Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Revenue and capital budget monitoring, first quarter 2022/23
Cabinet noted the variations in the report, including the material uncertainties, and the actions to address them. It approved the virements (transfers between budget headings) and the use of the Contingency Fund, subject to further advice from the Section 151 officer, the council's senior finance officer. It reinforced the need for all directors to keep service spending down this year. It noted an indicative overspend, with further actions to be confirmed in later quarters.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Revenue and capital budget monitoring, first quarter 2023/24
Cabinet noted the comments and variations in the report, including the heightened uncertainties, and the actions being taken. Cabinet approved the virements (transfers of money between budgets) and the use of the Contingency Fund and the Inflation provision, subject to any further advice from the Section 151 Officer. Cabinet reinforced the need for all directors to keep spending down in the year. Cabinet noted the indicative overspend, with further actions to be confirmed once the likely final cost of the pay award is clearer.
Items are linked when their titles share most of their words and they fall within 18 months of each other. Councils don't number reports across meetings, so a few links may be wrong, and a step may be missing if its title changed a lot. Each step links to the meeting, where the council's own papers are.