On 18 March 2025 Cabinet:-
(i) Noted the Quarter 3 position, as summarised in paragraph 1.2, and detailed in the report;
(ii) Noted the use of £4.9m of Specific Contingency budget to fund extra costs of the 2024/25 Pay Award, approved by the Section 151 Officer under delegated authority, as set out in Appendix 1I and in Appendix 4; and the use of £12.5m of Specific Contingency budget to cover non-achievement of highways savings, as set out in the same appendices;
(iii) Approved that outstanding individual debts of more than £25k relating to Irrecoverable Council Tax, Business Rates, and Sundry Debts are written off. These require Cabinet approval as per the Council’s constitution. Details of these debts are included in Section 12 and Appendix 2 to the report; and
(iv) Approved the budget virements undertaken in Quarter 3 of the 2024/25 financial year, to ensure budgets are sitting within the correct cost centres, as described in Section 13 and Appendix 4 to the report.
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