Decision details

Officers introduced the report highlighting the new savings proposals that resulted in a 15% reduction on costs despite having to absorb new cost pressures.

In answer to questions, officers explained that:

• Some savings on the current year’s budget had been shared with other departments and this had resulted in a large variance between the Budget agreed at February 2009 Council and the final Full Year Budget and that the savings had been spread through the budgets of other departments so they would show consequential savings.
• Maternity cover had to be covered locally by Business Units.
• Around 60% of the potential identified savings from the recent reorganisation of the Chief Executive’s department had been realised directly but that the rest of the savings had then been found through other means.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.