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Budget Scrutiny - Review of Pre Business Plan Reviews 2009/10 to 2011/12
Meeting: 23/11/2009 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 6)
6 Budget Scrutiny - Review of Pre Business Plan Reviews 2010/11 to 2012/13 
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To update Members on the financial planning position and to consider the Pre Business Plan Reviews (PBPR) 2010/11 to 2012/13 (TO FOLLOW).
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Committee requested further information on the following aspects of the budget:
General Questions for all Cabinet Members
- Fees & Charges – where budgets are under pressure, for example due to the recession, how is the pressure being dealt with if no investment bid has been made?
- Specific Grants – where grant levels are due to change in
2010/11 (substantial increase or decrease) how is the variance
being dealt with?
- Are services challenging suppliers in these recessionary times on price? Have any price reductions been secured?
Portfolio specific requests for the Committee on
7th december
2009
1. Leader and Performance Portfolio
Pre Agreed Revenue Investments
|
Request No. |
Report Page No. |
Area / Service |
Efficiency or investment £ |
Overview and Scrutiny Committee comments |
|
1 |
52 |
One off funding for elections |
300k
|
How much of this is likely to be saved if national election is held on same day? |
|
2 |
52 |
Delivery of LDF |
100k
|
Does the figure provide for the cost of any anticipated planning enquiries? |
Pre Agreed Revenue Efficiency Savings
|
Request No |
Report Page No. |
Area / Service |
Efficiency or investment £ |
Overview and Scrutiny Committee comments |
|
3 |
53 |
Deletion of post in secretariat |
10k |
What team is the post being deleted from and why is it only achieving £10K? |
|
4 |
53 |
Savings on Counsel |
100k |
What is the current total spend on Counsel by Legal Services? Further information requested on the impact on in-house service. |
New Revenue Efficiency Savings Proposals
|
Request No |
Report Page No. |
Area / Service |
Efficiency or investment £ |
Overview and Scrutiny Committee comments |
|
5
|
54 |
Deletion of post in the secretariat |
24K |
What team is a post being deleted from and why is it only saving £24k |
|
6 |
54 |
VFM review of non corporate legal service |
50k |
Has this saving been confirmed and why is there no anticipated impact on service? |
|
7 |
54 |
Deletion of Policy officer post |
60k |
More detail on impact to other services requested |
|
8 |
54 |
Deletion of post in Service Improvement team |
45k |
Is this a vacancy? If so how long has the post been vacant? Will there be any discernable impact on other services? |
|
9 |
General |
Haringey Forward Project |
N/A |
The committee requested a full update of all Forward Haringey projects including target savings, savings achieved to date and an update on the Corporate Review of Support Services. |
2. Resources Portfolio
General
|
Request No |
Report Page No. |
Area / Service |
Efficiency or investment £k |
Overview and Scrutiny Committee comments |
|
10 |
22 |
Gross Budget Trail |
N/A |
A reconciliation between the pre-agreed savings listed in Appendix A of the November Cabinet Financial Planning Report and those listed in the Overview and Scrutiny report Appendix 1 is required. |
|
11 |
22 |
Gross Budget Trail |
N/A |
An explanation on the proposed use of balances/reserves to fund the three year proposed Council budget is requested. |
|
12 |
23 |
Resource Shortfall Tracker |
N/A |
What assumptions are being made on future formula grant settlements for the Council and how do our assumptions compare with other Local Authorities? |
|
13 |