Issue - decisions

Matter for Decision

The Officer’s report presented for the City Centre & Public Places Portfolio:

a)   A summary of actual income and expenditure compared to the final budget for 2015/16 (outturn position).

b)   Revenue and capital budget variances with explanations.

c)    Specific requests to carry forward funding available from budget underspends into 2016/17.

Decision of Executive Councillor for City Centre and Public Places

The Executive Councillor requested that the Executive Councillor for Finance and Resources approved the following at the Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on 4 July 2016:

a)   Carry forward requests totalling £25,000 revenue funding from 2015/16 to 2016/17, as detailed in Appendix C of the Officer’s report.

b)   Carry forward requests of £881,000 capital resources from 2015/16 to 2016/17 to fund rephased net capital spending, as detailed in Appendix D.

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).

In response to the report the Committee commented that the Bath House Play Area Improvements (agenda P63) delivery date was delayed from summer to September 2016.

The Principal Accountant (Services) said the following in response to Members’ questions:

       i.          The Council was responsible for various church yards in the city. The Principal Accountant (Services) undertook to clarify with committee members post meeting why there was an overspend on Mill Road Cemetery (agenda P61).

     ii.          The Principal Accountant (Services) undertook to liaise with officers if it was possible to put in a swing in the Dundee Road play area (agenda P64).

   iii.          Normally the Council would expect to receive income from the common land it owned and used for grazing. The Council should receive a farm subsidy, but this had not yet been received, so was not included in the accounts. As such they showed a negative figure.

The Committee unanimously resolved to endorse the recommendations.

The Executive Councillor approved the recommendations.

Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive Councillor (and any Dispensations Granted)

No conflicts of interest were declared by the Executive Councillor.