Issue - decisions

Matter for Decision: To consider the Housing Portfolio Budget - 2013/14.

 

Decision of the Executive Councillor for Housing

 

The Executive Councillor resolved to

 

Review of Charges

 

a)    Approve the proposed charges for this portfolio’s services and facilities, as shown in Appendix B1 to the committee report.

 

b)    Request that the charges for this portfolio’s services and facilities, as shown in Appendix B2 to the committee report, are submitted to Council for approval that no charges are made for these services.

 

Revenue Budgets

 

c)    Approve, with any amendments, the current year funding requests and savings, (shown in Appendix A of the committee report) and the resulting revised revenue budgets for 2012/13 (shown in Section 3, Table 1 of the committee report) for submission to the Executive.

 

d)    Agree proposals for revenue savings and unavoidable bids, as set out in Appendix C of the committee report.

 

e)    Agree proposals for bids from external or existing funding, as set out in Appendix D of the committee report.

 

f)      Agree proposals for Priority Policy Fund (PPF) bids, as set out in Appendix E of the committee report.

 

g)    Approve the budget proposals for 2013/14, as shown in Section 3, Table 2 the committee report for submission to the Executive.

 

Capital

 

h) Seek approval from the Executive to carry forward resources from 2012/13, as

detailed in Appendix G of the committee report, to fund rephased capital spending.

 

i) Confirm that there are no items covered by this portfolio to add to the Council’s Hold

List, for submission to the Executive.

 

j) Approve the current Capital & Revenue Projects Plan, as detailed in Appendix J of the committee report, to be updated for any amendments detailed in (h) and (i) above.

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Reason for the Decision:

 

As per the officer report

 

Any alternative options considered and rejected:

 

N/A

 

Scrutiny Considerations:

 

The committee received a report regarding the Housing Portfolio Budget 2013/14

 

The committee endorsed the recommendations by 4 votes to 0.

 

The Executive Councillor approved the recommendations.

 

Conflicts of interest declared by the Executive Councillor (and any dispensation granted):

 

N/A