Decisions for issue Targeted Budget Management (TBM) 2017/18: Month 5

1)           That the Committee note the forecast risk position for the General Fund, which indicates a budget pressure of £1.678m. This includes a forecast overspend of £0.088m on the council’s share of the NHS managed Section 75 services.

2)           That the committee approve one-off funding of the additional cost of Communal Bin rounds of £0.050m detailed in Appendix 3 under City Environmental Services from the council’s available risk provision of £1.500m.

3)           That the Committee note, subject to approval of recommendation 2.2 above, that total recurrent and one-off risk provisions of £1.450m are available to mitigate the forecast General Fund risk if the risks cannot be completely eliminated by year-end.

4)           That the Committee note the forecast for the Housing Revenue Account (HRA), which is an underspend of £0.490m.

5)           That the Committee note the forecast risk position for the Dedicated Schools Grant which is an overspend of £0.422m.

6)           That the Committee note the forecast outturn position on the capital programme and approve the variations and slippage in Appendix 5.

7)           That the Committee agree to release the 2018/19 contingency of £0.079m within the Welfare Reform Reserve to support the Local Discretionary Social Fund in 2017/18 if required (para 6.3).