Decision details

The Council has made a commitment to closely align budget and performance management.  This is in line with accepted good practice.

To deliver this commitment, systems to monitor performance against revenue and capital budgets, improvement activity and performance indicators have been brought together and are now embedded in the way the Council works.

In addition, performance reports now focus more directly on the Council’s priorities and offer an “early warning” system of instance where targets may not be secured.

a)  To approve the changes to Performance Indicator targets and Actions  as detailed in paragraphs 2.1.7 and 2.1.8 of the report;

b)  To approve the General Fund Revenue Budget virements included within Appendix 1;

c)  To approve the changes to the Capital Programme of £50,000 and below included in paragraph 2.2.3;

d)  To include details of budget and performance monitoring in a quarterly performance digest, to be published on the Council’s website and Intranet in line with the recommendations of Performance Review Scrutiny Committee.

To align the budgets to the current pressures and priorities and ensure the delivery of Council objectives is supported.

Not to amend the original Council approved budgets during the year to reflect the latest projected outturn position.

None.