Agenda item
Minutes:
Council was requested to approve the recommendations from the Cabinet
meeting held on 22 February 2022 in relation to the Annual Budget and
Council Tax Setting for 2022/23 and an update for the Medium Term Financial
Strategy (MTFS).
(In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 30, it was moved by Councillor
Helen-Ann Smith and seconded by Councillor Tom Hollis that Procedure
Rules 10 (Duration of Meeting) and 23 (Conclusion of Proceedings) be
suspended, for the duration of the meeting, to enable all matters on the
agenda to be satisfactorily concluded. Having been put to the vote, the Council agreed with this course of action.)
RESOLVED that
a) a £5 annual increase in the level of the District’s own Council Tax for 2022/23, setting the Band D equivalent at £195.46, be approved;
b) the proposed 2022/23 Revenue (General Fund) and HRA Budgets as set out in the report (Sections 3 and 4), be approved;
c) the proposed Capital Programme and associated borrowing 2021/22 to 2025/26 as set out in the report (Section 5), be approved;
d) the 2021/22 Revised HRA and Capital Budgets as set out in the report (Sections 4 and 5), be approved;
e) the estimated financial challenge in the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for 2023/2024 and 2024/25 and the planned approach to address the challenge (Section 8 and Appendix 2), be noted;
f) the proposed use of reserves as set out in the report (Table 5 (General Fund) and Table 9 (HRA)), be approved;
g) the comments and advice of the Corporate Finance Manager (Section 151 Officer), provided in compliance with Section 25 of the Local Government Act 2003, as to the robustness of the estimates included in the 2022/23 Budget and the adequacy of the reserves for which this budget provides (Section 9), be received and accepted;
h) the proposed 2022/23 budgets reflecting the agreed changes to Fees and Charges approved by Cabinet on 25th January 2022, be noted;
i) a potential call of up to £250k from the Corporate Transformation Reserve required to further progress the Digital Service Transformation (DST) programme at a quicker pace than had previously been planned (Section 3.7), be noted;
j) the Local Government Association’s Finance Health Check report (Appendix 3), be noted;
k) the proposed 2022/23 Capital Strategy (Appendix 4), be noted and approved;
l) the proposed 2022/23 Treasury Management Strategy (Appendix 5), be noted and approved;
m) the recently notified successful bid for funding of up to £1.203m from the BEIS Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and its addition to the Capital Programme (Paragraph 5.9), be approved.
Voting Results |
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Councillor: |
Councillor: |
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John Baird |
Absent |
David Martin |
For |
Chris Baron |
Abstain |
Andy Meakin |
For |
Kier Barsby |
For |
Lauren Mitchell |
Against |
Jamie Bell |
For |
Keir Morrison |
Against |
Jim Blagden |
For |
Warren Nuttall |
For |
Will Bostock |
For |
Matthew Relf |
For |
Christian Chapman |
Absent |
Kevin Rostance |
Abstain |
Melanie Darrington |
Abstain |
Phil Rostance |
Abstain |
Samantha Deakin |
For |
Dave Shaw |
For |
Andy Gascoyne |
For |
John Smallridge |
For |
Dale Grounds |
For |
Helen-Ann Smith |
For |
Arnie Hankin |
For |
David Walters |
For |
Andrew Harding |
For |
Lee Waters |
For |
David Hennigan |
For |
Caroline Wilkinson |
For |
Tom Hollis |
For |
Daniel Williamson |
For |
Trevor Locke |
For |
John Wilmott |
For |
Rachel Madden |
For |
Jason Zadrozny |
For |
Sarah Madigan |
For |
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Supporting documents:
- Annual Budget and Council Tax Report 202223 - Final Version, item C.73 PDF 618 KB
- Appendix 1 - Annual Budget Report, item C.73 PDF 246 KB
- Appendix 2 - Annual Budget Report, item C.73 PDF 1 MB
- Appendix 3 - Annual Budget Report, item C.73 PDF 740 KB
- Enc. 4 for Capital Strategy 202223, item C.73 PDF 947 KB
- Enc. 5 for Treasury Management 202223, item C.73 PDF 1 MB