Decision details
Medium Term Financial Strategy Update and Transformation to 2019 Savings Proposals
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To consider a report of the Director of
Corporate Resources to present the detailed savings proposals from
departments as part of the Transformation to 2019 Programme and to
consider the medium term prospects for the County Council's
finances to 2020/21.
Decision:
1. The decision:
That Cabinet:
1.1. Notes and endorses the County Council’s current approach to commercialisation as outlined in Section 3.
1.2. Notes the current position in respect of the financial resilience monitoring for the current financial year.
1.3. Confirms that in the absence of further information, which may be contained in the Budget in the autumn, the current planning assumption that council tax will increase by the maximum permissible without a referendum, in line with Government policy, will continue.
1.4. Approves the recommended approach to dealing with the anticipated £140m budget deficit.
1.5. Approves, subject to further consultation and executive decision making where necessary, the savings proposals in Appendix 3 after taking due regard of the consultation feedback and Equality Impact Assessments.
1.6. Approves further service specific consultations, where necessary, on the savings proposals set out in Appendix 3 prior to final decisions being made by Executive Members.
1.7. Endorses the principle that should any savings proposal be rejected that alternative options to the same value will need to be developed by the appropriate department.
1.8. Approves an additional £6.1m of one-off funding to meet the balance of funding for the overall IT Programme supporting the delivery of Tt2019, to be met from the savings in non-departmental budgets in the current year as identified in Section 4.
1.9. Approves one-off amounts of £1.7m and £315,000 in 2017/18 to fund the part year costs of increased social workers and payments for Special Guardianship Orders, respectively, to be met from the savings in MRP.
1.10. Approves an initial sum of £100,000 in 2017/18 and a recurring increase of £320,000 from 2018/19 onwards to provide dedicated resources to analyse data and undertake remedial actions associated with water bacteria risk management.
1.11. Approves an initial one off sum of £500,000 to support joint initiatives with Town and Parish Councils, the details of which will be subject to approval by the Executive Member for Policy and Resources.
1.12. Requires that officers, as specific decision making processes move forward, continue to explore all viable options to revise or refine these proposals with particular regard to service continuity in areas such as community transport, school crossing patrols and waste and recycling centres, in consultation with partners and stakeholders as appropriate, while recognising that any modification to any proposal must be consistent with the financial and time imperatives of the overall programme.
That Cabinet recommends to County Council that:
1.13. The mid-year report on treasury management activity at Appendix 2 be approved.
1.14. The potential impact on the investment strategy of defaulting to a retail client with effect from 3 January 2018 be noted.
1.15. The immediate commencement of applications for elected professional client status with all relevant institutions in order to ensure the County Council can continue to implement an effective investment strategy be agreed.
1.16. In electing for professional client status the County Council acknowledges and agrees to forgo the protections available to retail clients attached at Annex 1 of Appendix 2.
1.17. Responsibility be delegated to the Section 151 Officer (the Director of Corporate Resources) for the purposes of completing the applications.
1.18. The savings proposals in Appendix 3 be approved, subject to further consultation and executive decision making where necessary.
1.19. The remainder of the spending required, totalling £22.5m, be approved to complete the IT enabling and EPP programmes, following the £16.1m that was approved in July this year.
1.20. Recurring funding from 2018/19 onwards of £10.25m is approved to cover the increased costs of social workers, Home to School Transport and payments for Special Guardianship Orders.
1.21. A one-off sum of £1.4m is approved from the Invest to Save Reserve to fund additional resource within the in-house Transformation Team until the end of 2019/20.
1.22. High level approval be given for up to £35m of capital spend (funded through prudential borrowing) to invest in the purchase of land and development of the Manydown site.
1.23. An initial sum of £3m is transferred from capital to revenue between the County Council and Enterprise M3 LEP as outlined in this report and that delegated authority be given to the Director of Corporate Resources to agree further transfers if required.
1.24. Capital spend of £1.23m be approved to implement improvements whereby specialist equipment will be installed to improve the quantity and quality of data collection and monitoring in relation to water bacteria risk management. To be funded from the savings in non-departmental budgets in the current year as identified in Section 4.
1.25. An increase in the capital programme of £1m per annum from 2017/18 onwards to raise the provision for the general replacement of and additions to the fleet managed by HTM to £3m per annum, to be funded through prudential borrowing be approved.
Schemes associated with the development of land at Woodhouse Lane to the value of £41.695m are added to the capital programme as outlined in paragraph 11.10.
