Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee noted that the Director had an adverse variance on his local risk budget position of £131,000 mainly due to increased reactive works needed on invasive species, hazardous trees and investment in property maintenance. This Outturn position has been aggregated with budget variations on services overseen by other committees, which produces a City Cash overall favourable budget position of £167,000 (Local Risk) across all Open Spaces. A request to carry forward all of this £167,000 will be considered by the Chamberlain in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Resource Allocation Sub Committee.

The City Surveyor’s favourable budget variance of £150,000 is mainly due to a cautious approach within the Additional Works Programme with a number of works being carried forward within the 3 year work allocation. The decrease of £112,000 in recharges is mainly due to a reduction in Support Services Costs and Learning recharges.

Resolved – that the report be received.