Agenda item
Annexes 1 - 4
Minutes:
Annex 1 - Budget Adjustment
|
|
2020/21 £m |
2021/22 £m |
2022/23 £m |
2023/24 £m |
Buses |
Highways and transport |
1.500 |
3.000 |
3.000 |
3.000 |
Lines / Signs / Cats eyes |
Highways and transport |
1.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
Museums incl. upkeep and conservation and collections team |
Education and Skills |
0.936 |
0.936 |
0.936 |
0.936 |
Inclusion Service (primarily SENDO caseloads) |
Education and skills |
0.539 |
0.699 |
0.714 |
0.714 |
Parish and Town Councils increase in PROW grant from £250 to £500 |
Growth environment and planning |
0.103 |
0.103 |
0.103 |
0.103 |
Increase to book fund |
Education and skills |
0.500 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
Veterans |
Corporate Services |
0.065 |
0.100 |
0.100 |
0.100 |
Capital financing |
Financing Charges |
0.250 |
0.250 |
0.250 |
0.250 |
TOTAL REVENUE |
|
4.893 |
5.088 |
5.103 |
5.103 |
Revenue Budget
Revenue Budget 2020/21 |
Net Budget £m |
Adult Services |
365.591 |
Chief Executive Services |
16.317 |
Children's Social Care |
149.510 |
Corporate Services |
18.855 |
Education and Skills |
51.521 |
Finance Services |
42.154 |
Growth, Environment and Planning |
4.890 |
Waste Management |
65.956 |
Highways and Transport |
65.936 |
Public Health and Wellbeing |
1.155 |
Strategy and Performance |
33.903 |
Sub-Total |
815.788 |
Financing Charges |
27.705 |
Available resources |
1.358 |
Revenue Budget 2020/21 |
844.851 |
Capital Programme
|
2020/21 £m |
Highways |
5.000 |
TOTAL CAPITAL |
5.000 |
Funded by additional prudential borrowing at an estimated revenue financing cost of £0.250m per annum.
County Councillor Geoff Driver CBE,
Leader of the County Council,
13th February 2020
View of the Chief Executive and Director of Resources (S151)
The proposals have been validated as being deliverable financially in 2020/21.
In validating the proposals, I have been mindful that:
- They can be funded in 2020/21 from the £6.251m of available resources earmarked for expenditure relating to the ongoing Improvement Journey work, which would instead be funded from capital receipt flexibilities which have been extended to cover 2020/21.
- Some of the adjustments have a larger financial impact in 2021/22 and beyond.
Over the term of the financial strategy, the proposals would increase the structural funding gap by £5.103m to £38.402m in 2023/24. Unless further savings were found in advance of this, this would be an additional call on the transitional reserve.
Annex 2 - Labour Group Amendment
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|
2020/21 £m |
2021/22 £m |
2022/23 £m |
2023/24 £m |
Reinstatement of Waste – Household Waste Recycling Centre Service Provision (SC001) |
Waste Management |
0.734 |
0.734 |
0.734 |
0.734 |
Reinstatement of Welfare Rights Service (SC608) |
Public Health and Wellbeing |
0.380 |
0.380 |
0.380 |
0.380 |
Reinstatement of Lancashire Break Time (SC119) |
Education and Skills |
1.040 |
1.040 |
1.040 |
1.040 |
Provide additional funding for winter gritting temporary routes |
Highways and Transport |
0.110 |
0.110 |
0.110 |
0.110 |
Reinstatement of Highways – Gully Emptying (SC029) |
Highways and Transport |
0.283 |
0.283 |
0.283 |
0.283 |
Reinstatement of Highways Network Regulation (Parking – on street pay and display) (SC034) |
Highways and Transport |
0.100 |
0.185 |
0.185 |
0.185 |
Residential Streets |
Highways and Transport |
5.000 |
5.000 |
5.000 |
5.000 |
Flooding (Eccleston & Lancaster) |
Highways and Transport |
4.000 |
4.000 |
4.000 |
4.000 |
Highways – Recover/cobble streets |
Highways and Transport |
2.000 |
2.000 |
2.000 |
2.000 |
County Nursery Schools Funding Reserve |
Education and Skills |
1.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
Capital Financing |
Financing Charges |
0.018 |
0.018 |
0.018 |
0.018 |
TOTAL REVENUE |
|
14.665 |
13.750 |
13.750 |
13.750 |
Revenue Budget
Revenue Budget 2020/21 |
Net Budget £m |
Adult Services |
365.591 |
Chief Executive Services |
16.317 |
Children's Social Care |
149.510 |
Corporate Services |
18.790 |
Education and Skills |
51.586 |
Finance Services |
42.154 |
Growth, Environment and Planning |
4.787 |
Waste Management |
66.690 |
Highways and Transport |
74.929 |
Public Health and Wellbeing |
1.535 |
Strategy and Performance |
33.903 |
Sub-Total |
825.792 |
Financing Charges |
27.473 |
Available resources |
-8.414 |
Revenue Budget 2020/21 |
844.851 |
This amendment would be funded by a contribution from the transitional reserve of £8.414m.
