Decision details

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

The Director of Finance and Digital Services provided Members with an overview of the Council’s performance, both from a financial and operational perspective, for the financial year ended 31st March 2019.

 

Cabinet Members were advised that the year-end report demonstrates strong financial and operational performance that is in line with the quarterly updates reported during the year.

 

The Cabinet Member for Corporate Services commented on the report and referenced the PI reporting, commenting on the high target setting set by the Council, and advised that the Council were meeting Welsh Government targets.  The Cabinet Member commented that target setting was being reviewed by the Finance and Performance Scrutiny Committee.

 

The Leader also commented on the positive report and referenced the pressures with social care and spoke of the need to lobby Welsh Government on the issue.

 

Following discussions it was RESOLVED:

 

Revenue

 

1.    To note and agree the General Fund revenue position of the Council as at the 31st March 2019 (Section 2 of the Executive Summary of the report) that incorporates the additional one-off Welsh Government funding to support sustainable social services.

 

Capital

 

2.    To note the capital outturn position of the Council as at 31st March 2019 (Sections 3a – f of the Executive Summary of the report).

 

3.    To note the details of the Treasury Management Prudential Indicators as at the 31st March 2019 (Section 3g of the Executive Summary of the report).

 

Corporate Plan Priorities

 

4.    To note the year-end position regarding progress made against the agreed Corporate Plan priorities (Sections 5 a – d of the Executive Summary of the report), Other National Measures (Section 5e of the Executive Summary of the report) and comparison of 2018/19 targets set against prior year and ‘All Wales Average’ performance information (Section 5f of the Executive Summary of the report).

 

 

(N.B. following consideration of this item, County Borough Councillor J Cullwick left the meeting.)

Publication date: 18/07/2019

Date of decision: 18/07/2019

Decided at meeting: 18/07/2019 - Cabinet

Effective from: 25/07/2019

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