Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Resources seeking agreement to the proposals for the allocation of available resources to support the delivery of the Council’s spending priorities for 2012/2013, and agreement to the indicative position for the following two years. The final budget proposals will be presented to Full Council in February for approval.

The Director of Resources submitted a report presenting the initial budget proposals for 2012/2013, which together with a forecast for 2013/2014 and 2014/2015, would form the basis of the Council’s new medium term financial strategy. In determining this matter, the Board took into consideration all matters contained within the accompanying report.

Members were updated on the Local Government Finance Settlement, which had been announced following the publication  of the report. The Board then thanked officers for all of their efforts on the savings which had been achieved to date.

RESOLVED – That the submitted report be agreed as the initial budget proposals and that such proposals be submitted to Scrutiny for consideration, with the proposals also being used as a basis for wider consultation with stakeholders.

(Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.5, Councillors A Carter and Golton required it to be recorded that they both abstained from voting on the decisions taken above)

(The matters referred to within this minute were not eligible for Call In, as decisions regarding the Council’s budget are reserved to Council)