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Costed 5-year Business Plan
Aberdeen City Council Five-Year Business Plan
Aberdeen City Council's draft five-year business plan has now been published. It is a first for the city in terms of long-term business and financial planning and community and stakeholder engagement.
The recent nine-month priority-based budgeting process has resulted in a detailed draft business plan, which pinpoints the priorities and essential services which the council seeks to deliver over the next five years.
Council Leader Councillor Callum McCaig and elected members are keen that the public and the city's key stakeholders continue to be engaged in the business planning process and that they are given the opportunity to comment and provide input into this draft business plan.
The council considered and agreed the draft business plan, together with any feedback from stakeholders and members of the public, at their meeting on 17 August 2011. Download a copy from the link below.
You can 'have your say' on the five-year business plan by emailing your comments, views and feedback to thenextfiveyears@aberdeencity.gov.uk.
Priority Based Budgeting: Draft financial budget 2012 - 2013
The council is now entering year 2 of The Next Five Years Business Plan. This is a rolling five-year plan and will be updated annually. The priority-based budget (PBB) report presents savings options for the plan which will be updated in February.
- Download a copy of the Priority Based Budgeting: Final Draft Report (3 November 2011, Version 1.1)
Changes in the way we plan financially have been vital in ensuring we are able to rise to the economic challenge affecting the entire UK public sector. We are due to hear from the Scottish Government about our financial settlement in December and this will enable us to firm up the assumptions which underpin the financial plan.
The work carried out previously on PBB and the business plan means the council is now in the strong position to achieve a balanced budget for the 2012-13 financial year with the potential for a balanced position in subsequent years. A balanced budget is critical for financing the delivery of the council's priority services. The commitment and hard work of staff to achieve spend within the adjusted budget and manage the impact of budget constraints is commendable and fully recognised.
These external financial pressures mean substantial savings will continue to be required for several more years to fulfil the service redesign and delivery as presented in The Next Five Years. Options already approved and being delivered within the business plan equate to savings of £24 million for year 2.
The anticipated gap in funding for the 2012-13 budget has been projected as £3 million and the PBB report presents new savings options to bridge this gap in funding across the council. This represents a smaller figure than previous years however it is predicated on the savings options that have been approved being delivered.
What happens now?
The 2012-13 draft budget and PBB report will be presented to the Finance and Resources Committee on 6 December 2011. The options which have already been approved are for information only. Consultation for the report begins on 9 November 2011.
A series of briefings, both internal and external have been planned with details of these events following.
Service options (2012-13)
Each proposed service option in the draft priority based budget report is accompanied by a detailed sheet which highlights the risks, dependencies, potential benefits and financial impact of the option.
The service option sheets are grouped by directorate and can be found below. Each sheet shows a reference number that corresponds with the relevant service option reference in the report.
Service option sheets for ongoing savings previously approved by Council in February 2011 are marked as 'for information only'.
- Corporate Governance
- Council-wide
- Education, Culture and Sport
- Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure
- Housing and Environment
- Office of Chief Executive
- Social Care and Wellbeing
Community Engagement Report
The Community Engagement Report - June 2011 consists of an overview of the community engagement activity undertaken to date in support of the preparation of the council's business plan and of the responses to that engagement which have been received from key stakeholders and members of the public. This was shared with elected members in advance of the Council meeting on 15 December with an updated circulation in advance of the Council meeting on 10 February 2011 and a further update of engagement activity added in June 2011.
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