Decision details

To consider the draft Council Plan 2016/17, the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme and to consider whether to implement the savings proposals set out in the report.  

23.1The Cabinet considered a report by the Chief Executive

23.2     It was RESOLVED to:

1)            note the revised Medium Term Financial Plan including the movements within the forecast funding gap for 2016/17 - 2018/19 and pressures (Appendix 1 of the report);

2)            note the uncertainty that will remain until the Comprehensive Spending Review on 25 November 2015 and the Local Government settlement announcement;

3)            agree a savings requirement of £23m as a planning assumption for 2016/17;

4)            note the Scrutiny Committees’ initial comments on areas of search (Appendix 4 of the report);

5)            agree the proposed “One Council” framework for planning at paragraph 3.6 -3.19 of the report and savings proposals (Appendix 6 of the report); and

      6)        agree that more detailed work is done on all the above to develop the detailed draft plan for 2016/17 and the following two years

Reason

24.3     To note the progress in relation to savings proposals, agree a ‘One Council’ framework for planning and savings proposals and agree that more detailed work be undertaken to develop the detailed draft plan for 2016/17 and beyond