Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner on the Q3 Revenue & Capital Budget Monitoring, 2022/23.

The Chair commented on the need to manage the impact of the police uplift on the budget and the issue of wide variances. Members also commented on the need to monitor Overtime in the coming quarter and Officers confirmed that they were looking at other drivers that could potentially skew the budget as a result of overtime. A deep dive on this was being presented to the Force’s Strategic Finance Board it was noted.

The Committee debated the property costs listed in the reported and questioned whether it was correct that these come from Force’s budget. The Chair noted that the Operational and Projects Sub-Committee had commissioned a review of all of the Corporation’s operational property policy. The Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee confirmed that the Committee was committed to ensuring that the correct property cost would be attributed to the correct budget.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.