Agenda item

The following recommendations to Full Council were made by Cabinet at the meeting held on 8^th July:

Please note that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting took place after the Full Council agenda was published. The Chairman will provide a verbal update at the meeting of any recommendations made in relation to any of the items listed below.

1.     Cabinet Agenda Item 10: Outturn Report 2023 – 2024

RESOLVED to recommend the following to Full Council:

a)  The provisional outturn position for the General Fund revenue account for 2023/24 (as shown in Appendix A);

b)  The transfers to and from reserves as detailed within the report (and Appendix C) along with the corresponding updates to the 2024/25 budget;

c) The deficit of £0.937m relating to service overspends be funded from the General Reserve (£0.737m) and the Treasury Management Reserve (£0.200m);

d) The balance on the General Reserve of £2.148m

e)  The surplus of £2.1m relating to retained business rates be transferred to the Business Rates Reserve;

f) The financing of the 2023/24 capital programme as detailed within the report and at Appendix D.

g) The updated capital programme for 2024/25 to 2026/27 and scheme financing as outlined within the report and detailed at Appendix E;

h) The roll-forward requests as shown in paragraph 5.5.

i)               Approval of additional funding to cover capital project overspends of £0.429k as detailed in paragraph 6.7.

2.     Cabinet Agenda Item 11: Treasury Outturn Report 2023 – 2024

RESOLVED to recommend the Treasury Outturn Position to Full Council, (subject to amendment following clarification of figures in Table 1 and Table 2 in Appendix A)

3.     Cabinet Agenda Item 12: Debt Recovery 2023 – 2024

RESOLVED to recommend to Full Council that it

1. approves the annual report which details the Council’s write-offs, in accordance with the Council’s Debt Write-Off Policy and performance in relation to revenues collection.

2. approves the suggested change to the delegated authority as shown in appendix 2 for write offs (increase team leaders’ authorisation levels from £4k to £5k which is line with other authorisations).

4.     Cabinet Agenda Item 13: Housing Benefit Debt Recovery Report – 1^st April 2023 to 31^st March 2024

RESOLVED to recommend that Full Council approves the annual report detailing Housing Benefit Overpayment debt recovery in accordance with the Council’s Debt Recovery Policy, Write-off Policy and Housing Benefit Overpayment Recovery Policy.