Agenda item - BUDGET 2017/18

Agenda item

BUDGET 2017/18

Report of the Deputy Leader

Minutes:

The Deputy Leader submitted a report on the 2016/17 Budget, as set out on pages 39-44 of the agenda.

 

Councillor Georgina Culley proposed an amendment to the Budget, as follows:

 

“In recommendation 2.1 (1) add after “the revenue budget for 2017/18”

 

Subject to the following:-

 

Section 1

Net 2017/18 £

Reduce the number of management post to 2015 levels and replace with the same number of non-management posts delivering a part year saving of £341,000 (full year impact £585,000)

-341,000

Reduce the cost of Special Responsibility Allowances by not appointing Executive Assistants delivering a part year saving of £29,792 (full year saving of £32,500)

-29,792

Removal of three Press Officer positions delivering a part year saving of £53,133 (full year saving of £106,265)

-53,133

Removal of the payments to Trade Unions delivering a part year saving of £176,752 (full year saving of £353,504)

-176,752

Removal of Marketing and Communications budgets associated with the publication of the Arrow and What’s On Guide delivering a part year saving of £154,382 (full year saving of £308,763)

-154,382

That a sum of £600,000 from a combination of uncommitted 2016/17 Area Capital reserves and top slicing the 2017/18 capital allocation be released to support revenue spending in 2017/18

-600,000

The proposed budget for Neighbourhood Services is reduced by lowering the standard of street cleaning to be just in the top quartile of the cleanest cities delivering a part year saving of £300,000 (full year saving of £400,000)

-300,000

The redundancy and other associated costs (estimated to be £560,000) in relation to the removal of the above posts be funded from the Service Realignment reserve in 2017/18

Nil

That a sum of £258,655 from the General Fund Balance be released to support revenue spending in 2017/18 (to be repaid in 2018/19 from full year savings)

-258,655

TOTAL NET FINANCIAL IMPACT

-1,913,714

 

In recommendation 2.1 (2) add after “the capital programme to 2021/22”

 

Subject to the following:-

 

 

Net 2017/18 £

Remove Area Capital reserves and top slice the 2017/18 capital allocation contribution from the capital programme releasing funds that can be used to support the General Fund revenue budget

-600,000

TOTAL NET FINANCIAL IMPACT

-600,000

 

Section 2

 

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

 

·  Further expand shared services with other local authorities

·  Review of company structures and future funding plans

·  Review the rent level policy for Council owned commercial properties

 

And amend the following recommendations as indicated:

 

·  In recommendation 2.1 (3) substitute £99,033,399 for £100,947,113;

·  In recommendation 2.1 (3) (a) substitute £982,339,819 for £983,427,423;

·  In recommendation 2.1 (3) (b) substitute £883,306,420 for £882,480,310;

·  In recommendation 2.1 (3) (c) substitute £99,033,399 for £100,947,113;

·  In recommendation 2.1 (4) substitute £1,562.83 for £1,593.03

 

And amend the following sections as indicated:

 

·  In section 5.2 substitute £99,033,399 for £100,947,113 and £1,562.83 for £1,593.03

·  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

£1,041.89

B

£1,215.53

C

£1,389.18

D

£1,562.83

E

£1,910.13

F

£2,257.42

G

£2,604.72

H

£3,125.66

 

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

 

Band

Aggregate

A

£1,214.36

B

£1,416.75

C

£1,619.14

D

£1,821.54

E

£2,226.33

F

£2,631.11

G

£3,035.90

H

£3,643.08

 

Councillors voted as follows on the proposed amendment:

 

Councillor

In favour of the budget amendment

Against the budget amendment

Abstained

Liaqat Ali

P

Jim Armstrong

Cat Arnold

P

Leslie Ayoola

 

 

Ilyas Aziz

 

P

 

Alex Ball

Steve Battlemuch

P

Merlita Bryan

P

Eunice Campbell

Graham Chapman

P

Azad Choudhry

Alan Clark

Jon Collins

P

Josh Cook

 

P

 

Georgina Culley

P

Michael Edwards

P

Patricia Ferguson

 

P

 

Chris Gibson

P

Brian Grocock

John Hartshorne

P

Rosemary Healy

P

Nicola Heaton

P

Mohammed Ibrahim

P

Patience Ifediora

 

P

 

Corall Jenkins

 

P

 

Glyn Jenkins

P

Sue Johnson

 

