Agenda item

To receive the report of the Chamberlain and Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee noted the comparison between the revenue outturn for the services overseen by the Committee in 2013/14 and the final agreed budget for the year. In total, there was a better than budget position of £88,000 for the services overseen by the Committee compared with the final agreed budget for the year. The Director’s better than budget position of £41,000 had been aggregated with budget variations on services overseen by other committees, which produced an overall better than budget position of £232,000 (Local Risk) across all Open Spaces.

Members noted that it was proposed to carry forward £217,000 of this underspend. These requests had been considered by the Chamberlain in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Resource Allocation Sub Committee and approved. Underspend in the City Surveyor’s Additional Works Programme would be available to spend in subsequent years of the scheme. The 2013/14 Latest Approved Budgets for the services overseen by the Committee were £1.764m and were received by your Committee in November 2013, endorsed by the Court of Common Council in March 2014 and subsequently updated for approved adjustments.