Consideration was given to a report which advised the Committee of an additional cost in respect of the pay award over and above the budgeted provision for 2017-18. The report sought approval of a supplementary estimate of £0.123M in order to fund the full pay award in 2017-18.
Decision
The Policy and Resources Committee agreed to recommend to Council the approval of a supplementary estimate of £0.123M from allocated reserves and noted that the increase had been added to the projected budget gap for 2018-19.
(Reference: Report by Head of Strategic Finance dated 7 August 2017, submitted)