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2021/22 BUDGET PROCESS

Meeting: 20/10/2020 - Children, Young People & Education Committee (Item 7)

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Minutes:

Paul Boyce, Director of Children, Families and Education introduced his report that provided the Children, Young People and Education Committee with details of the process for budget setting as a transition year for 2021/22 and described the financial position for 2021/22, which as at Quarter 1 was deficit of £45m, and the actions being put in place to mitigate the gap.

 

These actions included a 5 STAGE phased approach and included the timeline for the 2021/22 budget setting process when budget proposals were presented to the Policy and Resources Committee for the recommendation to Full Council to set the 2021/22 budget.

 

Members were apprised that as this was a transition year, proposals had been identified and would continue to be presented to the Committee by Officers. The Committee was however encouraged to identify its own proposals for Officers to work up, if within the timescale, to be included for the 2021/22 Budget. For future years this would become the usual process and throughout the year the Committee would be identifying proposals for Officers to work up for the following years budget. Members noted that a workshop session in respect of the budget was scheduled to take place at the conclusion of the formal committee meeting.

 

Following presentation of his report, Members questioned the Director of Children, Families and Education on a number of matters as highlighted in his report. The Director responded accordingly.

 

Moved by the Chair, seconded in a number of places, it was:

 

RESOLVED – That the Council’s current financial position and process for the 2021/22 budget in this transition year be noted.