Decision details

Having considered an open officer report, and presentations by the Cabinet

Member for Resources, Councillor Kevin Bonavia, the Chair of Overview &

Scrutiny, Councillor Alan Hall, and by Mr David French on the Youth Service,

the Mayor agreed that:

(i) the officer proposals for budget reductions set out in Appendix 1 be noted;

(ii) officers be authorised to carry out consultation where public/stakeholder

consultation is necessary in relation to any of those proposals;

(iii) consultation with staff be authorised in respect of any proposal which

would involve staff reductions;

(iv) following due process decision making in relation to the following

proposals be delegated to officers:

A5       £275,000

A7       £250,000

A10     £600,000

E2       £1,125,000

E3       £200,000

E4       £595,000

E5       £134,000

F1       £1,900,000

G1       £950,000

I1         £2,090,000

J1        £751,000

K1       £594,000

K3       £200,000

L2        £280,000

M1       £1,000,000

O2       £50,000

O3       £600,000

P1       £229,000

(v) in respect of all other savings, officers be required to bring a full report on

the budget savings proposals back to Mayor and Cabinet for decision at the

earliest opportunity, but in any event not later than 11 February 2015; and

(vi) savings previously earmarked for 2015/16 in earlier years' budget reports,

as summarised, be approved.