Issue - meetings

The Strategic Director – Corporate Resources gave the following update to Members:-

·       Exeter City Council was currently out to consultation ;

·       officers had identified a range of options totalling £6m for Members to consider;

·       no final decision would be taken until February 2025;

·       no initial decision would be taken until the end of the consultation;

·       the local authority funding settlement was expected the week before Christmas; and

·       a Members Briefing on the Budget would take place in January or February.

He also provided the following points of clarity:-

·       when the Capital Programme came back next year, he would not expect significant changes, but the biggest change would be over the purchase of IT equipment and possibly vehicles;

·       statutory repayment of debt happened the year after and would impact on future years but was factored in nonetheless.

Councillor Moore remarked that the Capital Programme hadn’t been delivered because of lack of capacity and asked for Members to be kept updated on this. She also enquired which Councillors would be considering the range of options for the Budget. The Strategic Director – Corporate Resources replied that the tradition was that the ruling party or group had priority.