Decision details

(i)       approve the Medium Term Financial Strategy for the General Fund 2021;

(ii)       note that the 2022/23 Budget will be discussed and set by the Council on 7 March 2022;

(iii)      note the initial data presented in relation to the Council’s Financial Resilience Framework and instruct the Chief Officer – Finance to continue to develop the Framework;

(iv)      agree that an update on the Financial Resilience Framework be provided by the Chief Officer – Finance in the annual Budget report to Council, to help support financial decision making; and

(v)      to note that the Chief Officer – Finance would liaise with the Chief Officer – Data and Insights to investigate when updated population figures for the City would be made available and to circulate a response to the Committee by way of email in due course.