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Salford City Council - Record of Decision
(Cabinet)
 
I,
Councillor Jack Youd, Deputy City Mayor, in exercise of
the powers contained within the City Council Constitution do hereby approve the recommendations
to:
 

1.   
To note and
review the
financial position at the end of December 2025 (Quarter 3) and
forecasted revenue outturn position of £0.630m underspend for
2025/26 compared to £2.686m overspend at Quarter
2. 

 

2.   
To consider and
recommend to Council on 18th March a virement from the
Integrated Fund contingency of £3.1m for Children’s
Services and £4.842m for Adult Social Care Services to enable
an increase to the Council’s contribution to the Integrated
Fund under the risk-share with NHS GM based on Adult Social Care
Contract forecast outturn position (section 4.4).
 

3.   
Approve net use of
reserves of £238k for Adults and Public Health, a drawdown of
previously received grant funding for housing
initiatives.
 

4.   
Approve a virement of
£604k from the Property Portfolio for £349k to Culture
and £255k to Crime and Disorder within the Place Directorate
(section 5.7).

 

5.   
Approve a virement of
£490k from ‘Centrally Held’ budgets to meet the
cost of the Communications team redesign (section
6.7),

 

6.   
Approve the transfer of
£3.9m from unused creditor provision identified following a
balance sheet review into the General Fund reserve to improve the
resilience of the Council’s position (section
11.1).
 

7.   
To note the
recommendation from Workforce Panel to
Council on 18th March to approve the costs of the
severance packages to achieve the required workforce
reductions, in line with the Council’s agreed schemes for
Voluntary Early Retirement and Redundancy (section
12).To formally note the
financial position at the end of September 2025 (Quarter 2) and
forecast revenue outturn position for the 2025/26 financial
year. 
 
The reasons
are:

·        
The forecast position for the year end is an
underspend of £630k

·        
This is a positive change of
£3.316m compared to the Quarter 2 overspend position. This
change in outlook is driven by targeted use of reserves, approved
virements, and underspends across several service areas, despite
ongoing pressures.

·        
Assumes use of £9.942m of earmarked reserves
and a £3.9m transfer to the General Fund reserve,
strengthening resilience.
Options considered and
rejected were: Not applicable.
Assessment of
Risk:

Key budgetary control
risks are identified in this report, including forecast variances
and risk levels associated with the realisation of savings
proposals. 
The source of funding
is: Not applicable.
Legal Advice
obtained:
Not applicable
Financial Advice
obtained:

Report produced by the
Finance team working with budget managers across all service
groups.  
Procurement Advice obtained:
Not applicable.
HR Advice
obtained: Not
applicable
Climate Change Advice
obtained: Not
applicable.
Equality Impact
Assessment and Implications: 
Equality impact assessments are assessed at an individual
savings level by the service group
responsible. 
Other directorates
consulted:
All,
council wide matter.
The following documents
have been used to assist the decision process:

Service budget
monitoring reports to Lead Members, savings proformas and other
finance working papers. 
Contact Officers:                          

Name:Rachel Rosewell, Chief Finance Officer 

Telephone: 07855
066602? 

Email:
Rachel.Rosewell@salford.gov.uk 

 

Name: Paul Hutchings,
Deputy Chief Finance Officer 

Telephone: 0161 793
2574 

Email:
Paul.Hutchings@salford.gov.uk 

 

Name: Tony Thompstone,
Strategic Finance Manager (Corporate) 

Telephone: 0161 793
2016 

Email:
Tony.Thompstone@salford.gov.uk 
 
The
appropriate scrutiny to call-in the decision is the Overview and
Scrutiny Board.        

 
Signed:
      Councillor Jack
Youd            
Dated: 10.03.26
                       
Deputy City Mayor
 

For
Democratic Services use only

 

This decision was
published on 10.03.26. This
decision will come in force at 4pm on 17.03.26 unless it is called-in in accordance with the
Decision Making Process Rules.