(i) to note the following:-
(a) General Fund and HRA financial performance as detailed in Appendix 1;
(b) Common Good financial performance as detailed in Appendix 3;
(c) General Fund forecast revenue position as detailed in Appendix;
(d) HRA forecast revenue position as detailed in Appendix 2;
(e) General Fund forecast capital position as detailed in Appendix 2;
(f) HRA forecast capital position as detailed in Appendix 2;
(g) Common Good forecast revenue position as detailed in Appendix 2; and
(h) Group Entities forecast revenue position as detailed in Appendix 4;
(ii) to approve the 2018/19 budget approach and timeline as detailed in Appendix 5;
(iii) to agree the following in the General Fund Capital, further details of which are provided in Appendix 2;
(a) Withdrawal of project NHCP839 - Flood Prevention Measures: Inchgarth Road from the programme as a result of approval of the re-scoped works by Communities Housing and Infrastructure committee on 29 August 2017; and
(b) Bring project NHCP805 – Technology Investment Requirements and Digital Strategy to an early close due to it being superseded by the adoption of the new Digital approach by Strategic Transformation committee on 4 October 2017 and associated Transformation Fund.
(iv) to agree the following from Common Good:-
(a) Allocation of £4,875 funding to Aberdeen Street Pastors;
(b) Allocation of £7,000 funding to Friends of Victoria & Westburn Park; and
(c) Allocation of £75,000 funding for external cleaning costs of the Music Hall;
(v) to instruct the Chief Executive to write to the Scottish Ministers to seek an assurance that they will maintain, for the 2018/2019 funding settlement, a “floor” in the General Revenue Grant to the Council of 85% of the average per head of population General Revenue Grant across Scotland;
(vi) that officers provide clarity on the discrepancy in the figures relating to the Relief Scheme on page 109 in appendix 2, and circulate details to members of the Committee;
(vii) that officers circulate details to all members of the Committee in relation to the reasons for the timeline ‘amber’ status for the Energy from Waste Facility;
(viii) that officers circulate details to all members of the Committee in relation to the reasons for the budget ‘amber’ status for the Broad Street Project; and
(ix) that officers circulate details to all members of the Committee in relation to the reasons for the increased forecast expenditure for the new AECC project.