P

 

Carole Jones

P

Gul Khan

P

Neghat Khan

P

Ginny Klein

P

Dave Liversidge

P

Sally Longford

P

Carole McCulloch

P

Nick McDonald

 

 

David Mellen

P

Jackie Morris

P

Toby Neal

P

Alex Norris

P

Brian Parbutt

P

Anne Peach

P

Sarah Piper

 

P

 

Andrew Rule

P

 

 

Mohammed Saghir

P

David Smith

P

Wendy Smith

P

Chris Tansley

P

Dave Trimble

P

Jane Urquhart

P

Marcia Watson

P

Sam Webster

P

Michael Wildgust

Malcolm Wood

P

Linda Woodings

 

P

 

Steve Young

 

 

 

RESOLVED to reject the proposed budget amendment.

 

Councillors voted as follows on the recommendations in the Budget report:

 

Councillor

In favour of the budget report

Against the budget report

Abstained

Liaqat Ali

P

Jim Armstrong

Cat Arnold

P

Leslie Ayoola

 

 

Ilyas Aziz

P

 

 

Alex Ball

 

Steve Battlemuch

P

 

Merlita Bryan

P

 

Eunice Campbell

P

 

Graham Chapman

P

 

Azad Choudhry

 

Alan Clark

 

Jon Collins

P

 

Josh Cook

P

 

 

Georgina Culley

P

Michael Edwards

P

 

Patricia Ferguson

 

 

Chris Gibson

P

 

Brian Grocock

 

John Hartshorne

P

 

Rosemary Healy

P

 

Nicola Heaton

P

 

Mohammed Ibrahim

P

 

Patience Ifediora

P

 

 

Corall Jenkins

P

 

 

Glyn Jenkins

P

 

Sue Johnson

P

 

 

Carole Jones

P

 

Gul Khan

P

 

Neghat Khan

P

 

Ginny Klein

P

 

Dave Liversidge

P

 

Sally Longford

P

 

Carole McCulloch

 

Nick McDonald

 

 

David Mellen

P

 

Jackie Morris

P

 

Toby Neal

 

Alex Norris

P

 

Brian Parbutt

P

 

Anne Peach

P

 

Sarah Piper

P

 

 

Andrew Rule

 

P

 

Mohammed Saghir

P

 

David Smith

P

 

Wendy Smith

P

 

Chris Tansley

P

 

Dave Trimble

P

 

Jane Urquhart

P

 

Marcia Watson

P

 

Sam Webster

P

 

Michael Wildgust

 

Malcolm Wood

P

 

Linda Woodings

P

 

 

Steve Young

 

 

 

RESOLVED to

 

(1)  approve the revenue budget for 2017/18, including:

 

(a)  The recommendations of the Strategic Director for Finance/ Chief Finance Officer in respect of the robustness of the estimates made for the purpose of the budget calculations and the adequacy of reserves;

 

(b)  The delegation of authority to the Strategic Director for Finance/ Chief Finance Officer in consultation with the Deputy Leader to finalise the MTFP for publication;

 

(c)  The delegation of authority to the appropriate Directors to implement savings after undertaking the appropriate consultation;

 

(d)  The retention of the Council Tax Support Scheme, currently in operation for the financial year 2017/18.

 

(2)  approve the capital programme to 2021/22;

 

(3)  approve a council tax requirement of £100,947,113, including the calculations required by Section 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (“the Act”), as set out below:

 

(a)  £983,427423 being the aggregate of the expenditure, allowances, reserves and amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) (a) to (f) of the Act;

 

(b)  £882,480,310 being the aggregate of the income and amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out inn Section 31A(3) (a) to (d) of the Act;

 

(c)  £100,947,113 being the amount by which the aggregate at 2.1 (3)(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2.1(3)(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its council tax requirement for the year;

 

(4)  approve a City Council Band D basic amount of council tax for 2017/18 of £1,593.03 being the amount at 2.1(3)(c) divided by the amount at 2.2(3) below, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year (as set out in section 5 of the report);

 

(5)  approve the setting of the amounts of council tax for 2017/18 at the levels described in section 5.6 of the report;

 

(6)  note a Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority precept at Band D for 2017/18 of £75.29;

 

(7)  note a Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner precept at Band D for 2017/18 of £183.42;

 

(8)  note in January 2017, the City Council calculated the amount of £63,368 as its council tax base for the year 2017/18 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

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