Issue - meetings

Mid year budget review

Meeting: 12/01/2012 - Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee (Item 61)

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To consider the relevant extracts of the mid year budget review as reported to Cabinet on 28 November 2011

Minutes:

The Committee considered an extract of the budget position from a report submitted to Cabinet on 28 November 2011.  Mark Wheelton, Leisure and Cultural Services Manager, introduced the service he was now responsible for which included leisure centres, community halls, the Knutsford Cinema, Crewe Lyceum Theatre, sports development, arts, museums, archives and Lifestyle. 

 

The Committee was advised that there were challenges around energy usage within his service as there were 10 swimming pools in the Borough which were high users of energy; work was underway with the Assets Team to try to reduce energy costs.  His team also worked with Adult Social Care to try to encourage usage of Cheshire East facilities; in this respect he referred to the Lifestyle concept currently being developed at Wilmslow and Macclesfield. 

 

In relation to remedial action, the fees and charges had been increased from 1 April 2012; and bad debt provision was constantly kept under review.

 

RESOLVED: that the budget update be noted.