That:
(a) the financial position as at the end of June 2016 was noted;
(b) the 2016/17 budget is to be amended via the transfer of up to £0.150m from employee budgets to a planning inquiry budget to meet this cost pressure which had emerged during the first quarter of 2016/17;
(c) delegation to be given to the Head of Finance, Revenues and Benefits to amend the 2016/17 budgets to reflect the IT service being brought in-house from April 2016 with no net impact on the Council’s overall budget and;
(d) delegation to be given to the Head of Finance Revenues and Benefits, in consultation with the Finance, Revenues and Benefits Portfolio Holder, to accept the Government’s 4 year revenue support grant offer, via the submission of an efficiency plan, if favourable to the Council.