Decision details

Revenue & Capital Budget Monitoring, Cash Limits and Virements – April to July 2016

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report presents the first monitoring information for the Authority as a whole for the financial year 2016/17 to the end of July 2016.  The report also includes a number of budget transfer requests for both revenue and capital.

Decision:

RESOLVED (unanimously) the Cabinet agreed that:

 

1)  Strategic Directors should continue to work towards managing within budget in the current year for their respective service areas and develop an action plan of how this will be achieved, including not committing any unnecessary expenditure and stringent budgetary control;

2)  This year’s revenue budget position is noted;

3)  The capital expenditure position for the Council in the financial year to the end of July and the year end projections are noted;

4)  The revenue virements listed for approval are agreed;

5)  The changes in the capital programme are noted.

Reasons for the decision:

The report is presented as part of the reporting of financial management and budgetary control required by the Council.

Alternative options considered:

None.

Publication date: 07/09/2016

Date of decision: 07/09/2016

Decided at meeting: 07/09/2016 - Cabinet

Effective from: 15/09/2016

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