Agenda item

Director of Community and Children’s Services.

 The Committee received a joint report of the Chamberlain and the Director of Community and Children’s Services, which compared the revenue outturn for the services overseen by the Committee in 2014/15, with the final budget for the year.  Members commended the clear format of the report, particularly the inclusion of a reconciliation of Latest Approved Budget to Original Budget, which had been suggested by BRC Members, and noted that this had subsequently been adopted as good practice by other service committees.

In response to a question about car park occupancy and income, Members noted that this was part of the City of London Corporation’s ‘Service Based Review’ Budget Reduction Plan for 2017/18, currently being worked on by Chief Officers.  It was also understood that car usage in the City was generally discouraged and therefore demand for parking spaces was falling. Members also noted that Heron House now had now taken up its full allocation of car parking spaces and Roman House had started taking up their allocation.

Concern was expressed at the discrepancy between rates charged for parking spaces on the Barbican (to Barbican residents) and those charged to other City residents.  Officers offered to provide an update on the 2017/18 Service Based Review Budget Reduction Plan as part of the Car Park charging report, which would be presented to the next meeting of the Committee in December 2015. 

RESOLVED – that, the revenue outturn report for 2014/15 and the budgets carried forward to 2015/16 be noted.