Issue - meetings

Councillors J.C. Morgan and P. Edwards declared an interest in this item.

Consideration was given to the report of the Chief Officer Resources.

The Chief Officer Resources presented the report which provided an overview of each Portfolio’s actual and forecast capital expenditure against funding approvals for the 2019/2020 financial year.

The Officer said this was another positive report, with the overall financial position at 30^th September, 2019 showing a nil variance against a total capital budget of £19.16m.  It was anticipated that all in year capital expenditure would be fully funded.

A Member referred to the budget allocated for the Household Waste Recycling Centre and asked whether the proposed opening arrangements were included in the funding bid submitted to Welsh Government.

In response the Corporate Director of Community Services & Regeneration said as far as he was aware there was no stipulation within the bid in relation to opening arrangements.

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In response to a question raised by a Member, the Corporate Director of Education confirmed that all avenues of revenue funding were currently being explored.

The Committee AGREED to recommend that the report be accepted and the Joint Budget Committee:

·       Provided appropriate challenge to the financial outcomes in the report;

·       Continue to support appropriate financial control procedures agreed by Council;

·       Note the budgetary control and monitoring procedures in place to safeguard Authority funding;

·       Considered the funding proposals in relation to the Industrial Units Improvement Programme and Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) projects and recommend to Executive Committee.