Agenda item

1.      That the budget proposals be recommended for Full Council to approve on 21 February 2017.  This recommendation is made in light of the decisions made by Council in December 2016 in respect of the Council Tax base, the provisional Local Government finance settlement and the results of the budget consultation.  

2.      That agreement be given to the delegation of authority to the Service Director – Finance, after consultation with the Cabinet member for Finance, Governance and Performance and the Mayor, to make any necessary adjustments to the figures to be submitted to Full Council upon receipt of the final Local Government finance settlement, final precepts and forecast business rates receipts for 2017-18 to be notified to the Council by the respective billing authorities (due by 31 January 2017), the draft Mayoral and West of England Combined Authority budget 2017-18, and the re-profiling of the proposed Neighbourhood Partnership savings for 2018-19 of £562k to 2019-20.

3.      That in relation to the Young People’s Housing and Independence Pathway Plan (decision deferred at Cabinet on 24 January pending consideration of the budget proposals at this meeting). approval be given to the following recommendations as set out in the 24 January Cabinet report:

            1. Approval of the young people's housing and independence pathway plan           summarised in the report.

            Group 1 - Prevention and low support

            2. To procure and enter into a contract with a strategic partner to establish          and run a new Youth Housing Hub as detailed in row 1.1 of the table in    paragraph 14 of the report costing no more than £300,000 per annum.

            3. To procure and enter into new contracts for low support accommodation          as detailed in row 1.4 of the table in paragraph 14 of the report costing no   more than £550,000 per annum.

            Group 2 - High and medium support

            4. To procure and enter into contracts for external supported         accommodation as detailed in row 2.2 of the table in paragraph 15 of the        report.

            5. To extend and vary the current contract for high support as detailed in row      2.3 of the table in paragraph 15 of the report at a cost of £785,000 per           annum.

            6. To procure and enter into new contracts for up to 75 units of high and   medium supported accommodation as detailed in row 2.4 of the table in          paragraph 15 of the report costing no more than £785,000 per annum.

            Delegation of authority to award and extend contracts

            7. Agreement that the decision to award contracts detailed in the recommendations valued over £500K and any extensions provided for in the          contracts is delegated to the Strategic Directors of Neighbourhoods and      People in consultation with the relevant Cabinet members.