Capital Programme
|
2020/21 £m |
Feasibility Study - Midgehall Railway Station |
0.050 |
Feasibility Study - Coppull Railway Station |
0.050 |
Residents Parking Schemes |
0.250 |
TOTAL CAPITAL |
0.350 |
Funded by additional prudential borrowing at an estimated revenue financing cost of £18,000 per annum
County Councillor Tony Martin,
13th February 2020
View of the Chief Executive and Director of Resources (S151)
The proposals have been validated as being deliverable financially in 2020/21.
In validating the proposals, I have been mindful that:
- There are no compensatory savings offered which will lead to a greater call on reserves in 2020/21 and increase the structural deficit in the budget.
- Some of the adjustments have a larger financial impact in 2021/22 and beyond.
Over the term of the financial strategy, the proposals would further increase the structural funding gap by £13.750 to £47.049 in 2023/24. Unless further savings were found in advance of this, this would be an additional call on the transitional reserve.
Annex 3 - Liberal Democrat Group Amendment
|
|
2020/21 £m |
2021/22 £m |
2022/23 £m |
2023/24 £m |
Provide emergency funding for nursery schools |
Education and Skills |
1.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
Contribution to Ribble Rivers Trust Woodland Connect programme |
Growth, Environment and Planning |
0.050 |
0.050 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
Reinstate funding for Household Waste Recycling Centres (SC001) |
Waste |
0.734 |
0.734 |
0.734 |
0.734 |
Provide funding for street light energy costs to allow more flexible policy on times of dimming in locations where there are community safety concerns |
Highways and Transport |
0.500 |
0.500 |
0.500 |
0.500 |
Fund additional reactive maintenance to highway drainage, with delegation to districts where there is local capacity to carry out work (including drainage schemes in capital programme) |
Highways and Transport |
0.318 |
0.318 |
0.318 |
0.318 |
Fund set up costs of a Local Lancashire Lottery with the aim to generate funds to replace the funding lost to charitable and other organisations being cut through axing of LCC funding streams |
Corporate |
0.007 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
Fund six person team (part year) to market county council facilities and services to generate income (see savings) |
Growth, Planning and Environment |
0.200 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
Capital financing |
Financing Charge |
0.814 |
0.814 |
0.814 |
0.814 |
TOTAL REVENUE |
|
3.623 |
2.416 |
2.366 |
2.366 |
Funded by Revenue Savings:
|
|
2020/21 £m |
2021/22 £m |
2022/23 £m |
2023/24 £m |
Reduce agency staff costs |
Corporate |
1.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
Additional net income from profitable use of county council’s physical assets (e.g. weddings at Wycoller), traded services and greater income generation from Outdoor Education facilities |
Strategy and Performance |
1.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
Cease provision of Member Champion grants |
Corporate |
0.50 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
Increase staff vacancy factor by a further 0.5% |
Corporate |
1.643 |
1.643 |
1.643 |
1.643 |
Reduce Special Responsibility Allowance of Leader of County Council (with pro-rata adjustments to SRAs geared to that level) by 10% and cease SRAs for Member Champions |
Corporate |
0.062 |
0.062 |
0.062 |
0.062 |
TOTAL SAVINGS |
|
3.755 |
3.755 |
3.755 |
3.755 |
Transfer to transitional reserve: £0.132m
Revenue Budget
Revenue Budget 2020/21 |
Net Budget £m |
Adult Services |
365.591 |
Chief Executive Services |
16.317 |
Children's Social Care |
149.510 |
Corporate Services |
16.042 |
Education and Skills |
50.546 |
Finance Services |
42.154 |
Growth, Environment and Planning |
5.037 |
Waste Management |
66.690 |
Highways and Transport |
64.254 |
Public Health and Wellbeing |
1.155 |
Strategy and Performance |
32.903 |
Sub-Total |
810.199 |
Financing Charges |
28.269 |
Available resources |
6.383 |
Revenue Budget 2020/21 |
844.851 |
Capital Programme
|
2020/21 £m |
Road and pavement repairs |
15.000 |
Increase drainage maintenance budget |
1.282 |
TOTAL CAPITAL |
16.282 |
This represents an additional 40% commitment against the highways capital block for 2020/21.The spend will be funded by additional prudential borrowing at an estimated revenue financing cost of £0.814m per annum.
