Agenda item

(i)            Further to item 8 on the Summons, the Council received Recommendation II of the Cabinet meeting held on 11 February 2021.

(ii)          The Mayor requested that Members, in making the decision on this item, had regard to the Cabinet report of 11 February 2021, the sections on equalities, the equality impact assessments and the results of the budget consultation.

A tabled amendment was received, duly seconded and was lost.  The proposer of the amendment requested that the vote on the amendment be recorded.  The voting was as follows:

In favour of the amendment:  Councillors Almond, Ashton, Bath, Baxter, Benjamin, Chana, 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, Stevenson and Thakker.

Against the amendment:  Councillors Ali, Dan Anderson, Jeff Anderson, Sue Anderson, Assad, Borio, Brown, Butterworth, Dattani, Ferry, Fitzpatrick, Gilligan, Graham Henson, Maxine Henson, Marikar, Lee, Jamie, 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 on the substantive Recommendation it was carried. The voting was as follows:

In Favour of the Recommendation:  Councillors Ali, Dan Anderson, Jeff Anderson, Sue Anderson, Assad, Borio, Brown, Butterworth, Dattani, Ferry, Fitzpatrick, Gilligan, Graham Henson, Maxine Henson, Marikar, Lee, Jamie, 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 Recommendation:  Councillors Almond, Ashton, Bath, Baxter, Benjamin, Chana, 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, Stevenson and Thakker.

Abstain:  His Worshipful the Mayor Councillor Nitin Parekh.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)               the 2021/22 budget, taking into account the results of the various consultations and equality impact assessments, be approved toenable the Council Tax for 2021/22 to be set (Appendix 2 to the reportreferred);

(2)               the Model Council Tax Resolution 2021/22, as set out in Appendix 11 to the report, beapproved;

(3)               the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS), as set out in Appendix 2 to the officer report, beapproved;

(4)               the 2021/22 Members’ Allowance Scheme, as set out in Appendix  12 to the officer report, beapproved;

(5)               the 2021/22 Annual Pay Policy Statement, as set out in Appendix 13to the officer report, be approved;

(6)               the Capital Receipts Flexibility Strategy, as set out in Appendix 14 to the report, beapproved.