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Matter for
Decision
The report presented a
summary of the 2014/15 outturn position (actual income and expenditure) for
services within the Strategy & Transformation 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 2015/16 were identified.
Decision
of the Leader
The
Executive Councillor:
i.
Agreed
the carry forward requests, totalling £18,620 as detailed in Appendix C of the
Officer’s report, to be recommended to Council for approval.
ii.
Agreed
to seek approval from Council to carry forward capital resources to fund rephased net capital spending of £23,000 from 2014/15 into
2015/16 as detailed in Appendix D of the Officer’s report.
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 Head of Finance regarding the 2014/15 outturn position.
The Committee sought clarification regarding underspends and asked if
there were common threads.
In response to Members’ questions the Head of Finance stated that underspends were mainly staffing
related and were linked to recruitment processes and unfilled vacancies.
The Committee resolved by 6 votes to 0 to endorse the recommendation.
The Executive Councillor approved the recommendations.