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County Council, 14th February 2006

CC7: Revenue Budget 2006/07 to 2009/10

Amendments by the Liberal Democrat Group

Amend the Cabinet's recommendation to Council by:

£000

a)

Reducing/removing the following savings in Annex 2:

Youth Service Admin Review (reduce -£85K saving)

50

Heritage Services - Close Records Office on Tuesdays

17

Library Service - Take one mobile library out of service

50

Countryside Service - Definitive Map

29

Countryside Service - footpath maintenance

10

b)

Removing the following savings in Annex 4:

Children's Services - Social Inclusion

121

Children's Services - SEN & Social Inclusion

90

Trading Standards - Reduction in training

17

c)

Reducing unfunded pressures in Social and Health Care - Older People in Annex 4

1000

d)

Making the following additional expenditure:

Foster Plus (result of Scrutiny Review)

50

Youth Service IT

10

Bus subsidy (re tendering costs to keep same level of service)

100

Youth Offending Team

50

Funded from:

e)

Not accepting the following additional expenditure pressure in Annex 4:

Chief Executive's Office - 2 change management posts

-133

f)

Making the following additional savings:

Additional highways charges (review of fees for skips and scaffolding to reduce traffic congestion - part year effect; full year effect £100,000)

-50

Reduce councillors' training budget

-25

Reduce printing costs

-50

Reduce use of consultants in Environment & Economy

-100

g)

As a first charge on the £1.5m allocated to the pension fund (if it is not needed), make the following additional expenditure:

Road maintenance

50

Pavement and cycleway maintenance

250

h)

Increase the Council Tax to 4.94%

i)

In 2007/8 (and onwards) add the following additional expenditure from Annex 3a:

Safer Road Partnership - SID operators

140

j)

In 2008/09 (and onwards) reinstate the following saving in Annex 4:

Waste Reduction Initiatives - reduction in Commercial and Community initiatives (£128K in 2009/10)

105