Agenda item

Having considered an officer report, a presentation by Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, proposals by Councillor Paul Bell, the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning, and comments by Councillor Patrick Codd, the Chair of Public Accounts Select Committee, the Mayor and Cabinet unanimously agreed:

(1)             That the proposals submitted by Councillor Paul Bell be agreed.

(2)          That progress with identifying budget cuts, the £18.9m shortfall against the target for 2021/22 be noted, and that these be brought back in February 2021 for consideration.

(3)             That it be agreed:

(i)           To review the cuts proposals presented in Section 7 and Appendices 2 to 7, totalling £15.051m.

(ii)          To consider the comments of the Public Accounts Select Committee of the 3 December 2020, which incorporates the views of the respective select committees.

(iii)         To authorise officers to carry out consultations where staff consultation is necessary and delegate the decision to the relevant Executive Director for the service concerned for the following proposals: C-1 and F-11.

(iv)         To authorise officers to carry out consultations where public consultation is necessary ask officers to report back to the Mayor and Cabinet with the outcome, for a decision to be made for the following proposals: A-2, B-6, B-10, C-2, D-1, D-7, F-9, F-15, F-16, F-17, and F-18.

(4)          That where no consultation is required, the following proposals be agreed: A-1, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, B-2, B-4, B-5, B-7, B-8, B-9, C-3, C-5, C-7, C-8, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6, D-8, E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-5, E-6, E-7, E-8, E-9, E-10, F-1, F-2, F-3, F-4, F-5, F-6, F-10 and F-12. Request officers to complete further work to clarify the proposals F-7 and F-8 and that officers then re-submit the proposals at the earliest opportunity for a decision. 

(5)          That it be agreed to defer the decision on cuts references F-7 and F-8 and ask that further work is undertaken on these and that they are re-considered as part of the additional round 2 cuts for Adult Social Care expected to come forward in January.