County Councillor David Whipp,
Liberal Democrat Party
13th February 2020
View of the Chief Executive and Director of Resources (S151)
The proposals have been validated as being affordable in 2020/21 and based on the savings identified increase the budget surplus. However of the additional revenue savings proposed to fund the additions to the revenue budget, £1m relates to the targeting of additional income and within the timescales it has not been possible to undertake as rigorous a validation process as the income generating proposals contained within the budget report.
In addition, reducing agency staff costs and increasing the vacancy factor would need to be very closely monitored to determine the impact on services with the risk that, in some areas, there could be a negative impact on service delivery.
Over the term of the financial strategy, the proposals would reduce the structural funding gap by £1.389m to £31.910m in 2023/24.
Annex 4 - County Councillor Dowding's Amendment
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|
2020/21 £m |
2021/22 £m |
2022/23 £m |
2023/24 £m |
Reinstate the Home Improvement Service adds back a previous saving SC611. |
Public Health and Wellbeing |
0.880 |
0.880 |
0.880 |
0.880 |
Funding for maintained Nursery Schools. |
Education and Skills |
0.289 |
0.289 |
0.289 |
0.289 |
Capital Financing |
Financing Charges |
0.025 |
0.025 |
0.025 |
0.025 |
County Council climate action co-ordinator |
Growth, Environment and Planning |
0.050 |
0.050 |
0.050 |
0.050 |
TOTAL REVENUE |
|
1.244 |
1.244 |
1.244 |
1.244 |
Revenue Budget
Revenue Budget 2020/21 |
Net Budget £m |
Adult Services |
365.591 |
Chief Executive Services |
16.317 |
Children's Social Care |
149.510 |
Corporate Services |
18.790 |
Education and Skills |
50.426 |
Finance Services |
42.154 |
Growth, Environment and Planning |
4.837 |
Waste Management |
65.956 |
Highways and Transport |
63.436 |
Public Health and Wellbeing |
1.444 |
Strategy and Performance |
33.903 |
Sub-Total |
812.364 |
Financing Charges |
27.480 |
Available resources |
5.007 |
Revenue Budget 2020/21 |
844.851 |
Capital Programme
|
2020/21 £m |
Cycling infrastructure (5% ring fenced of a transport grant figure to be confirmed) |
0 |
Pavement repairs from existing budget finance for road maintenance |
0.500 |
TOTAL CAPITAL |
0.500 |
Funded by the transport grant and additional prudential borrowing with an annual revenue cost of £25,000.
County Councillor Gina Dowding,
13th February 2020
View of the Chief Executive and Director of Resources (S151)
The proposals have been validated as being deliverable financially in 2020/21.
In validating the proposals, I have been mindful that:
- They can be funded in 2020/21 from the £6.251m of available resources earmarked for expenditure relating to the ongoing Improvement Journey work, which would instead be funded from capital receipt flexibilities which have been extended to cover 2020/21.
Over the term of the financial strategy, the proposals would further increase the structural funding gap by £1.244m to £34.543m in 2023/24. Unless further savings were found in advance of this, this would be an additional call on the transitional reserve.