Issue - meetings

(1)       The Committee received the first of what will be a regular report to this Committee on the forecast outturn against the budget for the Community Services Portfolio.

(2)       Mr Shipton highlighted paragraph 3.1 of the report which detailed the main points of concern within the budget; Adult Education, Coroners Budget and the imminent restructuring of the Cultural Development Unit.

(3)       Members were advised that the figures within the report before them were from the quarterly monitoring report, which went to a Cabinet meeting in September and reflected the position at the end of June.  Members of the Committee raised their concerns as they understood that the Cabinet would be receiving up to date figures later in November.  Members requested that the scheduling be looked into so that the Committee Members received up to date information.  It was suggested that it would be helpful to show the percentage of the variances within the tables of figures.  Mr Shipton explained the timing of compiling figures for the report which took two months, but agreed to look into this issue.  He also explained that the format had been agreed at Cabinet.

(4)       RESOLVED that the report be noted subject to the points raised in paragraph (3) above being taken into account by the drafting officer.