The Cabinet agreed that:
(i) The forecast outturn position for 2017/18 be noted:
(a) An underspend of £2,459,200 before further forecast transfers from/(to) Portfolio Specific Reserves & Ring Fenced Public Health Reserve
(b) An underspend of £1,035,500 after further forecast transfers from/(to)
Portfolio Specific Reserves & Ring Fenced Public Health Reserve.
(ii) Members noted that any actual overspend at year end will in the first instance be deducted from any Portfolio Specific Reserve balance and once depleted then be deducted from the 2018/19 Cash Limit.
(iii) Directors, in consultation with the appropriate Cabinet Member, consider options that seek to minimise any forecast overspend presently being reported and prepare strategies outlining how any consequent reduction to the 2018/19 Portfolio cash limit will be managed to avoid further overspending during 2018/19.