the Committee of the Council’s revenue budget targets presented to the Strategy & Resources Committee. The report seeks support for changes to services and any further guidance on the preparation of the Committee’s service estimates for 2018/19 and the following two financial years.

Decision:

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Noted the implications of the budget targets presented to the Strategy & Resources Committee;

(2)          Supported the changes to services and savings identified in section 3.3 of the report and that these are included within the budget presented to this Committee in January 2018;

(3)          Supported in principle the future savings options as set out in  3.3 of the report for further work and inclusion in the Medium Term Financial Strategy;

(4)          Considered how additional savings could be generated to address the Council-wide funding gaps of £90,000 in 2018/19 as identified in section 3 of the report. No specific savings were identified.

Minutes:

The Committee received a report informing it of the Council’s revenue budget targets and seeking support for changes to services.

The following matters were considered:

·                     Ebbisham Centre. The Committee noted that the ownership of the  Ebbisham Centre was unlikely to change hands before January 2018.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Noted the implications of the budget targets presented to the Strategy & Resources Committee.

(2)          Supported the changes to services and savings identified in section 3.3 of the report and that these be included within the budget presented to this Committee in January 2018.

(3)          Supported in principle the future savings options as set out in  3.3 of the report for further work and inclusion in the Medium Term Financial Strategy.

(4)          Considered how additional savings could be generated to address the Council-wide funding gaps of £90,000 in 2018/19 as identified in section 3 of the report. No specific savings were identified.