Agenda item

Joint report of Chamberlain and Executive Director, Environment.

The Board received a joint report of Chamberlain and Interim Executive Director, Environment comparing compares the revenue outturn for the services overseen by your Board in 2022/23 with the final agreed budget for the year.

In response to a question raised by a Member regarding the cyclical works programme, Officers noted that these budgets were managed by the City Surveyors and set at the start of the year. The board was informed that the technical works programme was a rolling three-year programme and as such any variances and delays in the programme were adjusted accordingly.

In response to a question raised by a Members regarding central risk net expenditure increase from 2023/24, Officers informed the board that there were costs incurred relating to redundancy as well as pension strain costs associated with retirement as such, they were incurred on central risk which did not affect the directorate local risk budget.

RESOLVED – That, the report be noted.