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Contact: Wyn Richards, Scrutiny Manager and Head of Democratic Services
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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from County Councillors K Roberts-Jones, E Roderick and T Van-Rees. |
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Disclosures of interest To receive any disclosures of interest by Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest from Members relating to items for consideration on the agenda. |
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Declarations of Party Whip To receive disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has been given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section 78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011.
(NB: Members are reminded that under Section 78 Members having been given a prohibited party whip cannot vote on a matter before the Committee.) Minutes: The Committee did not receive any disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has been given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section 78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011. |
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Draft 2022 - 23 Budget PDF 871 KB To scrutinise the Draft 2022- 23 Budget.
Attached, in relation to the Cabinet’s Budget proposals to Council are the following documents: Additional documents:
Minutes:
Documents Considered: · A copy of the Cabinet report to provide the overall context for the budget setting process · A copy of the Mid Term Financial Strategy and Finance Resource Model (Appendices A and B) · A copy of Services' cost reduction proposals (Appendix C) · A copy of the Fees and Charges Report which provides an overview to Service proposals for income generation. (Appendices D and E) · A copy of the Capital Strategy and the Treasury Management Strategy. (Appendix F) · A copy of the Reserves Policy (Appendix G) · A copy of the Budget Survey (Appendix H) · Individual Impact Assessments relating to the proposals under (iii) above (Appendix I) and the Council wide Impact Assessment (Appendix J)
Issues Discussed: · During the last financial year the Service has demonstrated that strong progress has been made in all recommendations following the Estyn Core Visit in 2019. The recent monitoring visit in October 2021 showed that the Service no longer required significant improvement and was therefore taken out of monitoring. · £1m additional funding has been invested in the Service in the budget, £500k for the Secondary School Improvement Strategy, and £500 for ALN transformation. · Pressures have been identified in the Service and in school budgets and in the budget £5m is being invested into education – £3.1m to support schools with pay and price pressures, £2m into the Schools Service for pay and price pressures and to improve through transformation funding. · Pressures identified in the Schools Service include property pressures over and above Property Plus, cashless re-tender and post 16 transition funding. · One area has been identified in the Schools Service for income generation (£5k) and one is a cost reduction (£50k). · Other proposals affecting schools are around workforce development, DBS checks and health and safety support in schools.
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