The
Cabinet has the responsibility for the following
functions:
(1)
the development of proposals for the budget
(including the capital and revenue budgets, the fixing of the
Council Tax Base, and the level of Council Tax) and the financial
strategy for the Council;
(2)
the monitoring of the implementation of the budget
and financial strategy;
(3)
to recommend major new policies (and amendments to
existing policies) to the Council for approval as part of the
Council’s Policy Framework and implement those approved by
Council;
(4)
to prepare and agree other policies and plans for
implementation by Portfolio Holders and others;
(5)
the approval of the Council’s Transformation
Programme and of the implementation of projects emerging from that
Programme;
(6)
the approval and management of the Council’s
Capital Programme and Strategy;
(7)
all key decisions – namely:
(i)
an executive decision which is likely to result in
the Council incurring expenditure which is, or the making of
savings which are, significant having regard to the budget for the
service or function to which the decision relates; or
(ii)
an executive decision which is likely to be
significant in terms of its effects on communities living or
working in an area of two or more wards of the Borough.
A decision is significant for the purposes of
(i) above if it involves expenditure or
the making of savings of an amount in excess of £1m for
capital expenditure or £500,000 for revenue expenditure or,
where expenditure or savings are less than the amounts specified
above, they constitute more than 50% of the budget attributable to
the service in question;
(8)
the award of contracts over £500,000 and all
matters reserved to the Executive under the Contract Procedure
Rules;
(9)
all decisions, which are expected to result in
variations to agreed revenue or capital budgets;
(10)
agreement to all virements between budgets as set by the Financial
Regulations;
(11)
to determine all non-key decisions which either fall
outside Cabinet policy or agreed Executive guidelines, or have been
referred to the Executive by the relevant Portfolio Holder or
Corporate Director;
(12)
to determine all recommendations and references from
the Council or any of its Committees or sub-committees and which
the Cabinet considers are appropriate for collective
decision;
(13)
the approval of HRA Rents;
(14)
quarterly
to act as the Performance Board overseeing strategic
performance issues.
Cabinet Members also make decisions within their roles as
Portfolio Holders.
Information on how to submit a
petition,
deputation or
public question is available on the council website.
