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End of 2017/18 corporate budget and performance report
Meeting: 28/06/2018 - Cabinet (Item 14)
14 End of 2017/18 corporate budget and performance report PDF 371 KB
To review revenue and capital outturn for 2017/18, including the treasury management outturn report, debts written off and invite cabinet members to consider performance for the year.
Additional documents:
- Appendix A - revenue outturn, item 14 PDF 426 KB
- Appendix B - capital outturn, item 14 PDF 293 KB
- Appendix C - treasury management outturn, item 14 PDF 308 KB
- Appendix D - debt write-offs, item 14 PDF 120 KB
- Appendix E - Local Account 2017, item 14 PDF 8 MB
- Appendix F - DPH Annual Report, item 14 PDF 6 MB
- Appendix G - Understanding Herefordshire (JSNA summary), item 14 PDF 4 MB
- Appendix H - AWB scorecard, item 14 PDF 370 KB
- Appendix H - CWB scorecard, item 14 PDF 477 KB
- Appendix H - ECC scorecard, item 14 PDF 366 KB
- Appendix H - overview, item 14 PDF 333 KB
Minutes:
The cabinet member finance and corporate services introduced the report and highlighted:
· the report showed the latest position at March 2018.
· The majority of projects are being delivered on schedule.
· The revenue outturn showed an overspend of £10k.
· The annual report from the director of public health, together with Understanding Herefordshire were appendices to the report.
Each directorate was discussed in turn and the following highlighted:
Adults and wellbeing directorate
· The outturn position was an £80k overspend. This is in the context of a £55m budget for a demand led service.
· The focus would be on prevention rather than support.
· There had been a month on month increase in the number of hits to the WISH website.
· There had been partnership work in connection with the development of a new learning disability strategy.
· The healthy living training was going well.
· In the context of savings, there had been an overspend of £80k against a budget of £55m.
Children’s wellbeing directorate
· The outturn position was an overspend of £1.994m.
· The education outcomes were improving
· The council were one of 14 councils successful in a bid to build a new SEN school.
· The national target for converting SEN plans to education, health and care plans had been met
· The number of looked after children (LAC) were increasing and there was an overspend in LAC placements
· The timeliness of court proceedings was good
· Children’s social workers caseloads were too high which is why money was being invested in this area
Economy, communities and corporate
· The outturn position was an underspend of £175k.
· There had been a 5 fold increase in potholes due to the 3 severe weather events in the last financial year.
· At the national Connected Britain awards in London, Fastershire was given the Superfast award, recognising the progress made in Herefordshire towards fibre provision which is set to continue.
· Herefordshire was performing well in the Leader project. It was noted that if the funding was not spent then it would need to be returned.
· Herefordshire had 2,000 miles of mainly rural network and the majority of people travel by car. The council had been awarded £5m from the challenge fund to improve the road network and the next phase of work would commence in August. Over the next 2 years the remainder of the challenge fund would be used on strategic routes.
· Fewer people had been killed on the county roads in 2017 than in 2016.
· The route of Hereford Transport Package would be chosen shortly.
The director of public health presented the annual report and highlighted the following:
· That focusing on prevention would help to balance the budget and improve the health and wellbeing of the population of Herefordshire.
· The development of a healthy weight plan in conjunction with the health and wellbeing board
· A healthy living network was being developed which would include a range of services and would provide effective ways for people to support healthy outcomes.
· Following a query, the director of public health confirmed that public ... view the full minutes text for item 14