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Decision details

Financial Monitoring report 2020/21 - August 2020

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To note the Council's financial position for 2020/21 month 5.

Decision:

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet noted the financial reporting data for month 5, August 2020, relating to revenue budgetary control, showing a forecast net adverse variance at year-end of £15.954m.

B. That Cabinet noted the outcome of a review of the Capital Programme and the contents of Section 4 and Appendix 5B and approve the amendments to the Programme contained in the Table below:

 

 

Budget

2020-21

Budget

2021-22

Narrative

Corporate Services

 

 

 

Customer Contact

(500,000)

500,000

Re-profiled Budget

Children, Schools and Families

 

 

 

Pollards Hill Digital Divide

10,000

170,000

SCIL Funding 20-21 Bidding Round

Environment and Regeneration

 

 

 

Morden Rec Hockey Pitch

0

135,000

SCIL Funding 20-21 Bidding Round

Cycle Lane Works Plough Lane

220,000

0

SCIL Funding 20-21 Bidding Round

Morden TC Regen Match Funding

(150,000)

150,000

Re-profiling in line with projected spend

Total

(400,000)

955,000

 

 

C. That finance officers will continue to work with budget managers to identify further re-profiling and savings throughout the approved capital programme 2020-24.

D. That Cabinet approved a virement of £1,763k between heads of services within Community & Housing to align salaries budgets.

Report author: Roger Kershaw

Publication date: 14/10/2020

Date of decision: 12/10/2020

Decided at meeting: 12/10/2020 - Cabinet

Effective from: 20/10/2020

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