Decisions for issue Revenue Budget 2012/13 - Provisional Spending Targets

Revenue Budget 2012/13 - Provisional Spending Targets

13/12/2011 - Revenue Budget 2012/13 - Provisional Spending Targets

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(i) that all Members and the Overview and Scrutiny Board be requested to consider the implications of the target budgets set for the individual business units (as set out below). Overview and Scrutiny to consider the budget papers at its meetings in January 2012 and report back to the Mayor and the Council on 1 February 2012 on the outcomes of its deliberations and stakeholder representations;

Business Unit/Service		Sub Total	Corporate Budgets *	Total
	£000’s	£000’s	£000’s	£000’s
Adults & Operations
Adult Social Care
o Torbay Care Trust	39,500
o 2% increase for Care Homes	335
o NHS Funding	2,224
Sub Total	42,059
o Other Adult Services – Joint Equipment Store	560
Adult Social Care Total		42,619		42,619
Business Services		1,986		1,986
Commercial Services		2,485	(999)	1,486
Finance		11,733	(9,803)	1,930
Information Services		3,841	(727)	3,114
Supporting People		5,913		5,913

Children, Schools & Families		19,917		19,917

Communities & Local Democracy
Community Safety		2,587		2,587
Community Engagement		1,321		1,321

Place & Environment
Economic Development Company (Client Side)		4,276		4,276
Residents & Visitors		9,005	(258)	8,747
Spatial Planning		5,291	(3,888)	1,403
Torbay Harbour Authority		0		0
Waste & Cleaning		11,142		11,142

Corporate Budgets		0	15,675	15,675

Total Provisional Budget for 2012/13		122,116	0	122,116

Funded From
Government Grant (estimated)				58,493
Council Tax Income				61,823
Collection Fund Surplus				1,800

Estimated Income				122,116

* Corporate Budgets include Treasury Management, Precepts, External Audit Fees, Concessionary Fares, IT licences;

(ii) that all Members and the Overview and Scrutiny Board be requested to consider the Review of Reserves report and recommendation;

(iii) that all Members and the Overview and Scrutiny Board be requested to consider the fees and charges for each service and note the Medium Term Resource Plan;

(iv) that the Chief Finance Officer be given authority to amend these targets for any technical adjustments necessary between services and within the overall envelope of funding in agreement with the Mayor and Executive Lead Member with responsibility for Finance;

(v) that the Chief Finance Officer report to Council on 1 February 2012 on the implications for 2012-13 and later years as a result of these targets currently being considered and in light of the final settlement which is expected in late January or early February;

(vi) that the Chief Finance Officer responds to the implications upon Torbay of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, after consultation with the Mayor and Executive Lead Member for Finance; and

(vii) that an Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) be completed following the consultation process and presented to the Mayor with any recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny Board.