Issue - meetings
Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources (RPPR) 2020/21: Draft Council Plan
Meeting: 28/01/2020 - Cabinet (Item 43)
43 Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources PDF 259 KB
Report by Chief Executive
Additional documents:
- Item 5 - Appendix 1, item 43 PDF 1 MB
- Item 5 - Appendix 2, item 43 PDF 356 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 3, item 43 PDF 496 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 4, item 43 PDF 138 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 4 EqIA, item 43 PDF 65 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 5, item 43 PDF 428 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 6, item 43 PDF 95 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 7, item 43 PDF 390 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 8, item 43 PDF 155 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 9, item 43 PDF 540 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 9 EqIA, item 43 PDF 339 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 9a, item 43 PDF 523 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 10, item 43 PDF 208 KB
- Equality Impact Assessment - Early Help, item 43 PDF 2 MB
- Equality Impact Assessment - Housing adaptations for disabled children and carers homes, item 43 PDF 422 KB
- Equality Impact Assessment - Housing adaptations, item 43 PDF 504 KB
- Equality Impact Assessment - Parking Charges Review, item 43 PDF 461 KB
- Equality Impact Assessment - Rights of Way and Countryside Management, item 43 PDF 270 KB
- Equality Impact Assessment - Schools Basic Need Capital Programme, item 43 PDF 537 KB
- Equality Impact Assessment - Support for Working Age Adults, item 43 PDF 821 KB
- Item 5 - Appendix 8 - RPPR Trade Union Engagement Meeting, item 43 PDF 89 KB
- Webcast for Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources
Minutes:
43.1 The Cabinet considered a report by the Chief Executive together with further information received following publication of the Cabinet agenda including a summary of the consultation meeting held with Trade Unions.
43.2 It was RESOLVED:
1. recommend the County Council to:
i) approve in principle the draft Council Plan at Appendix 1 and authorise the Chief Executive to finalise the Plan in consultation with the relevant Lead Members;
ii) increase Council Tax by 1.99%;
iii) increase the Adult Social Care precept by 2%;
iv) issue precepts to be paid by Borough and District Councils in accordance with the agreed schedule of instalments at Appendix 6;
v) approve the net Revenue Budget estimate of £403.4m for 2020/21 set out in Appendix 2 (Medium Term Financial Plan) and Appendix 3 (Budget Summary) and authorise the Chief Operating Officer, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer, Leader and Deputy Leader, to make adjustments to the presentation of the Budget Summary to reflect the final settlement and final budget decisions;
vi) approve the Capital Strategy and Programme at Appendix 9;
vii) note the Medium Term Financial Plan forecast for 2020/21 to 2022/23, set out in Appendix 2;
viii) note the comments of the Chief Finance Officer on budget risks and robustness, as set out in Appendix 7;
ix) note the comments from engagement exercises set out in Appendix 8; and
x) note the schedule of fees and charges that have increased above inflation at Appendix 10.
2. agree that Chief Officers consult, where appropriate, on the savings proposals set out in Appendix 4.
Reason
43.3 Prudent planning by the Council has led to the Council being able to make investment in services next year of £6.6m once savings of have been made. Whilst the additional funding by the Government in Social Care is welcome, it does not make up for the amount of funding lost over the last 10 years and neither will it be sufficient to prevent savings needing to be made in other areas in future to fund pressures from the rising demand for and cost of social care. The Council will continue to press the case for East Sussex to receive a fair share of the funding available from Government and for it to urgently address the need for it to put in place sustainable funding for local services, in particular social care.