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- Attendance details
- Agenda frontsheet PDF 205 KB
- Agenda reports pack
- Budget Consultation - Report PDF 2 MB
- Adults, Children and Education (ACE) Directorate Savings PDF 1 MB
- MTFP & Budget Scrutiny Task Group - Chair's Report PDF 313 KB
- Better Lives Programme - Presentation Slides PDF 889 KB
- Chair of Budget Task & Finish Group - Presentation Slides PDF 726 KB
- Printed decisions made / minutes PDF 196 KB
Venue: The Council Chamber - City Hall, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR. View directions
Contact: Johanna Holmes
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Welcome, Introductions and Safety Information PDF 98 KB Minutes: The Chair led welcome and introductions. |
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies were received from Cllrs Steve Pearce and Margaret Hickman
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Declarations of Interest To note any declarations of interest from the Councillors. They are asked to indicate the relevant agenda item, the nature of the interest and in particular whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.
Any declarations of interest made at the meeting which is not on the register of interests should be notified to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion.
Minutes: Councillor Kent stated that his wife was part of a group that had submitted one of the public forum statements.
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Chair's Business To note any announcements from the Chair Minutes: The Chair expressed his concern about the lateness of the reports for the meeting. Other Members then also expressed their frustration about this. Cllr Brain said that the meeting was unconstitutional and it should therefore be postponed. After further discussion the Members agreed to continue with the meeting but the Chair stated Members reserved the right to request a future meeting and ask further questions.
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Public Forum Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item
Any member of the public or Councillor may participate in Public Forum. The detailed arrangements for so doing are set out in the Public Information Sheet at the back of this agenda. Public Forum items should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk and please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:-
Questions - Written questions must be received 3 clear working days prior to the meeting. For this meeting, this means that your question(s) must be received in this office at the latest by 5pm on Friday 4th January.
Petitions and Statements - Petitions and statements must be received on the working day prior to the meeting. For this meeting this means that your submission must be received in this office at the latest by 12.00 noon on Wednesday 9th January.
Minutes: The following Public Forum Statements were received: · PFS 1 - Bristol Independent SEND Community (present) · PFS 2 - Julie Boston (not present)
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Budget Consultation - Report of Findings PDF 151 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Senior Consultation & Engagement Officer introduced the item to Members and took them through a set of presentation slides which explained what the process had been this year and what results and information had been gathered from those whom had participated in the consultation.
Scrutiny Commission Comments Members were encouraged by the following;
The Commission commended officers on the high standard and achievements of this piece of work.
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Adults, Children and Education (ACE) Directorate Savings PDF 151 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Director of Finance presented the published information on the up to date schedule of savings to the Commission. Members made the following comments:
Adult Social Care: Officer Presentation and Comments by Commission Members The Service Director - Care and Support – Adults presented the published information to Members.
The following key points were explained and comments were made:
Dedicated School Grants (DSG): Scrutiny Commission Comments The Service Director, Education, Learning and Skills presented the published information to Members. Some of the points that were discussed were as follows:
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Period 7 Budget Monitoring Report - Information Item - Report to follow Minutes: This report was for information purposes. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Stevens provided a short overview presentation of the work of the Budget T&F Group. This explained the key areas that the group had looked at plus what Councillor Stevens considered the main risks to be.
The presentation slides have been up-loaded with the meeting papers.
Please note, this item was taken at the start of the meeting after Public Forum
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Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) Update - Information Item PDF 144 KB - Please note, this report was first published for the 4th December 2018 Cabinet meeting. Additional documents:
Minutes: This report was information only |