Decision details

·        To agree revenue carry forward requests to be recommended to Council for approval.

·        To seek approval from Council to rephase capital spending from 2011/12 into 2012/13.  

Matter for Decision: The officer’s report presented a summary of the 2011/12 outturn position (actual income and expenditure) for services within the Customer Services & Resources portfolio, compared to the final budget for the year. The position for revenue and capital was reported and variances from budgets were highlighted, together with explanations. Requests to carry forward funding arising from certain budget underspends into 2012/13 were identified.

 

Decision of the Executive Councillor:

 

The Executive Councillor resolved to:

 

        i.            Agree that the carry forward requests, totalling £225,430 as detailed in Appendix C of the officer’s report, be recommended to Council for approval.

      ii.            Seek approval from Council to carry forward capital resources to fund re-phased net capital spending of £958,000 from 2011/12 into 2012/13 and future years, as detailed in Appendix D of the officer’s report.

 

Reasons for the Decision: As set out in the officer’s report

 

Any alternative options considered and rejected: As set out in the officer’s report

 

Scrutiny Considerations

 

The committee received a report from the Head of Accounting Services.

 

In response to member’s questions the Head of Accounting Services confirmed the following:

 

        i.            Further detail relating to slippage on the budget for SC192 (Development land on the North side of Kings Hedges Road), could be requested from the Director of Resources.

 

 

 

 

 

In response to member’s questions the Executive Councillor confirmed the following:

 

        i.            An interim report on progress of the K1 self build project would be brought back to the Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on 15 October 2012.

 

In response to member’s questions the Head of ICT confirmed the following:

 

        i.            Slippage on the budget for PR020 (ICT Infrastructure Programme) was related to both hardware and software issues. The upgrade of Microsoft Office licenses had also been delayed, as had a number of projects being delivered by Serco.

 

The Scrutiny Committee considered and approved the recommendations by 4 votes to 0.

 

The Executive Councillor approved the recommendations.