Decision details

To provide Members with the provisional financial outturn information for the 2013-14 financial year and summarise the Council’s performance against the balanced scorecard indicators and ‘Gold’ projects.

(a)  That the provisional revenue outturn for 2013-14 of a break even position be noted.  This was after allowing for a contribution of £150k to a future budget requirement reserve.

(b)  That the provisional capital outturn of expenditure of £33.3m against the capital programme of £51.6m be noted, with £16.7m reprofiled into the 2014-15 financial year.

(c)  That it be noted that within the Council’s balanced scorecard, 71% of indicators were green, with the following ‘red’ indicators:

  i.  % of Initial Assessments completed and authorised within 45 working days (in month) in Children’s services.

  ii.  Council Tax collection rate

  iii.  Number of Households in temporary accommodation

(d)  That it be noted that 17% of Gold projects had progressed overall as ‘green’.  Of the six submitted highlighted reports, one had been assessed to have an overall status of Green, three at Amber and two at Red.

(e)  That the revised 2014-15 capital programme be approved to take account of re-profiling of previously approved 2013-14 projects into the 2014-15 programme; with a revised capital programme of £63.6m.

(f)  That the Virements and write-offs be approved as detailed in the report.