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BUDGET AND CORPORATE PLAN SCRUTINY REPORT 2012

 

 

Meeting: 27/02/2012 - City Council (Item 119)

119 Corporate Plan 2012 -15, Revenue and Capital Budget 2012/13 and Proposed Council Tax Levels pdf icon PDF 140 KB

Cabinet Members: The Leader (Councillor Mrs Pengelly) and Councillor Bowyer

 

The City Council will be asked –

 

·        to consider the report of the Chief Executive and the Director for Corporate Services on the corporate plan 2012-15, the revenue and capital budget  2012/13 and the proposed Council tax levels;

·        to adopt the corporate plan 2012 -15

·        to approve the proposed net revenue budget requirement;

·        to approve the capital programme;

·        to approve the Treasury Management Policy Statement, the Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2012/13 and the Investment Strategy 2012/13;

·        to approve the Council tax for 2012/13.

 

The following Cabinet minutes of the meeting held on 7 February 2012 refer –

 

·        minute 115  - Budget and Corporate Plan Scrutiny Report 2012/13);

·        minute 116 – Corporate Plan 2012 -15

·        minute 117a - New Capital Schemes for Investment;

·        minute 118a - Treasury Management Strategy Statement and Annual Investment Strategy 2012/13;

·        minute 119 – 2012/13 Updated Draft Budget (Revenue and Capital) allocated to corporate priorities.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chief Executive and the Director for Corporate Services submitted written reports on the Corporate Plan 2012 -15, the revenue and capital budget 2012/13, the treasury management strategy statement and annual investment strategy and the proposed Council tax levels.

 

The City Council considered -

 

(a)

the updated draft Corporate Plan 2012-2015 (following Cabinet on 7 February 2012) (appendix A); 

 

(b)

Cabinet minute 116 (of 7 February 2012) on the Corporate Plan 2012 - 2015 (appendix B);

 

(c)

 

Cabinet minute 117a (of 7 February 2012) on new capital schemes for investment from the performance and finance report (appendix C);

 

(d)

 

the Medium Term Capital Programme 2011/12 -14/15 (appendix D);

 

(e)

Cabinet minute 115 (of 7 February 2012) on the Budget and Corporate Plan Scrutiny Report 2012/13 including Cabinet’s response to the recommendations (appendix E);

 

(f)

the Budget and Corporate Plan Scrutiny Report 2012/13 (appendix F);

 

(g)

Cabinet minute 119 (of 7 February 2012) on the 2012/13 updated draft budget (revenue and capital) allocated to corporate priorities (appendix G);

 

(h)

the Cabinet report on the 2012/13 updated draft budget (revenue and capital) allocated to corporate priorities (appendix H);

 

(i)

Cabinet minute 118a (of 7 February 2012) on Treasury Management Strategy Statement and Annual Investment Strategy 2012/13 (appendix I);

 

(j)

the Cabinet report (of 7 February 2012) on Treasury Management Strategy Statement and Annual Investment Strategy 2012/13 (appendix J).

 

The Leader (CouncillorMrs Pengelly) moved, and Councillor Bowyer (Cabinet Member for Finance, Property and People) seconded, the recommendations in the updated written report of the Chief Executive and the Director for Corporate Services circulated today and commended to the City Council, for approval, the 2012/13 Council Tax levels.    

 

In presenting the proposals, Councillor Mrs Pengelly referred to –

 

(a)

the achievements of the Council in the past year in the light of the economic downturn, reduced funding, reducing income and increasing demand for some services;

 

(b)

the proposals that would deliver the necessary savings, prioritise front line services to customers, had the needs of the families at its heart and focused on delivering Plymouth’s priorities;  

 

(c)

future investments that included - 

 

 

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£1.5m new homes bonus funding for growth;

 

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£168m regeneration in North Prospect;

 

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£3.1m investment in Operation Upgrade to improve roads and surfaces, in particular to tackle the city’s pot hole problem;

 

(d)

 

plans for a new materials recycling facility;

 

(e)

consideration being given to an application for grant for weekly bin collections to support new initiatives around glass and garden waste collection;

 

(f)

an early intervention grant of £12m to support vulnerable families and children;

 

(g)

apprenticeships being offered by the Council in response to worklessness;

 

(h)

the completion of the Plymouth Life Centre;

 

(j)

plans for the North Prospect library;

 

(j)

£6m of health social care funding to continue the adult social care transformation;

 

(k)

the development of the customer contact centre to provide a single point of contact;

 

(l)

 

the capital programme investment of £173m in the city to include -

 

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improving roads,

 

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Meeting: 07/02/2012 - Cabinet (Item 115)

115 BUDGET AND CORPORATE PLAN SCRUTINY REPORT 2012/13 pdf icon PDF 181 KB

Councillor James (Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board) has been invited to attend the meeting to present the Budget and Corporate Plan Scrutiny Report 2012/13 and recommendations.

 

The minute of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board held on 1 February 2012 on this matter will be submitted.

 

Cabinet will be asked to respond to the recommendations and take account of the outcome in their consideration of item 7 and 10 below.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The report of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board on the Budget and Corporate Plan Scrutiny 2012/13 was submitted together with minute 84 of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.

 

Councillor James (Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board) presented the report and advised Cabinet Members that -

 

(a)

the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board had scrutinised the Council’s partners for the first time, in addition to the Cabinet Members;

 

(b)

the Management Board had been assisted by advisers this year;

 

(c)

 

the scrutiny exercise had been undertaken over three days, 11, 16 and 18 January 2012;

 

(d)

 

his thanks were extended to Cabinet Members, directors and assistant directors for their assistance;

 

(e)

his thanks were also were extended to Katey Johns and Ross Jago (Democratic Support Officers) and Giles Perritt (Head of Performance, Policy and Partnerships) for their immense contributions and support;

 

(f)

the recommendations of the Management Board were submitted for consideration.

 

In response to questions from Cabinet Members, Councillor James advised that the scrutiny process could be improved and indicated that he was in favour of replacing the scrutiny panels with task and finish groups. 

 

The Chair responded and expressed a reservation about the role of advisers. She thanked Councillor James, the Management Board and advisers for their considerable amount of work and felt that the sessions had been genuinely challenging.  The inclusion of the Council’s partners had added to the quality of the sessions and the exercise demonstrated that scrutiny could add value to the Council’s decision making process.  

 

On behalf of Cabinet, she broadly welcomed the recommendations and Cabinet’s response to the Budget and Corporate Plan 2012/13 scrutiny recommendations was submitted.   

  

Agreed the responses, as submitted and appended to these minutes, as the Cabinet’s formal response to the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.