Agenda item

For the reasons set out in the Cabinet Member’s report, the Committee

RESOLVED –

1          That the 2011/12 Performance Report, Revenue Budget and Capital Outturn position be noted.

2.         That the Capital approvals and slippage of £9.257m as outlined in tables 9 and 10 be approved.

3.                  That Directors take appropriate action to improve performance against those corporate performance, Human Resources (HR), project and risk measures where Q4 performance remains a challenge (Sections 9.3, 9.4, 9.10 and Appendix A).

4.                  That the Earmarked Reserves and Provisions contained in table 7 be approved.

5.                  That Provision for Bad Debt position contained in table 14 be approved.

6.                  That the Final Special Parking Account be noted in Appendix E.

7.                  That the Barnet Homes leaseholder contributions in table 13 be noted.

8.         That the Agency Staff costs for the financial year 2011/12 in table 15 be noted.

9.         That the proposed 2011/12 capital additions and deletions totalling £0.031m as set out in Appendix D and the related funding implications in 2011/12 as set out in table 11 be approved.

10.       That the proposed 2012/13 capital additions totalling £0.533m as set out in Appendix D and the related funding implications in 2012/13 as set out in table 12 be approved.

11.                   That the following on-going virements in 2012/13 be approved:

·         £2.765m is requested within the Commercial Directorate to re-align the budgets within Information Systems. There is a nil impact on the service budgets. (paragraph 9.15.1)

·         £16.506m is requested within the Housing service to realign the budget to reflect the transfer of Housing Needs & Resources to The Barnet Group. There is a nil impact on the service budgets. (paragraph 9.15.1)

·         £25.037m is requested within the Special Parking Account to realign the budget to reflect the transfer of Parking Services to an External Service Provider (NSL). There is a nil impact on the service budgets. (paragraph 9.15.1)

·         £0.195m is requested within the Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium service to realign the budget to reflect the restructure of the service team and consequent increased income opportunities. (paragraph 9.15.1)

12.       That the following on-going virement in 2012/13 be approved as part of the One Barnet programme:

·         £0.220m is requested from services listed in Appendix F to Adult Social Care & Health to consolidate budgets in respect of payments to be made to Your Choice Barnet. (paragraph 9.15.1)

·         £0.537m is requested as part of the customer services transformation programme for 2012/13 (£0.657 full year effect for 2013/14 onwards). As part of this programme a number of functions are transferring from service departments below into the customer services team:

o     £0.171m Parking in 2012/13 (full year effect of £0.187m for 2013/14 onwards).

o     £0.050m Youth in 2012/13 (full year effect to be confirmed for 2013/14 onwards).

o     £0.316m Adults in 2012/13 (full year effect of £0.470m for 2013/14 onwards).

The budgets associated with these functions need to be transferred into the customer services team. (paragraph 9.15.1)

13.       That the following contingency transfers for 2012/13 and on-going be approved:

·           £0.500m from contingency for 2012/13 and on-going be approved to fund the Leisure budget pressure that has arisen pending the implementation of the Leisure Review. (paragraph 9.16.1)

·           £0.210m from contingency for 2012/13 and on-going be approved for Environment Planning & Regeneration to fund the additional duties the Flood Risk Regulations 2009 (FRR 2009) and the Flood and Water Management Acts 2010 (FWMA 2010) have put on the Council. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have allocated additional funding to enable the discharging of these duties. (paragraph 9.16.1)

14.       That the proposed draw down of £6.453m from the Transformation Reserve as set out in section 9.17 and table 16 are approved.