Issue - meetings

To receive a verbal update following on from the Extraordinary meeting of the Resources Scrutiny Commission held on 22 and 23 November. 

Note: the Extraordinary meeting was set up specifically to consider the detail of the 2023/24 budget proposals as per the published budget consultation survey; members of the Council’s other scrutiny commissions attended the meeting to discuss relevant aspects of the budget proposals.

A verbal update was received from the Chair of the Resources Scrutiny Commission following the extra-ordinary RSC meetings held on 22^nd and 23^rd November 2022 reviewing the budget consultation proposals.

It was estimated that around seven hours of discussion was held, with both the Chief Executive and all Cabinet Members present for their relevant sections. The challenging financial position of the Council was recognised in the sessions. Two further meetings were arranged for January and February 2023. It was felt that the inclusion of Scrutiny Members from other commissions had been successful so the invitation for the future meetings had been extended to them once again.

The budget proposals would continue to be discussed within the Finance Working Group.

The OSMB Chair noted that feedback from the public would also be fed into the consultation process. It was also noted that the draft Local Government Finance Settlement was anticipated in December 2022 so that by the time of the next meetings in 2023 the input from this should be known. The RSC Chair noted that with changes in Government the timeline may be too short for absolute clarity on this point, and anticipated it would take Officers some time to review the details.

OSMB noted the verbal update provided.

To receive an update following on from the Extraordinary meeting of the Resources Scrutiny Commission held on 22 and 23 November.  Further details will be circulated as soon as practicable following the Extraordinary meeting.

Note: the Extraordinary meeting was set up specifically to consider the detail of the 2023/24 budget proposals as per the published budget consultation survey; members of the Council’s other scrutiny commissions attended the meeting to discuss relevant aspects of the budget proposals.