Issue - meetings

To note the forecast outturn for 2021/22 as at 30 September 2021.

The Committee received a revenue monitoring report related to Neighbourhood Services for quarter two of the financial year from the Chief Accountant and welcomed feedback from the Committee. He confirmed there were no further figures to update since the report had been published and explained that the largest variance in the report continued to be due to under recovery of income.

The Committee noted that most income was generated from town centres and discussed what could be done to mitigate any further losses. The Committee noted that incremental changes needed to be made to alleviate losses, but the larger focus would need to be encouraging visitors to return to town centres. The Committee also requested clarification on vacant posts within Neighbourhood Services, and this was provided by the Group Head of Neighbourhood Services.

The Committee requested more information be provided in relation to the variance related to Pollution Control Assessments.

The Committee resolved to note the forecast outturn for 2021/22 as at 30 September 2021 and the aggregate variances by cost centre reported in Appendix A of the report.