A panel has been set up to monitor the budget process and will meet for the first time towards the end of September where it will look at the budget and finance monitoring report for the first quarter of this financial year (Apr – Jun). The report details any significant variations to the agreed budget and the actions that are planned to achieve a balanced budget.
It will include monitoring of the:
- Service budgets for different departments across the council
- Capital finance charges
- Contingency fund and inflation
- Housing Revenue Account, and
- Capital budget
The Panel will carry out this monitoring exercise on a quarterly basis.
If you would like to view the papers for this meeting they can be found on the Cabinet Agenda for the 6th September.
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