Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
This report presents details on the Draft
Medium Term Financial Strategy and updates it for development as
part of the business planning process for 2019/20.
1. That Cabinet considered and agreed the response to the Overview and
Scrutiny Commission;
2. That the Cabinet resolved that, having considered all of the information in
this report and noted the positive assurance statement given by the
Director of Corporate Services based on the proposed Council Tax
strategy, the maximum Council Tax in 2019/20, equating to a Band D
Council Tax of £1,227.82, which is an increase of below 5% be approved
and recommended to Council for approval.
3. That the Cabinet considered all of the latest information and the comments
from the scrutiny process, and makes recommendations to Council as
appropriate
4. That Cabinet resolved that the Business Plan 2019-23 including the
General Fund Budget and Council Tax Strategy for 2019/20, and the
Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for 2019-2023 as submitted,
along with the draft Equality Assessments (EAs), be approved and
recommended to Council for approval subject to any proposed
amendments agreed at this meeting;
5. That the Cabinet resolved that, having considered all of the latest
information and the comments from the scrutiny process, the Capital
Investment Programme (as detailed in Annex 1 to the Capital Strategy);
the Treasury Management Strategy (Section 5), including the detailed
recommendations in that Section, incorporating the Prudential Indicators
and the Capital Strategy (Section 4) as submitted and reported upon be
approved and recommended to Council for approval, subject to any
proposed amendments agreed at this meeting;
6. That Cabinet noted that the GLA precept will not be agreed by the
London Assembly until the 25 February 2019, but the provisional figure
has been incorporated into the draft MTFS
7. That Cabinet requested officers to review the savings proposals agreed and where possible bring them forward to the earliest possible implementation date
8. That Cabinet noted that there may be minor amendments to figures in this
report as a result of new information being received after the deadline for
dispatch and that this will be amended for the report to Council in March.
9. That Cabinet considered and approved the Risk Management Strategy
Report author: Andrew Wood
Publication date: 20/02/2019
Date of decision: 18/02/2019
Decided at meeting: 18/02/2019 - Cabinet
Effective from: 26/02/2019
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