31 Finance Monitoring Report - August 2018 PDF 229 KB
Report of the Assistant Director – Finance and Procurement
Purpose of report
This report summarises the Finance monitoring position as at the end of each month.
Recommendations
1.1 To note the contents of the report.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Resolved
(1) That the contents of the report be noted.
Minutes:
The Committee considered a report from the Assistant Director – Finance and Procurement, which summarised the Council’s Finance Monitoring position at the end of August 2018.
In introducing the report, the Assistant Director – Finance and Procurement advised the committee that a total overspend of £481k to the end of August was forecast. No additional financial risks had been identified in September or October.
In response to questions from the Committee regarding the current underspend in Disabled Facilities Grants, the Assistant Director – Finance and Procurement advised that work on internal Cherwell District Council processes was being undertaken to ensure that Disabled Facilities Grants were better utilised, however reiterated that the process was reliant on referrals for such grants from Oxfordshire County Council.
Resolved
(1) That the contents of the report be noted.