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Budget 2018/19

Meeting: 05/03/2018 - City Council (Item 81)

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Report of the Deputy Leader

Minutes:

The Deputy Leader submitted a report on the Budget for 2018/19, as set out on pages 67 to 72 of the agenda.

Councillor Andrew Rule proposed an amendment to the budget as follows:

In recommendation 2.1 (1) add after “the revenue budget for 2018/19”

“subject to the following:

Section 1	Net 2018/19 £
Voluntary Garden Waste – offer citizens a two month extension service to the current garden waste collection scheme for £7.50	-161,125
Bulky Waste – citizens offered two free collections per annum, charges of £15 apply for further collections	-98,181
Reduce the number of SLMG posts by 6 and replace with half the number of non-management posts delivering a part year saving of £202,805 (full year impact £347,666)	-202,805
Reductions in payments to Trade Unions £66,282 (full year saving of £88,376)	-66,282
Savings on the Arrow through a different delivery method	-75,000
Release £437,607 from uncommitted 2017/18 Area Capital reserves	-437,607
The redundancy and other associated costs (estimated to be £210,000) in relation to the removal of the above posts be funded from the Service Realignment reserve in 2018/19	Nil
Total net financial impact	-1,041,000

Section 2

It is recommended that review of the following areas be undertaken:

· Thorough review of the City Council’s debtor ledger with a focus on developing a centralised collection point and clearing historic position

· Develop a strategy for increasing the mix of affordable homes and Council Tax D and above properties

· Review of corporate governance in Council owned companies

· Identify and pursue commercialisation opportunities with other local authorities

· Review possible commercialisation of trade waste collection

· Review processing arrangements for garden waste”

In recommendation 2.1 (2) add after the capital programme to 2022/23

“It is recommended that a review of the existing capital programme is undertaken to:

· Reprioritise resources to create additional funds to improve pavements. Councillors who use Area Capital fund to improve pavements o main thoroughfares could seek match funding from this fund.

· Reprioritise to fund repairs to roads across the City”

And amend the following recommendations as indicated:

· In recommendation 2.1 (3) substitute £109,365,220 for £110,406,220;

· In recommendation 2.1 (3) (a) substitute £991,156,796 for £991,766,948;

· In recommendation 2.1 (3) (b) substitute £881,791,577 for £881,360,728;

· In recommendation 2.1 (3) (c) substitute £109,365,220 for £110,406,220;

· In recommendation 2.1 (4) substitute £1,672.53 for £1,688.45

And amend the following sections as indicated:

· In section 5.2 substitute £109,365,220 for £100,406,220 and £1,672.53 for £1,688.45

· In section 5.3 and 5.6 substitute the following basic amounts of Council Tax for the ones shown in the report:

Band	Basic amount of Council Tax
A	£1,115.02
B	£1,300.86
C	£1,486.69
D	£1,672.53
E	£2,044.20
F	£2,415.88
G	£2,787.55
H	£3,245.06

· In section 5.6 substitute the following aggregate council taxes for those shown in the report:

Band	Basic amount of Council Tax
A	£1,296.95
B	£1,513.12
C	£1,729.27
D	£1,945.43
E	£2,377.74
F	£2,810.07
G	£3,242.38
H	£3,890.86

Councillors voted on the proposed amendment.

RESOLVED to reject the proposed amendment.

Councillors voted on the recommendations in the budget report as follows: ... view the full minutes text for item 81