To consider a report of the Executive Member for Finance and Corporate Director, Finance & Systems.

The Executive Member for Finance and the Corporate Director of Finance and Systems submitted a report which informed Members of the current 2018/19 forecast outturn figures relating to both Revenue and Capital budgets. It also summarised the latest forecast position for Council Tax and Business Rates within the Collection Fund. An opportunity was provided for Members to raise questions on the report’s content; these focussed on: variances in public health expenditure; the background to mileage payments for Home to School transport; vacancies within the Governance and Community Strategy directorate; the accounting treatment of winter pressures funding; and the extent to which “contingency” funding had been drawn on to date. On the latter point, it was agreed that further analysis would be supplied outside the meeting.

            RESOLVED – That the content of the report be noted,