Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Paulina Ford Senior Governance Officer, Tel: 01733 452508
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Appointment Of Chair The Chairman had sent her apologies for the meeting and in accordance with Part 4, Section 9, Paragraph 17 of the Constitution the appointment of a Chairman should be appointed from the Chairman of the other Committees/Commission who were present at the meeting. Those Chairmen present were Councillor Rush, Day and Peach. The Senior Governance Officer asked for nominations. Councillor Peach was nominated by Councillor Rush and seconded by Councillor Kreling. Members of the Committee present voted in favour of the appointment and Councillor Peach was therefore appointed Chairman for the meeting.
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors Maqbool, Over, Todd, Allen, Sharp, Ash, Martin, Murphy, Shabbir, Shearman, Sylvester and Fower. Councillor Jamil attended as substitute for Councillor Murphy. Apologies for absence were also received from Councillor Cereste, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Growth, Strategic Planning, Economic Development, Business Engagement and Environment Capital and Dr Andy Liggins, Director for Public Health.
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Declarations of Interest and Whipping Declarations At this point Members must declare whether they have a disclosable pecuniary interest, or other interest, in any of the items on the agenda, unless it is already entered in the register of members’ interests or is a “pending notification “ that has been disclosed to the Solicitor to the Council. Members must also declare if they are subject to their party group whip in relation to any items under consideration.
Minutes: Councillor JR Fox declared an interest in that he was a member of the Peterborough Council of Voluntary Services.
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Budget 2013/2014 and Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) to 2022/23 MEMBERS ARE REMINDED TO BRING THEIR COPY OF THE BUDGET 2013/14 AND MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN TO 2022/23 DATED 4 FEBRUARY 2013 TO THE MEETING.
Minutes: The Chair welcomed everyone present and explained that the purpose of the meeting was to provide an opportunity for all Members of each Scrutiny Committee and Commission to scrutinise the 2013/14 Budget and Medium Term Financial Plan to 2022/23 as part of the formal consultation process before being presented to Cabinet for approval on 25 February 2013.
Members were given an overview of the Medium Term Financial Plan and Budget by the Cabinet Member for Resources. The following key points were highlighted:
• Overview and overall budget strategy • Detailed proposals for: – Adult Social Care – Chief Executive’s – Children’s services – Operations – Strategic Resources (inc. Strategic Commissioning) – Public Health – Staff Implications – Capital Strategy, Asset Management Plan and Treasury Strategy • Priorities • Spending Review – Year 3 • Pressures and Investment • Overall financial position • Tackling the financial gap • Income • Implications for council tax • Reserves, balances and risk • Consultation meetings timetable and next steps
Each section of the budget was then taken in order according to how it was presented in the Budget Book. A brief introduction was given by the relevant Cabinet Member for each section before taking questions from the Committee.
Questions and observations were made around the following areas:
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