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Environment & Economy Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2024/25 – Stage 2
RESOLVED: a) That the Planning, Environment and Economy portfolio’s cost pressures be noted; (b) That the Planning, Environment and Economy portfolio’s options to reduce budgets be noted; (c) That the Streetscene and Transportation portfolio’s cost pressures be noted; (d) That the Streetscene and Transportation portfolio’s options to reduce budgets be noted; (e) That the Committee’s comments on the proposed efficiencies be explored further.
Community & Housing Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2024/25 – Stage 2
RESOLVED: (a) That the Housing and Communities portfolio cost pressures be noted; and (b) That the Housing and Communities portfolio options to reduce budgets be noted.
Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2024/25 - Stage 2
RESOLVED: (a) That having reviewed the cost pressures and options to reduce budgets in Governance, the Committee comments as follows: · That the Governance & Audit Committee be consulted on the removal of the vacant post in Internal Audit; · That officers review the pressures for the Schools’ IT Technician and Cyber Security Technician to explore the feasibility of (i) uplifting one salary in line with the other to increase resilience by the two posts supporting each other; and (ii) combining the two posts to generate a £32K saving. (b) That having reviewed the cost pressures and options t…
Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2024/25 – Stage 2
RESOLVED: (a) That the Education and Youth portfolio’s cost pressures be noted; (b) That the Schools’ budget cost pressures be noted; (c) That the Education and Youth portfolio’s options to reduce budgets be noted; (d) That the options to reduce the delegated schools’ budget be noted; (e) That a report on issues around recruitment and retention be included on the Committee’s Forward Work Programme; and (f) That a report on Demographics and how this would impact future budgets be included on the Committee’s Forward Work Programme.
Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2024/25 – Stage 2
RESOLVED: (a) That the Social Services portfolio’s cost pressures be noted; (b) That the Social Services portfolio’s options to reduce budgets be noted; and (c) That the Committee advise that no areas of cost efficiency had been identified at this stage.
Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2024/25 – Stage 2
RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee acknowledge the Education and Youth portfolio’s cost pressures, as outlined within the report, and confirm that the cost pressures should be taken forward as part of the 2025/26 budget; (b) That the Committee acknowledge the School’s cost pressures, as outlined within the report, and confirm that the cost pressures should be taken forward as part of the 2025/26 budget (c) That a letter be written to Welsh Government to outline the Committee’s concern around the challenge for the Education & Youth Services around the uncertainty on Grant funding streams and r…
Environment & Economy Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2025/26 – Stage 2
RESOLVED: (a) That the Planning, Environment and Economy portfolio’s cost pressures be noted and supported. (b) That the Streetscene and Transportation portfolio’s cost pressures be noted and supported; andThat the Committee supports the Streetscene and Transportation cost pressures being removed as outlined in section 1.07 of the report; and (c) That the Committee supports the Streetscene and Transportation cost pressures being removed as outlined in section 1.07 of the report.
Community & Housing Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2025/26 – Stage 2
RESOLVED: That the Committee acknowledge the Housing and Communities cost pressures, as outlined within the report, and confirm that the cost pressures should be taken forward as part of the 2025/26 budget.
Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2025/26 - Stage 2
RESOLVED: (a) That the comments raised by the Committee on the Corporate Services cost pressures be referred to Cabinet; and (b) That the comments raised by Committee on the Governance Portfolio’s cost pressures be referred to Cabinet.
Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2025/26 – Stage 2
RESOLVED: (a) That Members review and comment on the Social Services portfolio’s cost pressures; and (b) That the Committee were assured that the cost pressures were an essential requirement for the 2025/26 budget and that there was no scope to remove/defer them to assist with dealing with the budget challenge.
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