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Decision details

Financial Monitoring report 2020/21 - October 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 7.

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

A.        Thatthefinancialreportingdatafor month 7, October2020,relatingto revenuebudgetarycontrol,showinga forecastnet adverse varianceat year-endof £8.2m be noted.

 

B.        That the contents of section 4 of the report be noted and the adjustments to the Capital Programme in Appendix 5b be approved.

That the contents of Section 4 and Appendix 5b of the report be noted and the amendments to the Programme contained in the Table below be approved:

 

 

Budget
2020-21

Budget
2021-22

Budget
2022-23

Narrative

Corporate Services

£

£

£

 

Customer Contact

(217,800)

217,800

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Planning and Public Protection

(340,710)

340,710

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Invest to Save General

(198,140)

198,140

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Housing Company

(6,000,000)

 

6,000,000

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Children, Schools and Families

 

 

 

 

Links Capital Maintenance

(137,000)

137,000

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Unallocated Capital Maintenance

(694,250)

605,360

 

Three virements and Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Perseid Capital Maintenance

(106,840)

106,840

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Melrose SEMH

77,440

997,560

 

Primary/Secondary SEMH Merged and reprofiled on this Scheme

Melrose Primary SEMH (Merging Schemes)

(200,000)

(875,000)

 

Primary/Secondary SEMH Merged with Scheme above

Environment and Regeneration

 

 

 

 

Haydons Road Shop Front Improvements

(481,580)

481,580

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Wimbledon Park Lake Safety

(150,000)

150,000

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Leisure Centres Plant and Machinery

(240,000)

160,000

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend & £80k Relinquished

Total

(8,688,880)

2,519,990

6,000,000

 

 

 

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 £129,000 from the Outstanding Council Programme Board (OCPB) Reserve as part of the Recovery and Modernisation Programme - for an interim CSF Change Programme Manager (£79,000) and MVSC transformational resource (£50,000) be approved. This is in addition to £40,000 already drawn down from the same reserve to fund an external IT review.

 

 

 

 

Report author: Roger Kershaw

Publication date: 09/12/2020

Date of decision: 07/12/2020

Decided at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Cabinet

Effective from: 15/12/2020

Accompanying Documents: