URL: https://democracy.adur-worthing.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1311

Decision Maker: Joint Strategic Committee

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose:

Content: Before the Committee was a report by the Interim Director for Core Services, copies of which had been circulated to all Members and a copy of which is attached to the signed copy of these minutes as Item 9.   The report updated the Joint Strategic Committee with the expenditure and income projections for both Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council for the financial year 2025/26, compared to the Revenue Budget approved by both Councils in February 2025.   The outturn projection for the 2025/26 financial year for the Worthing Borough Council General Fund was a net over spend of £2.115m and for Adur District Council General Fund was a net under spend of £244k. These projections reflected the assumption in Worthing that the budgeted contribution to rebuild reserves within the budget would not be possible due to the projected overspend outturn position. In Adur the projected underspend assumes that the budgeted contribution to rebuild reserves is transferred.     Decision:   1.     That the report and projected outturn position be noted for the Joint Committee, Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council against the approved revenue budgets and proposed use of reserves (Appendix 2b and 3b).     Call In: The call-in deadline for decisions will be 5.00pm on 19 December 2025

Date of Decision: December 9, 2025