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Matter for Decision
The Officer’s
report presented a summary of the 2015/16 outturn position (actual income and
expenditure) for services within the Environment and Waste 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 2016/17 were identified.
Decision of Executive Councillor for Environment and
Waste.
Resolved
to request that the Executive Councillor for Finance and Resources, at the
Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on 4 July 2016, approves the
following:
i.
Carry forward
requests of £418k capital resources from 2015/16 to 2016/17 to fund rephased net capital spending, 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 Principal Accountant
(Services).
The Interim Strategic Director stated the following in response to Members’
questions:
i.
The variance in the Food and Occupational Safety
spend was explained as a short term issue relating to two vacant posts.
ii.
It was expected that the Shared Waste Service would
result in long term savings. However, initial set up costs and delays in the
project delivery had resulted in an overspen.
iii.
Street cleaning savings had been the result of
increased efficiency.
The Committee resolved by 5 votes to 1 to endorse the recommendation.
The Executive Councillor
approved the recommendation.
Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive
Councillor (and any Dispensations Granted)
No conflicts of interest were declared by the Executive Councillor.