Report author: Rob Carr
Publication date: 24/10/2017
Date of decision: 16/10/2017
Decided at meeting: 16/10/2017 - Cabinet
Effective from: 24/10/2017
Accompanying Documents:
- Decision Record PDF 64 KB
- MTFS Cabinet Report PDF 435 KB
- Appendix 1 Children’s Services Financial Resilience PDF 71 KB
- Appendix 2 Treasury Management Mid-Year Monitoring Report PDF 120 KB
- Appendix 3 Proposed Savings Options PDF 182 KB
- Appendix 4.1 T19 AHC EIA Health Social Care Integration PDF 178 KB
- Appendix 4.2 T19 AHC EIA Living Independently PDF 176 KB
- Appendix 4.3 T19 AHC EIA Adults Learning Disability Mental Health PDF 176 KB
- Appendix 4.4 T19 AHC EIA Working Differently PDF 179 KB
- Appendix 5.1 T19 CS EIA Social Care Transformation Users PDF 176 KB
- Appendix 5.2 T19 CS EIA 0-19 Grants PDF 177 KB
- Appendix 5.3 T19 CS EIA Social Care Transformation Staff PDF 176 KB
- Appendix 5.4 T19 CS EIA Children with Disabilities – User PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 5.5 T19 CS EIA Children with Disabilities – Staff PDF 174 KB
- Appendix 5.6 T19 CS EIA School Improvement Services PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 5.7 T19 CS EIA Educating High Needs - Users PDF 178 KB
- Appendix 5.8 T19 CS EIA Educating High Needs - Staff PDF 173 KB
- Appendix 5.9 T19 CS EIA Home to School Transport (HtST) PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 5.10 T19 CS EIA Support Services PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 5.11 T19 CS EIA Maximising Efficiencies~Enabling Productivity PDF 173 KB
- Appendix 6a.1 T19 ETE EIA Operating Model PDF 173 KB
- Appendix 6a.2 T19 ETE EIA Transport and Environment Charging PDF 173 KB
- Appendix 6a.3 T19 ETE EIA Transport and Environment Trading PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 6a.4 T19 ETE EIA Hampshire Highways Services Contract PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 6a.5 T19 ETE EIA Highways Winter Maintenance PDF 174 KB
- Appendix 6a.6 T19 ETE EIA Street Lighting PDF 173 KB
- Appendix 6a.7 T19 ETE EIA School Crossing Patrols PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 6a.8 T19 ETE EIA On Street Parking and Parking Agreements PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 6a.9 T19 ETE EIA Transport and Traffic Agency Arrangements PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 6a.10 T19 ETE EIA Works Charging Review PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 6a.11 T19 ETE EIA Concessionary Fares PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 6a.12 T19 ETE EIA Bus Subsidies and Community Transport PDF 176 KB
- Appendix 6a.13 T19 ETE EIA Waste Disposal Contract PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 6a.14 T19 ETE EIA Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 6b T19 EIA Economic Development PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 7.1 T19 EMPR EIA IBC Shared Services PDF 262 KB
- Appendix 7.2 T19 EMPR EIA Review of Finance Service PDF 178 KB
- Appendix 7.3 T19 EMPR EIA HR Transformation Programme PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 7.4 T19 EMPR EIA IT Services PDF 181 KB
- Appendix 7.5 T19 EMPR EIA Internal Audit - Corporate Assurance Mapping PDF 250 KB
- Appendix 7.6 T19 EMPR EIA LG Operational Improvements PDF 172 KB
- Appendix 7.7 T19 EMPR EIA LG Demand and Income PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 7.8 T19 EMPR EIA TP Income Generation PDF 173 KB
- Appendix 7.9 T19 EMPR EIA CES Operating Model Redesign PDF 278 KB
- Appendix 7.10 T19 EMPR EIA CES Channel Shift PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 7.11 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Registration Fees PDF 198 KB
- Appendix 7.12 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Trading Standards Transformation Programme PDF 213 KB
- Appendix 7.13 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Hampshire Scientific Services PDF 194 KB
- Appendix 7.14 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Asbestos Management Services PDF 197 KB
- Appendix 7.15 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Country Park ANPR PDF 202 KB
- Appendix 7.16 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Library Service Transformation PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 7.17 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Property Services PDF 198 KB
- Appendix 7.18 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Office Accommodation Strategy PDF 203 KB
- Appendix 7.19 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Hampshire Record Office Archives and Local Studies PDF 203 KB
- Appendix 7.20 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Calshot ANPR PDF 198 KB
- Appendix 7.21 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Camping Pods at Calshot PDF 200 KB
- Appendix 7.22 T19 EMPR EIA CCBS Developments at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens PDF 199 KB
- Appendix 8 Reserves Strategy PDF 102 KB
- Decision Record PDF 64 KB