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A New Era for Island Schools Pupils Celebrate Landmark Project The community magazine for the Isle of Wight Issue 33 September 2011 A new era for Island schools Pupils celebrate landmark project Also inside: How your waste collections will change ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 Transforming social care Fire service modernisation The council embarked on a project to make the fire and rescue SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT service more resilient through employing more whole-time Summary financial personnel to reduce the reliance on position for 2010/2011 S 2010/2011 retained (part-time) In July 2010, the government announced an • An authorisation panel crews. emergency budget and a comprehensive control recruitment, resulting was in vacancy been taken into account while closing set up to This project spending review. As a result, the council management savings of £3.384 million. the 2010/2011 accounts. This relates included the had to respond to reduced government to all costs incurred during 2010/2011, upgrading of Ryde funding mid-year, as well as anticipated • A review adjustments for staff who had received budget pressures of £4.061 million of the performance Fire Station and the communications areas achieved a termination letter from the council on in adult social care, £0.559 million in and purchase of several budget savings of £0.293 million and a children’s placements, and £0.592 million or before 31 March 2011, and a provision new state of the art procurement moratorium and contract in school transport, and the impact of the for those staff identified as ‘at risk’ and pumping appliances economic downturn (in terms of reduced review delivered savings of £1.353 million. for who a reasonable estimate of likely The national target for assisting vulnerable individuals to move to and other apparatus. personal budgets was achieved and the council remains on target income from fees and charges, including costs could be made during the closure of The service also • Reductions in WELCOME to deliver personal budgets for all those eligible, by April 2013. A £1.030 million in parking income). interest accounts process. won the British levels of capital spending, paid and from the new partnership involving Age Concern IW was also selected as a To offset these, a number of measures lower Quality Foundation’s repayment of external debt contributed ‘user led organisation’ to support vulnerable adults on the Island. were taken to control spending, address In overall terms, the savings offset the prestigious Southern to a saving at the year end of £3.7 million. pressure areas and mitigate the immediate additional costs incurred, leaving a net The council also established a community wellbeing and social England Excellence impact of the emergency budget: underspend of £787,000 in the budget The community care directorate to embrace the ‘Think Local, Act Personal’ agenda, Award. • Redundancy and which seeks to promote an individual’s choice about how money amounting to £2.669 other million termination have also at the year end. This amount therefore magazine for the is spent on their care. Where the money comes from costs improves the council’s general fund Local housing Revenue funding sources balance at the year end. Isle of Wight September edition of One Island magazine Dedicated schools grant Regeneration and the economy During the year work began on the Pan Meadows project (pictured Formula grants 2009/2010 Issue 33 below), a scheme that will create hundreds of local affordable £000s In difficult national economic conditions, the council remained Other government grants % 2010/2011 September 2011 homes as part of a sustainable community development. The 74,162 committed to work to assist the local economy through schemes Council tax 21% £000s council was also involved in bringing back into use 321 properties 59,129 % including Pan Meadows at Newport and the highways’ PFI. Charges, rents, other income and adjustments 16% 76,371 that were previously empty. 109,690 21% The council gained a seat on the board of the new S Total 30% 61,397 69,012 16% Local Enterprise Partnership which means the Island is strongly 19% 116,781 49,825 32% Welcome to the September the start of the new era in represented on the successor body to the South East Englandolent How we spent it 14% 70,944 Gross revenue expenditure 19% Development Agency. 361,818 42,954 Culture, environment, regulatory and planning 12% Also developed were proposals and a bid for government 368,447 funding to set up a Solent Ocean Energy Centre that will create a Children and education 2009/2010 £000s facility to develop and test tidal energy equipment. Housing services (including benefits) % 2010/2011 43,857 New developments in which the council played a part included Fire and rescue service 12% £000s 141,370 % issue of One Island magazine. education on the Island, with the new Waitrose store in East Cowes and the new Vestas Research Adult social care 39% 38,125 64,844 10% and Development facility at Stag Lane, Newport, while assistance Highways, roads and transport 18% 151,753 has also been given to help GKN expand at Whippingham. 6,960 41% 2% 63,080 Core and democratic services 17% 57,175 16% Non-distributed costs 8,328 2% 25,091 60,434 Total 7% 17% 21,668 22,649 6% 6% In this edition we feature a the launch of the two-tier 853 0.3% 21,377 5.8% 2010/2011 capital spending – Total £31,263,000 361,818 2,701 0.7% 368,447 Delivering better services Highways (£6,863,000) Statement by director of resourc The information contained in this summary Fire service (£1,707,000) special three-page annual primary and secondary The council made significant progress in its aim to reduce the is taken from the draft statement of accounts es cost of providing services to residents – in the last financial year Other environmental as at 30 June 2011, which is being audited by identifying an on-going reduction of £2.52 million of back-office (£2,166,000) the Audit Commission – the government’s savings. public spending watchdog. A final opinion was A new era This process included reducing the number of buildings from Culture and leisure due to be given by 30 September 2011, and which it operates and developing internal shared services that will (£971,000) 14 One Island a final version (amended as per the auditors’ save £125,000 a year. A process to reduce the number of senior recommendations) will be approved by the report section, giving you school system and the Children and education managers was also agreed. council’s audit committee and then published (£12,761,000) on iwight.com for Island . I therefore certify that this Community services summary statement of accounts presents a true (£3,533,000) and fair view of the financial position of the authority at the accounting date and its income Resources (£3,262,000) and expenditure for the year ended 31 March schools details of the council’s significant changes at school 2011. Pupils celebrate One Island 15 landmark project finances in 2010/2011, the sites to make this possible (see Also inside: priorities we focused on, and School Report, pages 10 and 11). and details How your waste collections will change our key challenges looking to Also look out for the pages about our consultation on future the future. on the new waste collection care provision for older people on This issue also marks arrangements due early in 2012, the Island. Advertising USEFUL CONTACTS COUNCIL MEETINGS Isle of Wight Council, County EMERGENCY All meetings are in public at County in One Island Hall, Newport PO30 1UD Hall. Call 823200 24 hours before a NUMBERS meeting to ensure it is going ahead. More than 43,000 copies of Fax: 823333 Council One Island are distributed Email: In an emergency dial 999 throughout the Island for (council chamber) [email protected] Fire and rescue control 19 October (6pm) each edition. Website: www.iwight.com centre (24hrs) 525121 16 November (6pm) The magazine is Out of hours: Cabinet published as an insert in TELEPHONE SERVICES Highways 823187 (council chamber) the Isle of Wight County Call centre: 821000 Waste 11 October (6pm) Press – with additional 8 November (6pm) Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm disposal 0800 3283851 copies available in libraries, Wightcare 533772/821105 13 December (6pm) Saturday: 9am to 1pm post offices, help centres, (out of hours) Planning Committee doctors’ surgeries and other We recommend you contact All other council (council chamber) key locations. the call centre initially, where services 821105 1 November (4pm) we aim to answer as many If you would like to 29 November (4pm) enquiries as possible at this first FACE TO FACE 20 December (4pm) TE CARD 2010 ADVERTISING RA advertise in point of contact. 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