Issue - meetings

1.    Introductory Report and Recommendations

2.    Revenue Pack

a.    Budget Consultation – Findings

b.    Service Plans

c.    Assessing Equality and Socio Economic Impact

d.    Revenue Budget Overview (Appendix 9 is marked exempt E1)

e.    Fees and Charges

f.     Financial Risks Analysis

g.    Reserves and Balances

3.    Capital Plan

a.    Capital Plan Summary Report (Appendix 4 is marked exempt E2)

b.    Corporate Asset Management Strategy

c.    Corporate Asset Management Plan including Asset Group Summaries

Please note that the Budget Pack 2021/22 relative to the consideration of the foregoing matters has been published separately under a meeting entitled “Budget Pack”, please ensure that you have downloaded this to your iPad before coming to the meeting.

Accessing the Budget Pack from your iPad -

To access this years’ Budgeting Pack 2021/22 Members should log into the Modern.Gov App on their iPad and tap “Committees …” on the top left hand side of the screen. From there subscribe to the meeting entitled “Budget Pack” by tapping on it and then tap done. This should now appear on your list of Committees. The budget pack will be stand alone and will be published here separately from the Policy and Resources Committee; and Council agendas. This will enable the same pack to be accessed at all meetings.

The Committee gave consideration to the full package of papers included in the Budget Pack 2021/22 in relation to the Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2021/22.

The Section 95 Officer advised that a supplementary paper to the Budget Pack 2021/22 would be issued prior to the Council meeting on 25 February 2021 providing updated information in relation to the exempt appendix contained within the revenue pack, a further request for funding from CHARTS, and the announcements of additional funding made by the Finance Secretary to the Scottish Parliament the previous day which would require consideration as part of the budget pack.

Decision

The Committee agreed to refer consideration of the Budget Pack 2021/22 to the Council meeting on 25 February 2021, without recommendation.

(Reference:  Budgeting Pack 2021/22 dated 11 February 2021, submitted)