Agenda item

To consider and approve the recommendations from the meeting of Cabinet held on 16 February 2010.

At its meeting held on 16^th February 2010, Cabinet had considered the report of the Borough Treasurer and Head of Assets, a copy of which was now submitted. 

 

Cabinet had RESOLVED the following -

 

That

 

1. the results of the Budget Consultation exercises undertaken by the Council be noted;

 

2. the comments of the Borough Treasurer and Head of Assets (Chief Finance Officer) be noted in respect of the robustness of estimates and level of reserves held by the Council based on the budget, as identified in Appendix B of the report;

 

3. the appended schedule of fees and charges be approved, save to the extent that the setting of fees and charges is exercised by other Committees, Panels or individuals under the scheme of delegation or otherwise (Appendix B, Para 199 and Annex 7 of the report);

 

4. the 2010/2011 Specific Grants (excluding DSG) (Appendix B, Paras 23 to 29 of the report submitted) be agreed and that Portfolio Holders be authorised to agree any necessary amendment to particular grants within their area of responsibility in the light of further information received from Government Departments or other funding bodies;

 

5. the 2010/2011 Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) of £200.2m (including central expenditure of £19.7m) and the associated policy proposals (Appendix B Paras 20 to 22 and Annex 5 of the report) be agreed;

 

6. the Children and Family Service Portfolio Holder be authorised to agree any necessary amendment to the DSG position in the light of further information received from DCSF, pupil number changes and the actual balance brought forward from 2009/2010;

 

7. the risk assessment detailed in Appendix B, Paras 64 to 66 of the report, be noted;

 

8. in respect of  Fees & Charges (pages 165-166) the Rent of Collapsible Stall units at Alsager, Middlewich & Sandbach Retail Market be corrected as follows:

 

Service	2009/10 £	2010/11 £
ALSAGER  RETAIL MARKET
Cabinet Report Entry
Stall Units measure 3.05m x 3.05m or 10ft x 10ft	40.00	41.00
Corrected Entry for Council Report
Stall Units measure 6.10m x 3.05m or 20ft x 10ft	40.00	41.00
MIDDLEWICH  RETAIL MARKET
Cabinet Report Entry
Stall Units measure 3.05m x 3.05m or 10ft x 10ft	40.00	41.00
Corrected Entry for Council Report
Stall Units measure 6.10m x 3.05m or 20ft x 10ft	40.00	41.00
SANDBACH  RETAIL MARKET
Cabinet Report Entry
Stall Units measure 3.05m x 3.05m or 10ft x 10ft	44.00	45.00
Corrected Entry for Council Report
Stall Units measure 6.10m x 3.05m or 20ft x 10ft	44.00	45.00

 

Cabinet had RECOMMENDED to Council –

 

That

 

1.            the 2010/2011 Budget Report be approved;

 

2.            the three-year Capital Programme for 2010/2011 to 2012/2013 be approved (Appendix B, Paras 72 to 73 and Annex 4 in the report);

 

3.            A Band D Council Tax of £1,216.34 (1.7% increase over 2009/2010 of £1,196.01) be approved;

 

4.            the Reserves Policy and Strategy be approved (Appendix C of the report);

  

5.            the Prudential Indicators for Capital Financial be approved (Appendix B, Paras 78 to 79 and Annex 3 of the report); and

 

6.      In accordance with Para 2.2 of the Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules, the existing virement limits, which were detailed at Para A.33 of the Finance Procedure Rules, remain unaltered.

 

Councillor F Keegan moved the Cabinet’s recommendation, which was seconded by Councillor W Fitzgerald.

 

An amendment to the motion was moved by Councillor D Flude in respect of item 2.3 on the report (item 1 of the recommendations from Cabinet to Council above) and seconded by Councillor C G Thorley. Following advice from the Monitoring Officer, Councillor Flude sought permission to revise her amendment, which was granted.  The final amendment was as follows –

 

 

At recommendation 1 delete “the 2010/2011 Budget Report be approved”

 

Insert

“The income from car parking, shown on page 107 of the Council papers as £6,463,000, as part of a total budget of £8,155,000 be reduced to reflect the removal of the 50P Sunday charge for all-day parking in the car parks listed at the top of page 162 of the Council papers.”

 

Before the vote was taken, at least nine Members of the Borough Council requested that the vote be recorded to show whether each Member present voted for or against the amendment to the motion, or abstained from voting, in accordance with Procedure Rule No. 15.2.

 

The recorded vote was as follows –

 

There Voted for the Amendment to the Motion

 

             Councillors E Alcock, A Arnold,  W T Beard, D J Cannon, R Cartlidge, S Conquest, R Fletcher, D Flude, J A Goddard, D Hough, E Howell, S Jones, M A Martin, A Moran, D Neilson, C G Thorley and C Tomlinson.

 

There Voted Against the Amendment to the  Motion

 

            The Mayor, Councillor M J Simon, Deputy Mayor, Councillor G Baxendale, Councillors C Andrew, M  Asquith, Rachel Bailey, Rhoda Bailey, C Beard, D J Beckford, S Bentley, D Brickhill, J Crockatt, H Davenport, M Davies, W S Davies, R Domleo, B H Dykes, J P Findlow, R W J Fitzgerald, S Furlong, H Gaddum, L Gilbert, J Hammond, M A Hollins, O Hunter, J Jones, F Keegan, A J Knowles, A Kolker, J Macrae, A Martin, P Mason, R Menlove, G Merry, B Moran, H Murray, R W Parker, A Ranfield, B G Silvester, L Smetham, D Stockton, A Thwaite, D Topping, R C Walker, R West, R Westwood, P Whiteley, S Wilkinson and J V Wray

 

There Abstained from Voting on the Amendment to the Motion

 

            Councillors D N Bebbington and M J Weatherill.

 

            The Mayor announced the result of the recorded vote:  17 Members voted for the amendment to the Motion, 48 Members voted against the amendment to the Motion and two Members abstained from voting.

 

            The Amendment to the Motion, having been put to the vote, was lost.

 

A vote was then taken on the original motion.

 

RESOLVED

 

That

 

1. the 2010/2011 Budget Report be approved;

 

2. the three-year Capital Programme for 2010/2011 to 2012/2013 be approved (Appendix B, Paras 72 to 73 and Annex 4 in the report);

 

3. A Band D Council Tax of £1,216.34 (1.7% increase over 2009/2010 of £1,196.01) be approved;

 

4. the Reserves Policy and Strategy be approved (Appendix C of the report);

  

5. the Prudential Indicators for Capital Financial be approved (Appendix B, Paras 78 to 79 and Annex 3 of the report); and

 

6.   In accordance with Para 2.2 of the Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules, the existing virement limits, which were detailed at Para A.33 of the Finance Procedure Rules, remain unaltered.