Cyflwynwyd gan:Cyng / Cllr Peredur Jenkins
Decision:
1.1 To
consider and note the final financial position of the Council’s departments for
2017/18.
1.2 To
approve the amounts to be carried forward (the “Revised Over/(Under) Spend”
column of the summary in Appendix 1), namely -
DEPARTMENT |
£’000 |
Adults, Health and Well-being |
(100) |
Children and Families |
100 |
Education |
0 |
Economy and Community |
(35) |
Highways and Municipal |
100 |
Environment (formerly Regulatory) |
(100) |
Gwynedd Consultancy |
(82) |
Corporate Management Team & Legal |
(66) |
Finance |
(66) |
Corporate Support |
(67) |
1.3 To approve the following recommendations and virements
(as outlined in Appendix 2) -
·
Transfer £457k, equivalent to the supporting
delivery of social services grant over the winter period to a specific fund to
support the flexibility and facilitate transformation in the field of Adults in
future.
·
Harvest (£37k) of the underspend, namely the sum
above (£100k) for Adults, Health and Well-being, to be used to assist the
departments who overspend this year.
·
The Children and Families Department to receive
one-off financial support of £676k to alleviate the majority of the 2017/18
overspend, allowing them to move forward to face the challenges of 2018/19.
·
Transfer £207k to eliminate the Education
Department's overspend, whilst transport policies and arrangements are being
reviewed.
·
Highways and Municipal Department to receive
one-off partial financial support of £203k to limit the overspend to be carried
forward by the Department to £100k, to assist them with facing the challenge of
2018/19.
·
Transfer £378k of the Environment Department's
2017/18 underspend to a specific fund, relating to buses and routes costs, to
be used in 2018/19.
·
Harvest (£89k) of the Environment Department's
underspend, namely the sum above (100k), to be used to assist the departments
that overspend this year.
·
Harvest (894k) of the net underspend on Corporate
budgets (on Council Tax Reduction, bids and budgets returned by departments and
on other headings), and transfer to assist the overspending departments in
2017/18.
·
Transfer £66k from the Financial Strategy Support
Fund, namely the balance required, to support the departments that overspend.
1.4
To approve
the virements from the specific reserves as outlined
in Appendix 3 following a review of the reserves, namely:
·
Harvest (£2.915m).
·
Assign £2.749m to the Council Plan.
·
Assign £166k to waste issues.
Minutes:
The item was submitted by Cllr
Peredur Jenkins
DECISION
1.1
To
consider and note the final financial position of the Council’s departments for
2017/18.
1.2 To
approve the amounts to be carried forward (the “Revised Over/ (Under) Spend”
column of the summary in Appendix 1), namely -
DEPARTMENT |
£’000 |
Adults,
Health and Well-being |
(100) |
Children
and Families |
100 |
Education |
0 |
Economy
and Community |
(35) |
Highways
and Municipal |
100 |
Environment
(formerly Regulatory) |
(100) |
Gwynedd
Consultancy |
(82) |
Corporate
Management Team & Legal |
(66) |
Finance
|
(66) |
Corporate
Support |
(67) |
1.3 To
approve the following recommendations and virements (as outlined in Appendix 2)
-
·
Transfer
£457k, equivalent to the supporting delivery of social services grant over the
winter period to a specific fund to support the flexibility and facilitate
transformation in the field of Adults in future.
·
Harvest
(£37k) of the underspend, namely the sum above (£100k) for Adults, Health and
Well-being, to be used to assist the departments who overspend this year.
·
The
Children and Families Department to receive one-off financial support of £676k
to alleviate the majority of the 2017/18 overspend, allowing them to move
forward to face the challenges of 2018/19.
·
Transfer
£207k to eliminate the Education Department's overspend, whilst transport
policies and arrangements are being reviewed.
·
Highways
and Municipal Department to receive one-off partial financial support of £203k
to limit the overspend to be carried forward by the Department to £100k, to
assist them with facing the challenge of 2018/19.
·
Transfer
£378k of the Environment Department's 2017/18 underspend to a specific fund,
relating to buses and routes costs, to be used in 2018/19.
·
Harvest
(£89k) of the Environment Department's underspend, namely the sum above (100k),
to be used to assist the departments that overspend this year.
·
Harvest
(894k) of the net underspend on Corporate budgets (on Council Tax Reduction,
bids and budgets returned by departments and on other headings), and transfer
to assist the overspending departments in 2017/18.
·
Transfer
£66k from the Financial Strategy Support Fund, namely the balance required, to
support the departments that overspend.
1.4 To
approve the virements from the specific reserves as outlined in Appendix 3
following a review of the reserves, namely:
·
Harvets
(£2.915m).
·
Assign
£2.749m to the Council Plan.
·
Assign
£166k to waste issues.
DISCUSSION
The report was submitted, noting
that the Cabinet needed to approve the 2017/18 final financial situation in
order for the Finance Department to proceed to produce, certify and publish the
statutory financial statements before 30 June. It was elaborated that the
financial situation of most departments had underspent for 2017/18. It was
added that there was a substantial improvement to the financial situation of
the Adults Department during the last quarter after receiving a grant from
Welsh Government late in the year.
It was noted that there was an
overspend on specific services in the Children and Supporting Families
Department, the Education Department and the Highways and Municipal Department.
It was added that in the majority of budgets where there had been an overspend
in 2017/18, appropriate consideration had been given to the relevant needs and
opportunities in the 2018/19 budgetary cycle, and most of these matters had
already been addressed in the Financial Strategy for 2018/19.
It was added that there was a
one-off underspend in a number of amended corporate budget headings for
2017/18, and it was noted that this net underspend would be available to
alleviate the overspend of departments, with a further contribution of £66k to
be released from the Financial Strategy Support Fund.
Observations arising from the
discussion
-
In terms of the Highways and Municipal
Department, the reasons for the overspend was noted, noting that arrangements were
in place to look further at the problems arising.
-
Looking at integrated transportation, it was
noted that financial support had been received from Welsh Government following
re-tendering bus journeys, but it was added that problems were ongoing and, consequently,
the underspend was used to meet the associated costs in 2018/19.
-
It was expressed that work was ongoing to look
at transportation within the Education Department.
Awdur:Dafydd L Edwards
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