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Declarations of Interest Councillors are required to
comply with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 regarding disclosable
pecuniary interests. Minutes: There were no declarations of
interest. |
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Public participation To receive any public
questions or statements on the business of the Shadow Overview and Scrutiny
Committee in accordance with the procedure rules as set out in the Shadow
Dorset Council Constitution. Minutes: There were no questions or
statements from members of the public. |
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Dorset Council Budget 2019/20 PDF 123 KB To consider a report on the
Budget for the Dorset Council. Additional documents: Minutes: The committee received and
considered a report of the Lead member for Finance and Interim Section 151
Officer, which provided an update on the finance of Dorset Council and how a
balanced budget for 2019/20 had been developed.
The Shadow Overview and Scrutiny Committee was invited to consider any
comments that they wished to make on the 2019/20 budget to be forwarded for
consideration by the Shadow Executive Committee on 11 February 2019. The 2019/20 budget would be set by the Shadow
Council on 20 February 2019. The Lead Member for Finance,
Councillor Ferrari introduced the report and provided an overview of the work
that had been undertaken. He noted that
a key element of the work had been about bringing together financial efficiencies
and was not about reducing services.
Transformation was not within the scope of the work that had been
undertaken, but the budget ensured a stable position for the new Council to
progress this work. In addition to the report,
the Interim Section 151 Officer provided a presentation for the committee which
covered: ·
The headlines
from the budget proposals ·
What had been
done to make sure that the budget process and proposals were robust ·
The risks in the
budget ·
The future
challenges ·
What would happen
next including the timetable for approval of the budget Members considered the issues
arising from the report and presentation and during discussion the following
points were raised: ·
In response to a
question, members noted the financial impact of the Dorset Waste Partnership
not being able to use low quality recycling.
It was also noted that fuel costs had been higher in the current
financial year and the impact of maintenance costs ·
Car parking
charges would not be changed for the next financial year ·
Where charges
were being aligned across the area it was noted that this had been driven by
advice from service experts. It was not
a common policy to always align charges at the highest level. There was a request for information on new
charging structures to be included in the briefing to be provided to members ·
The position with
Negative RSG was seen as good news within the financial settlement ·
Reference was
made to work undertaken to harmonise Council Tax across the area of the Dorset
Council from day 1 and it was noted that the change in Council Tax level would
vary across the different existing council areas depending on the current
Council Tax base for each existing council ·
In response to a
question it was noted that further work would be undertaken on the asset
strategy ·
LGR
implementation costs were an estimate at the current time ·
In response to a
question it was noted that all councils were bringing in investments and
reserves to the new Council. During the
work in bringing the budget together there was a focus on the end point. A request was made for the relevant figures
from each existing council to be provided to members at the briefing on the
budget · The ... view the full minutes text for item 80. |
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Urgent items To
consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior notification
and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local
Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be specified in the
minutes. Minutes: There were no urgent items. |