Decision details

Before the Committee was a report by the Director for Digital, Sustainability & Resources, copies of which had been circulated to all Members and a copy of which is attached to the signed copy of these minutes as Item 6.

The report provided members with a progress report on the delivery of the financial strategy for 2023/24, along with details of the proposals that would help deliver a balanced budget for the next financial year and beyond. These proposals had already been considered by the constituent authorities.

Contained within the report were the specific budget proposals to increase income, to deliver efficiency, and other savings initiatives for 2023/24 which impacted on the Joint Strategic Committee

Members welcomed the report, thanking officers for all of the work undertaken to reach this point.

The recommendations set out in the report were unanimously supported.

Decision

The Joint Strategic Committee

(i)         Noted the current 5 year forecasts at appendix 1;

(ii)        Noted the committed growth items as set out in appendix 2; and

(iii)       Noted the proposed savings as set out in appendix 3 which had already been considered by the constituent authorities.

Call In:

The call-in deadline for the decision will be 5.00pm on the 16th December 2022.