Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Head of Function (Resources).

RESOLVED:-

·        That the draft standstill budget be adopted by the Executive as a basis for the 2014-15 revenue budget;

·        That the Executive should seek to make sufficient savings in 2014-15 to balance the revenue budget without use [of reserves] of general reserves;

·        That the Executive should plan to  cover unavoidable costs of severance, or other one-off costs of delivering savings, from slippage on the current budget for cost of change and without the use of general reserves;

·        To request savings proposals from departments to be completed by 16^th November, 2013;

·        To agree that management now arrange for voluntary redundancy to be offered across the Council, subject to usual controls and conditions.

·        That authority be given to the Leader to respond to the Welsh Government in the strongest possible terms as regards the provisional settlement for Anglesey.

Submitted - The report of the Head of Function (Resources) providing an updated budget strategy and the initial draft revenue budget for 2014-15.

The Leader was requested to respond in the strongest possible terms to the Welsh Government upon the provisional local government settlement by the close of consultation on 20^th November, 2013.

RESOLVED:-

·        That the draft standstill budget be adopted by the Executive as a basis for the 2014-15 revenue budget;

·        That the Executive should seek to make sufficient savings in 2014-15 to balance the revenue budget without use [of reserves] of general reserves;

·        That the Executive should plan to  cover unavoidable costs of severance, or other one-off costs of delivering savings, from slippage on the current budget for cost of change and without the use of general reserves;

·        To request savings proposals from departments to be completed by 16^th November, 2013;

·        To agree that management now arrange for voluntary redundancy to be offered across the Council, subject to usual controls and conditions.

·        That authority be given to the Leader to respond to the Welsh Government in the strongest possible terms as regards the provisional settlement for Anglesey.