Appendix 5 to follow

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet considered and noted the draft savings/income proposals (Appendix 3) put forward by officers and referred them to Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission in November 2018 for consideration and comment.

2.    That Cabinet noted the proposed amendments to savings set out in Appendix 2 and incorporated the financial implications into the draft MTFS 2019-23.

3.    That Cabinet noted the latest draft Capital Programme 2019-23 detailed In Appendix 4 for consideration by Scrutiny in November and noted the indicative programme for 2023-28.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance presented the report and thanked all involved for their work. The Cabinet Member highlighted the current Council finances and advised that £20 million of savings were required by 2022/23 and the report set out previously agreed savings to be analysed, capital programme information to be assessed and new savings that had been identified. The Cabinet Member advised that further savings would need to be looked at and noted the £2 million saving from the Environment and Regeneration division from the introduction of wheeled bins.

The Chief Executive advised that the Equality Impact Assessments had not all been completed to the desired standard before the meeting and therefore a change was required to the recommendations. The Chief Executive advised that the recommendations would therefore now be amended to note the recommendations, not to agree them. This would not affect the progress of the project and the Equality Assessments would be included when the report progressed to Scrutiny.

The Director for Corporate Services advised that Directors had been asked to review the current savings and a number of new savings had come forward. The maximum levels of Council Tax had been assumed in the budget, however it was currently unclear what would happen in regards to funding and so there remained a level of uncertainty. The Director advised they would look to bring forward further savings over the next few months.

The Cabinet Member for Community and Culture asked what the impact of Brexit would be, to which the Director for Corporate Services responded that there would be a paper at the Cabinet meeting in November to assess the potential impacts of Brexit.

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet considered and noted the draft savings/income proposals (Appendix 3) put forward by officers and referred them to Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission in November 2018 for consideration and comment.

2. That Cabinet noted the proposed amendments to savings set out in Appendix 2 and incorporated the financial implications into the draft MTFS 2019-23.
3. That Cabinet noted the latest draft Capital Programme 2019-23 detailed In Appendix 4 for consideration by Scrutiny in November and noted the indicative programme for 2023-28.