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Financial Monitoring report 2020/21 - December 2020

Meeting: 08/02/2021 - Cabinet (Item 4)

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Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

1.     Thatthefinancialreportingdatafor month 9, December 2020,relatingto revenuebudgetarycontrol,showinga forecastnet adverse varianceat year-endof £4.3m be noted.

 

2.     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

Budget
2023-24

Narrative

£

£

 

£

 

Corporate Services

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Company*

(2)

(6,716,750)

(10,557,690)

(6,000,000)

 

Removal of Budget

Financial System

(1)

 

 

(700,000)

700,000

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Community and Housing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled Facilities Grant

(1)

(75,000)

 

 

75,000

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Learning Disability Affordable Housing

(1)

(75,000)

75,000

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Children, Schools and Families

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbotsbury - Capital Maintenance

(1)

28,000

 

 

 

Virement from unallocated budget

Cricket Green - Capital Maintenance

(1)

25,000

 

 

 

Virement from unallocated budget

Melbury SMART Centre - Capital Maintenance

(1)

32,000

 

 

 

Virement from unallocated budget

Malmesbury - Capital Maintenance

(1)

16,000

33,000

 

 

Virement from unallocated budget

Unallocated Capital Maintenance

(1)

(101,000)

(33,000)

 

 

Virement to new schemes

Environment and Regeneration

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANPR Cameras Supporting Enforcement of School Streets

(1)

(486,000)

486,000

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Active Travel Fund

(1)

240,000

150,000

 

 

New TfL Funding

Mitcham Area Regeneration - Canons Parks for the People

(1)

(697,120)

697,120

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Parks - Canons Parks for the People

(1)

(311,350)

311,350

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Resurface Tennis Courts Wimbledon Park

(1)

(75,440)

75,440

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Total

 

(8,196,660)

(8,762,780)

(6,700,000)

775,000

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Finance presented the report which set out the financial position of the Council for December 2020. He thanked the officers for their work on the report and budget monitoring.  He highlighted the increased adverse variance from the previous month, in part due to the impact of the current lockdown on Environmental and Regeneration budgets. He drew the Cabinet’s attention to page 17 of the report which set out the Covid-19 cost summary which clearly showed that the Council was over £9m worse off as a result of the work done to support communities in the pandemic which had not been properly funded by the Government.

 

The Director of Corporate Services advised that there was further income to come and would be calculated for the April return; there were some adjustments to the capital programme proposed and a decrease in Community Infrastructure Levy monies being received and therefore a review of how those monies were collected would be undertaken to address.

 

The Chair thanked the Cabinet Member and the Director for their contributions.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.     Thatthefinancialreportingdatafor month 9, December 2020,relatingto revenuebudgetarycontrol,showinga forecastnet adverse varianceat year-endof £4.3m be noted.

 

2.     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

Budget
2023-24

Narrative

£

£

 

£

 

Corporate Services

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Company*

(2)

(6,716,750)

(10,557,690)

(6,000,000)

 

Removal of Budget

Financial System

(1)

 

 

(700,000)

700,000

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Community and Housing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled Facilities Grant

(1)

(75,000)

 

 

75,000

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Learning Disability Affordable Housing

(1)

(75,000)

75,000

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Children, Schools and Families

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbotsbury - Capital Maintenance

(1)

28,000

 

 

 

Virement from unallocated budget

Cricket Green - Capital Maintenance

(1)

25,000

 

 

 

Virement from unallocated budget

Melbury SMART Centre - Capital Maintenance

(1)

32,000

 

 

 

Virement from unallocated budget

Malmesbury - Capital Maintenance

(1)

16,000

33,000

 

 

Virement from unallocated budget

Unallocated Capital Maintenance

(1)

(101,000)

(33,000)

 

 

Virement to new schemes

Environment and Regeneration

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANPR Cameras Supporting Enforcement of School Streets

(1)

(486,000)

486,000

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Active Travel Fund

(1)

240,000

150,000

 

 

New TfL Funding

Mitcham Area Regeneration - Canons Parks for the People

(1)

(697,120)

697,120

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Parks - Canons Parks for the People

(1)

(311,350)

311,350

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Resurface Tennis Courts Wimbledon Park

(1)

(75,440)

75,440

 

 

Re-profiled in line with projected  spend

Total

 

(8,196,660)

(8,762,780)

(6,700,000)

775,000