Agenda item

Recommendation I : Cabinet

                                    (19 February 2015)

(i)                 Further to Item 9 on the Summons, the Council received Recommendation I of the Cabinet meeting held on 19 February 2015 and a report of the Chief Finance Officer.

(ii)               The Leader of the Council, Councillor David Perry, formally moved the Recommendation.

(iii)             Upon the meeting moving to a 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:  Councillors Ali, Amadi, Jeff Anderson, Sue Anderson, Borio, Brown, Currie, Dattani, Davine, Dooley, Ferry, Fitzpatrick, Green, Hearnden, Henson, Kendler, Marikar,  Miles, O’Dell, Parekh, Varsha Parmar, Primesh Patel, Perry, Ramchandani, Robson, Aneka Shah, Mrs Rekha Shah, Sachin Shah, Sasikala Suresh, Krishna 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, Mithani, Moshenson, Chris Mote, Janet Mote, Noyce, Mina Parmar, Pritesh Patel, Rabadia, Seymour, Stevenson, Weston and Wright.

Abstain:  His Worshipful the Mayor Councillor Ajay Maru.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)               the budget be approved to enable the Council Tax for 2015/16 to be set;

(2)               the Medium Term Financial Strategy at Appendix I to the Cabinet Recommendation be approved;

(3)               the 2015/16 Schools’ Budget at Appendix II to the Cabinet Recommendation be approved;

(4)               the 2015/16 Members’ Allowance Scheme at Appendix III to the Cabinet Recommendation be approved for 2015/16;

(5)               the Annual Pay Policy Statement at Appendix IV to the Cabinet Recommendation be approved;

(6)               the Model Council Tax Resolution, at Appendix 1 to the Council report, be approved;

(7)               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 paragraph (4) of appendix 1 to the Council report within a period of 21 days following the Council’s decision.