Issue - meetings

The Committee are asked to consider and approve the draft detailed budget for 2025/26 for the Corporate Policy & Resources Committee.

The Committee resolved to:

Approve the Draft Detailed Budget for the Corporate Policy & Resources Committee before it was presented back to this Committee as part of the overall budget for this Council for 2025/26.

The Committee considered the draft Detailed Budget for the Corporate Policy & Resources Committee.

The Committee requested that more commentary be provided within Appendix 1 to give members a better understanding of some of the figures quoted. Officers were asked to provide more information on Consultancy Fees, why some National Insurance contribution figures remained the same for 2025/26 and to provide figures for the overall staffing budgets for 2024/2025 and 2025/26. The Committee also asked that additional text be added to the report to explain what this budget would mean to the Council’s residents, particularly in relation to the growth items. The impact from the proposed Surrey Local Government Reorganisation would also affect the budget, particularly in relation to the Spelthorne/Mole Valley Financial Partnership that would cease if the Council was placed in the first tranche. The Committee were advised that whilst a budget had been allocated for refurbishment works to be carried out at Stockley Park this would not be used if the negotiations with a potential tenant did not result in a new lease being granted. Any amendments or additions to the draft Detailed Budget would be reflected in the budget papers due to be presented again to this Committee on 10 February and Council on 27 February 2025.

The Committee resolved to:

Approve the Draft Detailed Budget for the Corporate Policy & Resources Committee before it was presented back to this Committee as part of the overall budget for this Council for 2025/26.