Issue - meetings


Quarter 2 2017/2018 Revenue and Capital Monitoring

Meeting: 04/12/2017 - Executive (Item 82)

82 Quarter 2 2017-18 - Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring and Reserves Monitoring Report pdf icon PDF 212 KB

Report of Chief Finance Officer

 

Purpose of report

 

This report summarises the Council’s Revenue, Capital and Reserves position as at the end of the second quarter of the financial year 2017-18 and projections for the full year.

 

Recommendations

            

The meeting is recommended:

 

 1.1        To note the projected revenue, capital and reserves position at September 2017. 

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Resolved

 

(1)          That the projected revenue, capital and reserves position at September 2017 be noted. 

 

Minutes:

The Chief Finance Officer submitted a report which summarised the Council’s Revenue, Capital and Reserves position as at the end of the second quarter of the financial year 2017-18 and projections for the full year.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the projected revenue, capital and reserves position at September 2017 be noted. 

 

Reasons

 

In line with good practice budget monitoring is undertaken on a monthly basis within the Council. The revenue, capital and reserves position is formulated in conjunction with the joint management team and reported formally to the Budget Planning Committee on a quarterly basis. The report is then considered by the Executive.

 

Alternative options

 

Option 1: This report illustrates the Council’s performance against the 2017-18 Financial Targets for Revenue and Capital and sets out the Council’s position on Reserves. As this is a monitoring report, no further options have been considered. However, members may wish to request that officers provide additional information.