No apologies were received.

No pecuniary declarations were made.

That the minutes of the meeting held on 18 May 2016 were agreed as a correct record.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet:

1)     retrospectively approves the extension of the substance misuse contract from 1^st April 2016 to 30^th June 2016.

2)     agrees to delegate to the Director of Community and Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health, the authority to negotiate and approve a further contract extension from 1^st July 2016 to 31^st March 2018.

The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health, presented the report that sought retrospective approval for the contract extension of the substance misuse contract. It was explained that the Council had attempted to re-procure the contract in late 2015/ early 2016, but there were no successful bidders. The current providers are willing to continue in the current format until the end of June 2016, as they have done since the contract had expired on 31 March 2016. It was therefore proposed that the Director of Community and Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health be delegated authority to negotiate and approve a further contract extension from 1st July 2016 to 31st March 2018.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet:

1)      retrospectively approves the extension of the substance misuse contract from 1^st April 2016 to 30^th June 2016.

2)      agrees to delegate to the Director of Community and Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health, the authority to negotiate and approve a further contract extension from 1^st July 2016 to 31^st March 2018.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

1)     notes the provisional revenue outturn for 2015/16

2)     considers the issues around the quality of revenue budget monitoring and agrees to receive a further report on  the detailed issues in respect of 2016/17

3)     considers and noted the outturn position on Capital and slippage into 2016/17

The Cabinet Member for Finance presented the Annual Financial Outturn report which provided the provisional out-turn position for 2015-16 financial year. It was highlighted that Council had an overspend at the end of a financial year, of £1.6million. It was acknowledged that if the implementation of the ANPR had started on time and had not been halted through a legal challenge on the awarding of the contract, there would not have been an overspend. The report also broke down the Council expenditure by service departments and provided details of the capital outturn.

It was noted that the report would be going to the Financial Monitoring Task Group for some in-depth scrutiny and it would also in its completed format, be going to the Standards and General Purpose Committee for approval as part of the Final Accounts report.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

1)      notes the provisional revenue outturn for 2015/16

2)      considers the issues around the quality of revenue budget monitoring and agrees to receive a further report on  the detailed issues in respect of 2016/17

3)      considers and noted the outturn position on Capital and slippage into 2016/17