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To sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 6 October 2015. Minutes: The Minutes of the Resources Overview Committee meeting held on 6 October 2015, copies of which had been previously circulated, were approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes: The Committee received a report attaching the draft 28-Day
Notice which provided a forward look at the Agenda for the next meeting of the
Cabinet. The Notice would be published
on 23 November 2015. The Director of Resources advised that the reports on Bucks
Infrastructure Plan and Bucks Advantage Funding were now due to be presented to
Cabinet on 10 February 2016. During consideration of this item, members made the
following suggestions to improve the information being presented to the
Overview Committee:-
RESOLVED: That the content of the report be noted. |
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Quarter 2 Performance Report 2014/15 PDF 105 KB Minutes: The Committee considered the report which outlined the
performance of Council services against performance indicators and service
objectives during April to September 2015. Members were advised that four Performance Indicators had
failed to meet targets in the Community, Health & Housing section, three of
which are linked to the national increase in demand for temporary accommodation
which a government briefing paper stated as 11% nationally year on year at
March 2015 with a further 3% increase by June 2015. The homelessness situation was a continuing
problem and officers were continually seeking alternative approaches to address
this issue. Members suggested that
continued good relationships should be maintained with housing providers to
ensure that agencies worked together to tackle this increasing problem. Due to the importance of this issue members
requested that the Housing Strategy should be considered by the Services
Overview Committee in addition to the Community, Health & Housing PAG. The Director of Resources explained that
officers were looking at a package of measures but unfortunately there was no
one single solution. The Director of Resources agreed to work with officers to
review which items being presented to Cabinet were to be considered by the
relevant PAGs and Overview Committees to ensure robust scrutiny and
consultation of items for Cabinet decision. Members considered the performance indicators information in
detail and in addition to the housing issue; it was identified that ongoing
monitoring in respect of recycling and the higher than expected number of
voluntary leavers and sickness was required.Â
With regard to staffing related matters it would be appropriate for
these to be considered by reporting to Personnel Committee. Additional performance
indicators were suggested in respect of enforcement in sustainable development
and responses to emails. RESOLVED: That the content of the report was noted. |
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Draft Revenue Budget 2016/17 PDF 96 KB Minutes: The Committee considered the report which presented the
draft revenue budget for 2016/17. The budgets presented at this stage represented the direct
costs of the services; ie. they exclude all support recharges; and also
included a summary of the major movements between the 2015/16 and the 2016/17
net cost of services as shown in Appendix 2 of the agenda. Following the outcome of the budget / council tax
consultation, Cabinet was to make its final decisions and set the Council’s
budget and 2016/17 Council Tax requirement at its meeting on 10 February 2016
prior to the full Council Tax resolution at full Council on 24 February 2016. The Director of
Resources informed members that confirmation of the government funding allocation was still awaited. The key
decisions, in respect of the budget, were to be taken in February 2016 but the
immediate decision to be presented to Cabinet was to consider the level of
support to parish council tax bills, which was detailed in Appendix 11 of the
report. It was agreed that the approach
of reducing the support in line with the reduction in the Council’s Revenue
Support Grant should continue, and this would be finalised when the Government
announced the Local Government Financial Settlement. The current proposal was
to scale back the support to the parish tax bases from £80,000 to £50,000. The Resources
Overview Committee considered the content of the report and appendices in
detail and RECOMMENDED TO CABINET: i)
That the draft revenue service budget for 2016/17 be
noted; and ii) That £50,000 be
provided to Chiltern District Council parishes in respect of the impact of CTS
on their tax bases for 2016/17 |