| Reference Number :- | 2194 |
| Date :- | 2012/09/13 |
| Decision Maker :- | Cabinet |
| Subject to Call-in :- | Yes |
| Subject of Decision :- | Initial Financial Strategy 2013/14 |
| Decision :- | (a) that, the initial financial strategy and initial financial forecast for 2013/14 be agreed; (b) that the comments to the cost pressures in Appendix ‘A’ to the Report, and any actions therein, be agreed; (c) the Corporate Management Committee be consulted on these initial proposals, recognising that any further inclusion of cost pressures or other budgetary demands would require matching measures to ensure that the funding gap was not increased; (d) subject to confirming that it was beneficial for Tendring District Council, authority to enter into a local authority business rates pool be delegated to the Head of Resource Management, in consultation with the Finance and Asset Management Portfolio Holder; (e) the letter in Appendix ‘C’ to the report be sent to the Department for Communities and Local Government in response to the paper ‘Business Rates Retention Scheme: Technical Consultation’ and that authority be delegated to the Head of Resource Management, in consultation with the Finance and Asset Management Portfolio Holder, to respond separately to the detailed questions contained within that paper. (f) a high-level summary of he initial financial strategy and initial financial forecast for 2013/14 be sent to all Tendring District Councillors. |
| Reason for Decision :- | Having discussed the information provided in the report and the attached appendices |
| Alternative Options Considered :- | None. |
| Conflicts of Interest Delared (and Dispensations Granted by the Monitoring Officer) :- | None. |
| Contact Officer :- | Head of Resource Management - Karen Neath |
| Decision to Take Effect at end of :- | 2012/09/20 |
| Attachments :- | Report and appendices (92K/bytes) |