The Senior Finance Business Partner introduced the report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services which set out the financial monitoring information for the Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee outturn for 2021/22 and provided an overview of budget performance to enable the Committee to take ownership of their specific budgets and provide robust challenge and scrutiny to Officers on the performance of those budgets. It was reported that the year-end revenue position was £0.873m adverse, and the year-end capital position was £13.628m favourable for 2021/22.

Further information was sought on the shortfall in savings from the reduction in grass cutting and maintenance of verges as well as the carry over of funding for capital schemes into the next financial year.

Resolved – That

(1)  the year-end revenue position of £0.873m adverse, as reported for 2021-22 be noted.

(2)  progress on the achievement of approved savings and the year-end position for 2021-22 be noted.

(3)  the reserves allocated to the Committee for future one-off commitments be noted.

(4)  the year-end capital position of £13.628m favourable, for 2021-22 be noted.