Issue - meetings

Strata Budget Monitoring Quarter II - 2016/17

Meeting: 05/01/2018 - Strata Joint Executive Committee (Item 9)

Strata Budget Monitoring Quarter II - 2016/17

To consider the report of the Director responsible for Finance.

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Agreed

 

 

that:-

 

(1)             the report be noted; and

 

(2)             a new charging policy not be introduced at this stage but a paper be brought forward with funding options for Strata with implications for the Councils and Strata.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

As set out in the report.

 

 

Minutes:

The report of the Director responsible for Finance was submitted advising that Strata had been given a total of £6,104,000 to run the IT Services in 2017/18 along with funding for various capital projects. The 2017/18 Business Plan had revised the savings profile set out in the original Business Cases over the initial ten year period of the Company.

 

The report set out a suggested change to the original method of funding agreed at the inception of the company and the pros and cons of this new system compared with the existing were set out. It was noted that the Strata Board wished to focus on improving service further rather than implementing a new charging system.

 

Members discussed the issue of how Strata was funded, they agreed that the status quo should remain for 2018/19 and that a paper be brought to the Joint Executive Committee outlining the funding options and the implications for the individual Councils and Strata.

 

Strata Joint Scrutiny Committee considered the report at its meeting on 30 November 2017 and its comments were reported.

 

RESOLVED that:-

 

(1)             the report be noted; and

 

(2)             a new charging policy not be introduced at this stage but a paper be brought forward with funding options for Strata with implications for the Councils and Strata.

 


Meeting: 07/12/2017 - Strata Joint Executive Committee (Item 10.)

Strata Budget Monitoring Quarter II - 2016/17

To consider the report of the Director responsible for Finance.

 

Additional documents:


Meeting: 30/11/2017 - Strata Joint Scrutiny Committee (Item 58)

58 Strata Budget Monitoring Quarter II - 2016/17

To consider the report of the Director responsible for Finance.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Director responsible for Finance reported that Strata had been given a total of £6,104,000 to run the IT Services in 2017/18 along with funding for various capital projects. The 2017/18 Business Plan had revised the savings profile set out in the original Business Cases over the initial ten year period of the Company.

 

The Strata budget was on track to deliver around £260,000 of revenue savings for the Councils in 2017/18 with the key variations set out in the report.

 

At the six month stage the Board was projecting a savings of £259,777 against the total original target of £252,836.

 

The report set out variations in the capital budget and it was noted that there had been some additional expenditure on the data centre.

 

The report set out a suggested change to the original method of funding agreed at the inception of the company and the pros and cons of this new system compared with the existing were set out. At this stage, the Strata Board wished to focus on improving service further rather than implementing a new charging system and the Scrutiny Committee supported this proposal

 

Strata Joint Scrutiny Committee noted and supported the report, requesting the Strata Joint Executive Committee to also support the Strata Board’s suggestion of not introducing a new charging policy at this stage.

 

 

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