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WELCOME & APOLOGIES Minutes: The Chair of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee welcomed members and officers to the Committee.
Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Erbil for whom Councillor Yusuf substituted. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members of the Council are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests relevant to the items on the agenda.
Minutes: No declarations of interest were received. |
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Medium Term Financial Plan 2022/23 to 2026/27 PDF 1 MB Overview & Scrutiny Committee is recommended to: · Consider the savings and income proposals and funding and spending assumptions in the January Medium Term Financial Plan 2022/23 to 2026/27 to update Cabinet and report the outcome of their deliberations to Council on 24 February 2022.
Minutes: The Chair thanked officers and members for attending to present the item on the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) for 2022/23 to 2026/27.
Councillor Maguire, Cabinet Member for Finance and Procurement, introduced the item highlighting that they will cover the MTFP and the budget for next year (22/23). Councillor Maguire stated that the overall aim is to balance the Council’s budget during a period of uncertainity regarding Government support and funding. She thanked officers for their hard work on this.
Matt Bowmer, Director of Finance, delivered a presentation on the MTFP which covered the below points: • Key Messages • Settlement • Options to close the £3.732m gap • Budget Engagement • Next Steps
During his presentation he made the following key points: • Budget resilience for the longer is a priority. • The continued investment in Children’s and Adult Social Care will create a net savings of £7.8m. The focus throughout setting the budget has been ensuring that vulnerable residents are protected. • Costs relating to Covid are still ongoing. There is no expected further Government support after April 2022. • Gap of £3.732m before the decision on Council Tax is taken by the full Council meeting. Settlement · There is potential for earlier implementation of Fair Funding/Business Rates Reset than was previously thought. · 1.5bn allocated through: SFA £72m, Services Grant £637m and Social Care £822m · There will be £162m for social care reforms · There is an expected change in the method of distribution for service grants in future years which will benefit Enfield. Spending · Pressure come from the welcomed increased to national insurances and increases to minimum wage. · The Council’s ambitious capital programme needs to be funded which will increase over the next five years. · There will be investment of £1.7m in services such as bulky waste, social worker apprentices and an Adult Social Care Regulatory Team. Pressures · There are £7m worth of pressures for the Council. These come from areas such asHomelessness & Emergency Accommodation, reforecast post Covid-19, and SEN Transport Savings & Income · There is a total of the new savings/income generation proposals of £8.614m in 2022/23 and £14.869m over the five year MTFP period. · £4.87m of the 2022/23 total will come from Efficiencies, Demand Management or Service Reduction. · £3.740m of the 2022/23 total is from income generation initiatives. 2022/23 Budget by department • There will be a continued approach of protecting services supporting the most vulnerable in the Borough • Existing pressures in these Demand Led Services plus Housing will be met. • Net increase of £4.2m for Adult Social Care will be achieved. • Net increase of £3.6m for Children’s and Education will be achieved. Budget Consultation · The budget consultation started on the 5th January 2022 and will run until 11th February 2022. · The feedback from the consultation will be fed into the budget submitted to full Council on 24th February 2022, as will the feedback received from this Committee. Next steps • The consultation on the budget will continue until early February ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |
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CALL IN: Meridian Water Residential Delivery Programme PDF 185 KB To review the Cabinet decision taken on 8 December 2021 as a result of the matter having been called-in.
THIS ITEM WILL NOW BE HEARD AT THE OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE MEETNG ON 20TH JANUARY 2022.
Additional documents:
Minutes: Due to an administrative error it was agreed this item would be heard at the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 20th January 2022. |
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DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS A formal meeting of the Committee will be held on 18 January 2022 subject to a call in being received. Minutes: It was noted that the next meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee would be the call in meeting on the 20th January 2022. |