Decision details
Financial Strategy and Plan 2019-2020
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The purpose of the report is to update the
Council’s medium term financial strategy and action plan to
help guide the management of the Council’s finances having
signed up to the government’s four year settlement in the
previous year, and to build upon the work already achieved in the
deficit reduction plan in previous years.
The key recommendations from this report will help formulate the
2019-20 budget, and level of Council Tax.
Cabinet is asked to recommend to Council the
following;
(1) The key financial principles and actions of the five year
financial strategy
(2) That the current five year Financial Model is noted
(3) That a minimum level of general fund reserves be set, having
considered the recommendations from the Corporate Governance and
Audit Committee
(4) That the current resources position is noted.
Decision:
RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL
(1) That the key financial principles and actions of the five year Financial Strategy set out in appendix 1 to the agenda report be approved.
(2) That the current five year Financial Model detailed in appendix 2 to the agenda report be noted.
(3) That, having considered the recommendations from the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee, the Minimum Level of the General Fund Reserves be set at £6.3 m.
(4) That the Director of Corporate Services be given delegated authority, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, to accept the government’s offer to participate in the 75% localisation business rate pilot for 2019-2020, if the West Sussex councils’ bid is successful, or if not, to revert back to the Coastal West Sussex existing pooling arrangement for the coming financial year.
(5) That the current resources position as set out in appendix 3 to the agenda report be noted.
Report author: Mrs Helen Belenger
Publication date: 05/12/2018
Date of decision: 04/12/2018
Decided at meeting: 04/12/2018 - Cabinet
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