Meeting documents

RESOLVED:

That District Executive recommended to Council to:-

a.

note the report of the Scrutiny Task and Finish Group attached at Appendix A;

b.

approve the overall Revenue Budget for 2015/16 of £17,389,600 and the General Account Summary as shown at Appendix B and note future year projection;

c.

approve the detailed budgets for the District Executive and four Area Committees as shown at Appendix C;

d.

approve there is no increase in the Council Tax for 2015/16 for South Somerset District Council, which will result in a continuing Band D charge of £150.74;

e.

approve the additional expenditure for budget pressure bids as shown in Appendix D;

f.

approve the savings proposals in Appendix E in conjunction with the Equalities Impact Schedule at Appendix G;

g.

approve the once-off items of expenditure as shown in Appendix F;

h.

approve the transfer of the NDR surplus (£0.9595 million) to the NDR Volatility Reserve;

i.

note the current position and future estimation of reserves and balances as shown in paragraphs 53-56;

j.

approve the revised Capital Programme as shown in Appendix H;

k.

approve the new schemes to be included in the Capital Programme as shown in Appendix I;

l.

note the scoring of new capital schemes outlined in Appendix K;

m.

note the proposed funding of the Capital Programme as shown in paragraph 66;

n.

note the detailed Capital Investment appraisal forms for new schemes, as shown at Appendix J.

Reason:

To seek approval for the proposed 2015/16 Revenue Budget, Medium Term Financial Plan (Revenue Budgets for 2015/16 to 2019/20) and the Capital Programme that will be recommended to Full Council.