Agenda item

Joint report of the Chamberlain and Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee considered the report of the Chamberlain regarding the latest approved revenue budget for 2015/16 noting that overall the provisional original budget for 2016/17 totalled £2,284M, a decrease of £103,000 compared with the latest approved budget for 2015/16. The main reasons for this decrease were a reduction in the City Surveyor’s additional works programme off-set by an increase in employees. Members were in agreement that any contribution from City’s cash to open spaces should be well publicised.

Resolved – that Members:

·       Reviewed the provisional 2016/17 revenue budget to ensure that it reflects the

Committee’s objectives and, if so, approve the budget for submission to the Finance

Committee; and

· Authorised the Chamberlain, in consultation with the Director of Open Spaces, to

revise these budgets to allow for any further implications arising from Corporate

Projects, departmental reorganisations and other reviews, and changes to the

Additional Works Programme. Any changes over £50,000 would be reported to

Committee.