Agenda item

Joint report of the Director of Open Spaces and Chamberlain.

The Committee considered a joint report of the Chamberlain and Director of Open Spaces on the Committee Budget Estimates and high-level summary Business Plan 2020/21 for the Open Spaces Department. The Chamberlain and Director of Open Spaces introduced the report explaining that the Open Spaces & City Gardens Committee had previous agreed the report.

Following a query from a Member of the Committee the Director of Open Spaces explained that the risk ratings were not based primarily on financial factors but included elements such as reputational risk and health & safety concerns.

Members requested that budgets for the previous five be added to the relevant section of the report to provide comparable historic data.

RESOLVED- That: -

1. The Epping Forest proposed revenue budget for 2020/21 be approved for submission to the Finance Committee; and
2. That the Commons proposed revenue budgets for 2020/21 be approved for submission to the Finance Committee; and
3. That the Epping Forest capital and supplementary revenue project budgets for 2020/21 be approved for submission to the Finance Committee; and
4. That the Commons capital and supplementary revenue project budgets for 2020/21 be approved for submission to Finance Committee; and
5. That the Chamberlain be authorised, in consultation with the Director of Open Spaces to revise these budgets to allow for any further implications arising from the Fundamental Review, Corporate Projects, other reviews and changes to the Cyclical Works Programme; and
6. That minor amendments for 2019/20 and 2020/21 budgets arising during budget setting be delegated to the Chamberlain; and
7. That the final draft high-level summary Department Business Plan for 2020/21 be noted.