Decision details

The Executive has noted the report and agreed

1.            the appointment of a temporary support for the Garden Waste team, and approved the carry forward of savings achieved in the 2016/17 financial year to fund the appointment in 2017/18, as set out in paragraph 4 (iii);

2.            the extension of the Emergency Planning and Projects Assistant post until 31March 2018, as set out in paragraph 4 (IV) from the General Fund forecast underspend;

3.            £10,000 from the projected underspend to bring forward the budget growth item to review the options for the future of the building control service as set out in paragraph 5;

4.            £50,000 of the underspend in 2016/17 to be transferred to an earmarked reserve for commercial property voids as set out in paragraph 12, subject to sufficient underspend being available at the year end.

[CORPORATE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE]

The Executive has also agreed to RECOMMEND to the COUNCIL that

5.            the rescheduling of £1,000,000 for Wey Court into 2017/18 be approved, as set out in paragraph 22;

6.            the rescheduling of £1,000,000 for Nursery Hill into 2017/18 be approved, as set out in paragraph 23;and

7.            the rescheduling of £360,965 for Chilton Close, Alfold into 2017/18 be approved, as set out in paragraph 24.

[This item is recommended to the Council for decision and is not subject to the call-in procedure]

[Reason: to provide a review of the 2016/17 budget based o the latest information available]