RESOLVED:

1.      That Cabinet agrees the amendment to savings and alternative proposals put forward as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.

2.      That Cabinet reviews the savings proposals put forward by officers, refers them to the Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission for consideration in January 2014 (Appendix 3) and requests officers to produce equalities impact assessments for each proposal.

3.      That Cabinet agrees the latest amendments to the draft Capital Programme 2014-2018 which was considered by Cabinet on 21 October 2013 and scrutiny in November 2013.

4.      That Cabinet NOTES the feedback from the Scrutiny Panels and Overview and Scrutiny Commission on the previous information referred to them by Cabinet in October 2013, particularly the draft Capital Programme 2014-2018.

5.      That Cabinet notes the latest draft Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for 2014-18 (Appendix 6).

6.      That Cabinet agrees the Council Tax Base for 2014/15 set out in paragraph 2.7 and Appendix 10.