Agenda item

(i)            Further to item 8 on the Summons, the Council received Recommendation I of the Cabinet meeting held on 16 February 2017 and a report of the Chief Finance Officer.

(ii)          The Mayor requested that Members, in making the decision on this item, have regard to the Cabinet report of 16 February 2017, the sections on equalities, the equality impact assessments and the results of the budget consultation.

(iii)         The Leader of the Council, Councillor Sachin Shah, formally moved the Recommendation.

(iv)         Upon the meeting moving to the vote upon the substantive Recommendation and the report of the Chief Finance Officer it was carried.  The voting was as follows:

In Favour of the Motion:   Her Worshipful the Mayor Councillor Rekha Shah, Councillors Ali, Mrs Amadi, Jeff Anderson, Sue Anderson, Borio, Brown, Dattani, Davine, Dooley, Ferry, Ms Fitzpatrick, Hearnden, Henson, Marikar, Maru, Miles, O’Dell, Parekh, Varsha Parmar, Primesh Patel, Perry, Ramchandani, Mrs Robson, Aneka Shah Levy, Sachin Shah, Krishna Suresh, Sasikala Suresh, Swersky, Weiss and Whitehead.

Against the Motion:  Councillors Almond, Ashton, Mrs Bath, Baxter, Bednell, Bond, Chana, Chauhan, Greek, Hall, Hinkley, Jogia, Kara, Lammiman, Macleod-Cullinane, Mrs Mithani, Moshenson, Chris Mote, Janet Mote, Noyce, Osborn, Ms Mina Parmar, Pritesh Patel, Rabadia, Seymour, Stevenson and Thakker.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)          whilst being mindful of the results of the various consultations and equality impact assessments, the 2017/18 budget be approved to enable the Council Tax for 2017/18 to be set, Appendix 2 to the Cabinet report refers;

(2)          the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) at Appendix 2 to the Cabinet report be approved;

(3)          the 2017/18 Schools’ Budget at Appendix 6 to the Cabinet report be approved;

(4)          the 2017/18 Members’ Allowance Scheme at Appendix 12 to the Cabinet report be approved;

(5)          the 2017/18 Annual Pay Policy Statement at Appendix 13 to the Cabinet report be approved;

(6)          the Capital Receipts Flexibility Strategy at Appendix 15 to the Cabinet report be approved;

(7)          the Model Council Tax Resolution 2017/18, at Appendix 1 to the Council report, be approved;

(8)          in accordance with section 38(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, Council instructs the Chief Finance Officer to place a note of the amounts set out in (4) of Appendix 1 to the Council report  in the local press within a period of 21 days following the Council’s decision.