ITEM No 7
Budget & Audit Scrutiny Committee
Work Programme 2005/06
Item
Description
Referred by
Responsible
Member /
Officer
On going
reports
Cllr Hinds/John
Spink
On going
reports
As required
Cllr Hinds/John
Spink
Peter Kidd / John
Spink
Regular Items
2004/05
Revenue
Monitoring
2004/05 Capital
Monitoring
Ad-Hoc Reports
Annual
Efficiency
Statement
2005/06
Budget
Consultation
Work
Programme
event
Updates on the
Gershon
Efficiency
Review
Audit Sub
committee
Report on the current position of monitoring revenue expenditure and income
against budget.
Report on the current position of monitoring capital expenditure against the capital
programme and any approved/recommended changes to the programme.
Items arising from the monitoring reports will be picked up with Directorates at
subsequent meetings.
4th April 2005
The monitoring reports are suspended this month as there is little value in measuring 1months data
Following last months report outlining the details of the Gershon efficiency review
Scrutiny
announced by the Government in 2004, the completed Annual Efficiency Statement
Members
is submitted for the Committees consideration.
John Spink
A report was presented to the Lead Member for Customer and Support Services
and discussed at a meeting; the committee’s recommendations were accepted.
Future items to be incorporated into the Workplan
There is a special meeting to discuss Scrutiny Work programmes on the 24th May;
following this specific items for this committee consideration will be added to the
work programme.
Members requested that the required reports to the Office of the Deputy Prime
Minister would come to this committee for consideration prior to the deadlines. To
be programmed in
Scrutiny
Members
Russell Bernstein
Scrutiny
Members
John Spink
The committee will consider any issues referred to it by the Audit Sub Committee
and track progress of matters referred to other Scrutiny committees
Audit Sub
Scrutiny Support
Scrutiny Support
Budget & Audit Scrutiny Committee
Work Programme 2005/06
Re-alignment of
the budget to
the corporate
governance
restructure
Budget Risk
Assessment
Budget
Consultation
Training costs
Potential
alternatives to
Council Tax
Topical updates
Committee
Review
Marketing and
Communication
Agency staff
A report on the budget when the realignment in accordance with the corporate
governance review is complete which will also show plans and achievements
against the pledges in more precise informative detail than the list included in this
report.
Strategic
Director
John Spink
A report on performance against the risks identified in last years risk assessment –
this is covered in the regular quarterly assessment and many of the risks have
disappeared but an overall look would useful.
The results of the study in budget consultation by the representative of Centre Marc
Bloch, Berlin who attended a number of Salford’s meetings
Progress on the actions taken to identify the city councils overall training costs.
Scrutiny
Members
John Spink
Scrutiny
Members
Geoff Topping
A consideration of proposals to change the way council tax is levied / collected. To
be programmed in.
Scrutiny
Members
Reports on the progress of issues and the financial impact on the City Council
such as;
The Gershon Efficiency Review – Education Funding –
Balance of Funding Review – Local Area Agreements –
As these areas develop, reports will be programmed in to the Workplan.
A look at the recent work of the committee and a look at the forthcoming year June
Following consideration in December a report, which will outline the costs and
benefits to the City Council of the restructure of Communications and Marketing,
will come before the committee in Nov / Dec 2005
Members referred to cabinet, the need for a clear consistent policy on the use of
agency staff. The committee will consider progress on this issue at an appropriate
time – to be confirmed.
Chair
Assistant Director
Scrutiny Support Officer
Councillor D. Jolley
Russell Bernstein
Peter Kidd
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0161 793 3530
0161 793 3322
Mike Bleese /
David Horsler
Scrutiny Support
John Spink /
Scrutiny Support
Annual report
Scrutiny
Members
Scrutiny
Members
Russell Bernstein
/ Peter Kidd
Councillor Merry /
Simon Malcolm
Alan Westwood