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Decision details

Business Plan 2016-20

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

This report presents an initial review of the Medium Term Financial Strategy and updates it for development as part of the business planning process for 2016/17. The report also sets out the approach towards setting a balanced budget for 2016-2020 and a draft timetable for the business planning process for 2016/17

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

That Cabinet:

 

1.          notes the rolled forward MTFS for 2016 - 20.

 

2.          confirms the latest position with regards to savings already in the MTFS.

3.          agrees the approach to setting a balanced budget using weighted controllable expenditure for each department as the basis for the setting of targets

 

4.          agrees the proposed departmental targets to be met from savings and income.

 

5.          agrees the timetable for the Business Plan 2016-20 including the revenue budget 2016/17, the MTFS 2016-20 and the Capital Programme for 2016-20.

 

6.          notes the process for the Service Plan 2016-20 and the progress made so far.

 

Report author: Andrew Wood

Publication date: 16/09/2015

Date of decision: 14/09/2015

Decided at meeting: 14/09/2015 - Cabinet

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