Agenda item

The Deputy Leader submitted a report on the 2015/16 Budget, as set out on pages 85 to 90 of the agenda, and pages 177 to 334 of the supplementary agenda.

Councillor Culley presented a proposed amendment to the Budget, as follows:

In recommendation 2.1 (1) add after “the revenue budget for 2015/16”

Subject to the following:-

And amend the following recommendations as indicated:

• In recommendation 2.1 (3) (a) substitute £948,102,159 for £948,597,199;
• In recommendation 2.1 (3) (b) substitute £860,695,065 for £859,488,793;
• In recommendation 2.1 (3) (c) substitute £87,407,094 for £89,108,406;
• In recommendation 2.1 (4) substitute £1,431.80 for £1,459.67
• In recommendation 2.1 (6) amend Members’ Allowance Scheme for 2015/16 by removing the Special Responsibility Allowance for Executive Assistants

And amend the following sections as indicated:

• In section 5.2 substitute £87,407,094 for £89,108,406 and £1,431.80 for £1,459.67
• In section 5.3 and 5.6 substitute the following basic amounts of council tax for the ones shown in the report:

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

Councillors voted as follows on the proposed amendment:

RESOLVED to reject the proposed budget amendment.

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

RESOLVED to

1)  approve the revenue budget for 2015/16, including;

a)  the recommendations of the 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 Acting Corporate Director for Resources in consultation with the Deputy Leader to finalise the MTFP for publication;

c)  the delegation of authority to the appropriate Directors to implement saving proposals after undertaking the appropriate consultation;

2)  approve the capital programme for 2014/15–2019/20;

3)  approve a council tax requirement of £89,108,406, including the calculations required by Sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (“the Act”), as set out below:

a)  £948,597,199 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)  £859,488,793 being the aggregate of the income and amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) (a) to (d) of the Act;

c)  £89,108,406 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 2015/16 of £1,459.67 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 this report);

5)  approve the setting of the amounts of council tax for 2015/16 as below:

6)  approve the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2015/16 in the terms of the previously adopted and amended Scheme, save for adjustments to mirror nationally determined rates for pay awards and travel and subsistence (as applicable to officers) and for carers allowances;

7)  note a Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority precept at Band D for 2015/16 of £72.44.

8)  note a Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner precept at Band D for 2015/16 of £176.40.

9)  note that in January 2015, the City Council calculated the amount of 61,047 as its council tax base for the year 2015/16 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.