Agenda item
REVENUE BUDGET 2020/21 - 2022/23 AND MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL STRATEGY (MTFS) 2020/21 - 2022/23
- Meeting of (Council Tax), Council, Thursday 27 February 2020 7.30 pm (Item 137.)
- View the background to item 137.
Recommendation II: |
Cabinet |
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(13 February 2020) |
Minutes:
(i) Further to item 8 on the Summons, the Council received Recommendation II of the Cabinet meeting held on 13 February 2020.
(ii) The Mayor requested that Members, in making the decision on this item, had regard to the Cabinet report of 13 February 2020, the sections on equalities, the equality impact assessments and the results of the budget consultation.
A tabled amendment was received and duly seconded. Upon the meeting moving to a vote on the tabled amendment, ten Members rose and requested a Roll Call vote. The voting on the amendment was as follows:
Roll Call Vote (In Favour of the amendment): Councillors Almond, Ashton, Bath, Baxter, Benjamin, Chauhan, Greek, Halai, Hall, Hinkley, Hirani, Jogia, Lammiman, Dr Lewinson, Mithani, Moshenson, Chris Mote, Janet Mote, Osborn, Mina Parmar, Anjana Patel, Pritesh Patel, Rabadia, Seymour and Stevenson.
Roll Call Vote (against the amendment): Councillors Ali, Dan Anderson, Jeff Anderson, Sue Anderson, Assad, Borio, Brown, Butterworth, Dattani, Ferry, Fitzpatrick, Gilligan, Graham Henson, Maxine Henson, Jamie, Kairul Kareema Marikar, Maru, Miles, Murphy-Strachan, O’Dell, Varsha Parmar, Primesh Patel, Perry, Proctor, Ramchandani, Robson, Rekha Shah, Sachin Shah, Smith, Krishna Suresh, Sasikala Suresh, Swersky and Dr Weiss.
Abstain: His Worshipful the Mayor Councillor Nitin Parekh.
Upon the meeting moving to the vote upon the substantive Recommendation it was carried. The voting was as follows:
In Favour of the Motion: Councillors Ali, Dan Anderson, Jeff Anderson, Sue Anderson, Assad, Borio, Brown, Butterworth, Dattani, Ferry, Fitzpatrick, Gilligan, Graham Henson, Maxine Henson, Jamie, Kairul Kareema Marikar, Maru, Miles, Murphy-Strachan, O’Dell, Varsha Parmar, Primesh Patel, Perry, Proctor, Ramchandani, Robson, Rekha Shah, Sachin Shah, Smith, Krishna Suresh, Sasikala Suresh, Swersky and Dr Weiss.
Against the Motion: Councillors Almond, Ashton, Bath, Baxter, Benjamin, Chauhan, Greek, Halai, Hall, Hinkley, Hirani, Jogia, Lammiman, Dr Lewinson, Mithani, Moshenson, Chris Mote, Janet Mote, Osborn, Mina Parmar, Anjana Patel, Pritesh Patel, Rabadia, Seymour and Stevenson.
Abstain: His Worshipful the Mayor Councillor Nitin Parekh.
RESOLVED: That
(1) the 2020/21 budget be approved, being mindful of the results of the various consultations and equality impact assessments, to enable the Council Tax for 2020/21 to be set (Appendix 2 of the report refers);
(2) the Model Council Tax Resolution 2020/21 be approved, as set out at Appendix 11 to the report;
(3) in accordance with Section 38(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the Chief Executive be instructed to place a notice in the local press of the amounts set under recommendation 2 above within a period of 21 days following the Council’s decision;
(4) the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) be approved (Appendix 2);
(5) the balanced budget position for 2020/21 and the budget gaps of £11.414m and £11.178m for 2021/22 and 2022/23 respectively (table 6 of the report refers) be noted;
(6) the intention to increase Council Tax by 1.99% in 2020/21 (paragraph 1.23 of the report refers) be noted;
(7) the proposal to increase Council Tax by a further 2.0% in 2020/21 in respect of the Adult Social Care Precept (paragraph 1.23), be noted;
(8) the changes to schools funding for 2020/21 as set out in paragraphs 1.51 to 1.55 and Appendix 6 to the report be noted;
(9) the assumed funding for the protection of social care in 2020/21 through the BCF as set out in paragraphs 1.59 to 1.62 of the report, be noted;
(10) the draft Public Health budget for 2020/21 (Appendix 7 to the report) be approved;
(11) the 2020/21 Members’ Allowance Scheme be approved (Appendix 12 to the report);
(12) the 2020/21 Annual Pay Policy Statement be approved (Appendix 13 to the report);
(13) the Capital Receipts Flexibility Strategy be approved (Appendix 14 to the report).
Supporting documents:
- Section Page - Cabinet - Revenue Budget, item 137. PDF 49 KB View as DOC (137./1) 28 KB
- Cabinet Rec - Revenue Budget and MTFS 2020/21 - 2022/23, item 137. PDF 102 KB View as DOC (137./2) 116 KB
- Revenue Budget Report 2020/21, item 137. PDF 705 KB View as DOCX (137./3) 294 KB
- Appendix 1a - Savings and Growth 2020-21 to 2020-22 to 23 (New Proposals), item 137. PDF 122 KB
- Appendix 1b - Savings and Growth 2019-20 and 2018-19 Budget Setting, item 137. PDF 64 KB
- Appendix 1C - Summary of Savings and Growth 2020-21 to 2022-23, item 137. PDF 173 KB
- Appendix 2 - MTFS 2020-21 to 2022-23, item 137. PDF 113 KB
- Appendix 3 - Revenue Budget Summary 2020-21, item 137. PDF 31 KB
- Appendix 4 - Levies, Contribution and Subscriptions, item 137. PDF 64 KB
- Appendix 5 - Policy on use of Contingency, item 137. PDF 82 KB
- Appendix 6 - Schools Budget 2020-21, item 137. PDF 277 KB
- Appendix 7 - Public Health Expenditure 2020-21, item 137. PDF 183 KB
- Appendix 8 - Reserves Policy, item 137. PDF 93 KB
- Appendix 9 - Reserve Forecast, item 137. PDF 11 KB
- Appendix 10 - CFO Report, item 137. PDF 117 KB
- Appendix 11 - Model resolution 2020-21, item 137. PDF 105 KB
- Appendix 12 - Members Allowances Scheme 2020-21, item 137. PDF 124 KB
- Appendix 13 - Annual Pay Policy Statement for 2020-21, item 137. PDF 167 KB
- Appendix 14 - Flexible Use of Capital Receipts Strategy, item 137. PDF 148 KB
- Appendix 15- Summary of EQIA for Savings Proposals 2020-21, item 137. PDF 70 KB
- Reference from O&S to Cabinet - Budget Q&A Session, item 137. PDF 197 KB View as DOC (137./21) 145 KB
- Background papers - HWB - reference to Cabinet, item 137. PDF 133 KB View as DOCX (137./22) 16 KB
- Background papers - ECF - recommendation to Cabinet, item 137. PDF 94 KB View as DOC (137./23) 123 KB
- Background paper - EQIA - COM_20.21_S03, item 137. PDF 385 KB
- Conservative Amendment A (Budget Introduction), item 137. PDF 218 KB View as DOCX (137./25) 20 KB
- Amendment A - Appendix One, item 137. PDF 17 KB View as XLSX (137./26) 18 KB
- Amendment A - Appendix Two, item 137. PDF 141 KB View as DOCX (137./27) 20 KB