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Decision Maker: Executive Councillor for Communities.
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
To approve proposed charges for 2014/15, and to recommend to the Executive revenue budget proposals, capital funding requests, rephasing and changes to the Capital and Revenue Projects Plan.
Matter
for Decision:
The Officer’s report
detailed the budget proposals which relate to this portfolio that are included
in the Budget-Setting Report (BSR) 2014/15 to be considered at Strategy &
Resources Scrutiny Committee on 20 January 2014.
Decision of Executive Councillor for Community
Wellbeing:
The Executive Councillor resolved to:
Review of Charges:
i.
Approve the proposed charges for this portfolio’s
services and facilities, as shown in Appendix A of the Officer’s report.
Capital:
ii.
Seek approval from the Executive to carry forward
resources from 2013/14, as detailed in Appendix C of the Officer’s, to fund
re-phased capital spending
Reason for the Decision:
As set out in the Officer’s report.
Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
Not applicable.
Scrutiny Considerations:
The Committee received a report from the Principal
Accountant regarding the Community Wellbeing Portfolio Revenue and Capital
Budgets Proposals 2013/14 to 2017/18.
Some members
expressed disappointment at the level of cuts being proposed for the Children
and Young People’s Participation Service. The Executive Councillor stated that
the savings were necessary and were not a reflection on the quality of the work
of the team. She also stated that even after the savings, the provision was
still generous when compared to other authorities.
Concerns were
raised about increased charges proposed for the Village Centre in Cherry Hinton
and questioned how the rates had been arrived at. Officers explained that rises
were inflation driven and were then rounded up or down to what was considered
reasonable.
The Committee
questioned the withdrawal of the S106 funding element of the Splashpacks scheme. The Sport and Recreation Manager
confirmed that this had gone out for tenders but none of the tenders met the
requirements of the S106 regulations. Therefore this element of the proposal
had been withdrawn and the allocated funding had been returned to the Area
Committee budgets for re-allocation.
The Executive Councillor reminded the Committee that many of
the services in the portfolio should be viewed as commercial and therefore, it
was reasonable to expect users of those services to cover the costs.
The Committee resolved by 4 votes to 0 to endorse the
recommendations.
The Executive Councillor approved the recommendations.
Conflicts of interest declared by the Executive Councillor (and any
dispensations granted)
Not applicable.
Publication date: 28/02/2014
Date of decision: 16/01/2014