Issue - meetings

FSD 17011

Members noted the draft budget report written by Claire Martin, Head of Finance.

The purpose of the report was to consider the Portfolio Holder’s Draft 2017/18 Budget,  which incorporated the full year effect of savings agreed as part of the 2016/17 Council Tax report, and any further savings approved during the year which had resulted in considerable reductions in the Council’s medium term “budget gap”. Members were requested to consider the initial draft budget savings proposed and also to identify any further action that might be taken to reduce cost pressures facing the Council over the next four years.

Executive were requesting that each PDS Committee consider the proposed initial draft budget savings and cost pressures for their Portfolio and the views of each PDS Committee be reported back to the next meeting of the Executive, prior to the Executive making recommendations to Council on 2017/18 Council Tax levels. It should be pointed out that services such as Environmental Health were already at the lowest legal limit of resources and could not be reduced further.

The PDS Committee considered the update on the financial forecast for 2017/18 to 2020/21, and considered the initial draft 2017/18 Budget as a basis for setting the 2017/18 Budget.

Cllr Richard Williams asked that it be noted in the minutes that he was abstaining from this item.

RESOLVED that the Draft 2017/18 Budget report be noted.

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