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Cabinet:

(1)         
noted the forecast outturn position for revenue of
£14.038 million overspend;

(2)         
noted the forecast outturn position for the HRA of a
net nil variance against budget;

(3)         
approved the use of £1.943 million from the
contract inflation allocation of £4.4 million within
contingency to fund the following inflation required by the
specific contracts; Urbaser –
Street Cleaning £0.469 million, Street Cleaning budget
£0.02 million, Urbaser –
Grounds Maintenance £0.146 million, Urbaser – Waste Collection £0.526
million, Riney – Highways
£0.168 million, Riney –
Street Lighting £0.071 million, NSL – Parking
(provisional) £0.512 million, G&T – Arboriculture
£0.031 million, as detailed in paragraph 3.65 of the
report;

(4)         
noted the use of £0.044 million from the
contingency budget to fund additional resources to clear the
backlog in Financial Assessments (approved by Director of Resources
under delegated authority);

(5)         
approved the use of £0.170 million
from the Budget Strategy Reserve (BSR) in 2024/25, to fund the
Inclusion Action Plan;

(6)         
approved the request for £0.392
million from the BSR to fund 3 new posts in Business Intelligence
across three years 2024/25, 2025/26 & 2026/27;

(7)         
approved the request for £0.015
million from the BSR to fund the Mosaic Health Check;

(8)         
approved the use of £0.258 million from the
BSR in 2024/25 to fund further serious violence
initiatives;

(9)         
approved the following allocations from the BSR to
fund the transformation programme as detailed in paragraph 3.57 of
the report:

·       
£0.831 million in 2024/25, as agreed by the
Council Modernisation Board, to fund additional resource to support
the delivery of the transformation programme;

·       
£1.837 million for the Resident Experience
programme which focuses on the transformation of the
Council’s website and digital self service capabilities;
and

·       
£0.426 million investment from the BSR to
support the delivery of the Family First programme, approved on 19
March 2024; and

(10)      
noted the forecast commitments and balance on the
BSR of £9.611 million in paragraph 3.56 of the
report.
 
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