Agenda and minutes
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Revenue Budget Monitoring Fiona Earl, Acting Finance Manager, to report. - to report the current position. Additional documents: Minutes: Consideration was given to a report, presented by the Acting Finance Manager, detailing performance against the revenue budget for the Environment and Development Services Directorate as at the end of June 2009 and to provide a forecast outturn for the whole of the 2009/10 financial year.
Those present noted that an overspend was currently forecast.
The following key areas of pressure were highlighted:-
- consultancy work fee income - restructuring costs within Culture and Leisure - under recovery of income due to a reduced number of planning application fees - flood related costs – June 2009 - under recovery of income on the Parking Budget
Other issues highlighted included:-
- Asset Management:- down turn in work loads; unlikely recovery of income for School Crossing Patrol - Business Unit:- vacancy management - Culture and Leisure:- identification of further savings; on-going security costs associated with the pumps at Ulley Reservoir - Planning and Regeneration:- decline in planning applications - Streetpride:- pressure on energy costs on Street Lighting; costs associated with the localised floods of June 2009
Those present also discussed:-
- measures to off-set the pressures - impact of ‘Free after 3’ parking and evidence of increase footfall - funding of School Crossing Patrols - costs to date of securing the pumps at Ulley Reservoir
Resolved:- (1) That the forecast outturn position of an overspend of £262,000 for the Environment & Development Services Directorate based on expenditure and income as at June 2009 be noted
(2) That this report be referred to the Regeneration Scrutiny Panel for information. |