Decision details

Consideration was given to a report which updated the Committee on the budget outlook 2019-20 to 2021-22 that had been last reported to the Committee on 18 October 2018.  The report summarised the position based on previous assumptions that hadn’t changed and provided information on any assumptions that had changed.

The Head of Strategic Finance provided the Committee with a verbal update on the budget outlook following the budget announcement from the Scottish Government the previous day and highlighted that the funding allocation for local government could substantially increase Argyll and Bute Council’s previous estimated funding gap for 2019/20 to around £9million.

Decision

The Policy and Resources Committee noted the current estimated budget outlook position for the period 2019-20 to 2021-22; including the verbal update given by the Head of Strategic Finance.

(Reference:  Report by Head of Strategic Finance dated 30 November 2018, submitted)