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Business Management & Monitoring Report - June/July 2023

Meeting: 19/09/2023 - Cabinet (Item 109)

109 Business Management & Monitoring Report - July 2023 pdf icon PDF 339 KB

Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/132

Contact: Louise Tustian, Head of Insight and Corporate Programmes, louise.tustian@oxfordshire.gov.uk / Kathy Wilcox, Head of Financial Strategy, kathy.wilcox@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

Report by Chief Executive / Director of Finance (CA11 ).

 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

 

a) note the report and annexes.

b) approve the virement in Annex 2a.

c) note the use of £0.5m one – off funding (over the next two years) held in the COVID-19 reserve to further extend capacity needed within the Complaints and Freedom of Information (FOI) team within the Customer Service Centre.

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

The recommendations were approved with an amendment shown in bold:

 

a)              note the report and annexes.

b)              approve the virement in Annex B-2a.

c)               note the use of £0.5m one – off funding (over the next two years) held in the COVID-19 reserve to further extend capacity needed within the Complaints and Freedom of Information (FOI) team within the Customer Service Centre.

 

Minutes:

 

Cabinet had before it a report on the July 2023 performance, risk, and finance position for the council.

 

Councillor Calum Miller, Cabinet Member for Finance, presented the report and referred, in particular, the current position on performance indicators and the projected financial outturn. He also referred to the demands and inflationary pressures facing the local government sector as a whole.

 

During discussion, members commented on the financial pressures in particular service departments and the budget reductions which would be required in future years’ budgets.

 

Councillor Miller moved and Councillor Enright seconded the recommendations and they were approved.

 

RESOLVED to :-

 

a)              note the report and annexes.

b)              approve the virement in Annex B-2a.

c)               note the use of £0.5m one – off funding (over the next two years) held in the COVID-19 reserve to further extend capacity needed within the Complaints and Freedom of Information (FOI) team within the Customer Service Centre.