Decision details

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Note the projected outturn position for 2014/15 of the Council’s General Fund revenue budget at 31 July 2014, as detailed in paragraphs 2.4 to 2.9 and Appendix A of the report;

(ii)  Request a report from the Corporate Director of Children’s Services setting out in detail the reasons for the directorate’s forecast overspend and options for eliminating the overspend;

(iii)  Require all Chief Officers and budget managers to authorise only essential expenditure relating to their service areas;

(iv)  Note the progress against the agreed 2014/15 savings at 31 July 2014, as detailed in paragraph 2.10 and Appendix B of the report;

(v)  Approve 2014/15 HRA savings as detailed in paragraph 2.11 and Appendix B and note progress on delivery at 31 July 2014;

(vi)  Note the position for the HRA at 31 July 2014, as detailed in paragraph 2.11 and Appendix C of the report;

(vii)  Note the projected outturn position for 2014/15 of the Council’s capital budget as at 31 July 2014, as detailed in paragraph 2.12 and Appendix D of the report; and

(viii)  Approve the new capital budget of £307k to fund the upgrade to the Environmental Asset Database, ‘Confirm’, as detailed in paragraph 2.12 of the report.