Decision details

Treasury Management Strategy 2022-2023

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report will set the limits and method of investing the council’s surplus funds taking into account the statutory restrictions on local authority investments and borrowings. While the Council is debt free and expects to continue this policy for the foreseeable future, the report will set limits and establish procedures for any borrowings that may be required.

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

That Full Council be recommended to approve the following items:

 

a)         the Treasury Prudential Indicators and the Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Statement contained within Section 5 of report FIN/557;

 

b)         the Treasury Management Strategy contained within Section 6 of report FIN/557;

 

c)         the Investment Strategy contained within Section 7 of report FIN/557;

 

d)         to amend the prudential indicators in the Treasury Management Strategy 2022/2023 (FIN/557) as set out in Section 4 of this report (FIN/561) before considering the recommendations contain within it.

 

 

Reasons for the Recommendations

 

The Council’s financial regulations, in accordance with the CIPFA Code of Practice for Treasury Management, requires a Treasury Management Strategy to be approved for the forthcoming financial year.  This report complies with these requirements.         

 

The recommended amendment to the Budget and Council Tax Report (FIN/560) would impact on the capital programme and prudential indicators in the Treasury Management Strategy. The recommendations in this report enable the financing of the revised capital programme.

 

Report author: Karen Hayes

Publication date: 03/02/2022

Date of decision: 02/02/2022

Decided at meeting: 02/02/2022 - Cabinet

Effective from: 09/02/2022

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