FINAL REVENUE BUDGET 2019/20 AND MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL STRATEGY 2019/20 TO 2021/22
- Meeting of (Council Tax), Council, Thursday 28 February 2019 7.30 pm (Item 64.)
- View the declarations of interest for item 64.
- View the background to item 64.
Recommendation I: |
Cabinet |
|
(21 February 2019) |
|
|
Minutes:
(i) Further to item 8 on the Summons, the Council received Recommendation I of the Cabinet meeting held on 21 February 2019.
(ii) The Mayor requested that Members, in making the decision on this item, had regard to the Cabinet report of 21 February 2019, the sections on equalities, the equality impact assessments and the results of the budget consultation.
(iii) Upon the meeting moving to the vote upon the substantive Recommendation it was carried. The voting was as follows:
In Favour of the Motion: Her Worshipful the Mayor Councillor Kareema Marikar, Councillors Ali, Dan Anderson, Assad, Borio, Butterworth, Brown, Dattani, Ferry, Fitzpatrick, Gilligan, Graham Henson, Maxine Henson, Jamie, Lee, Maru, Miles, Murphy-Strachan, O’Dell, Parekh, Varsha Parmar, Primesh Patel, Proctor, Ramchandani, Robson, Rekha Shah, Sachin Shah, Smith, Krishna Suresh, Sasikala Suresh and Swersky.
Against the Motion: Councillors Almond, Ashton, Mrs Bath, Baxter, Benjamin, Chana, Chauhan, Greek, Halai, Hall, Hinkley, Hirani, Jogia, Lammiman, Dr Lewinson, Mrs Mithani, Moshenson, Osborn, Mina Parmar, Anjana Patel, Pritesh Patel, Rabadia, Seymour, Stevenson, Thakker, and Wright.
RESOLVED: That
(1) the 2019/20 budget be approved, being mindful of the results of the various consultations and equality impact assessments, to enable the Council Tax for 2019/20 to be set (Appendix 2 to the Cabinet report refers);
(2) the Model Council Tax Resolution 2019/20 be approved as set out at Appendix 11 to the Cabinet report;
(3) in accordance with Section 38(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the Chief Executive be instructed to place a notice in the local press of the amounts set under Resolution 2 above within a period of 21 days following the Council’s decision;
(4) the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) be approved as set out in Appendix 2 to the Cabinet report;
(5) the addition of £2.627m to the Social Care Reserve be noted as set out in paragraph 1.8 of the Cabinet report;
(6) the balanced budget position for 2019/20 and the budget gaps of £16.795m and £9.345m for 2020/21 and 2021/22 respectively (table 4 of the Cabinet report refers) be noted;
(7) the intention to increase Council Tax by 2.99% in 2019/20 be noted (paragraph 1.23 of the Cabinet report refers);
(8) the proposal to increase Council Tax by a further 2.0% in 2019/20 be noted in respect of the Adult Social Care Precept (paragraph 1.23 of the Cabinet report refers);
(9) the changes to schools funding for 2019/20, as set out in paragraphs 1.57 to 1.63 and Appendix 6 of the Cabinet report, be noted;
(10) the assumed funding for the protection of social care in 2019/20 through the BCF, as set out in paragraphs 1.62 to 1.68 of the Cabinet report, be noted;
(11) the draft Public Health budget for 2019/20, as set out in Appendix 7 to the Cabinet report, be approved;
(12) all resident charges relating to child burials (paragraph 1.69, Appendix 18 of the Cabinet report refers) be removed;
(13) the 2019/20 Members’ Allowance Scheme, as set out at Appendix 12 to the Cabinet report, be approved;
(14) the 2019/20 Annual Pay Policy Statement for Council, as set out at Appendix 13 to the Cabinet report, be approved;
(15) the Capital Receipts Flexibility Strategy, as set out at Appendix 15 to the Cabinet report, be approved;
(16) the comments from the various stakeholder meetings, as set out at Appendix 14 to the Cabinet report, be noted.
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure
-
Section Page - Cabinet - Revenue Budget, item 64.
PDF 47 KB
-
Revenue Budget and Medium Term Financial Strategy report, item 64.
PDF 529 KB
-
Appendix 1a - Savings and Growth from 2019-20 Budget setting process, item 64.
PDF 69 KB
-
Appendix 1b - Old Savings and Growth., item 64.
PDF 97 KB
-
Appendix 1c - 2019-20 to 2021-22 Savings and Growth, item 64.
PDF 153 KB
-
Appendix 2 - MTFS 2019-20 to 2021-22, item 64.
PDF 115 KB
-
Appendix 3 - Revenue Budget Summary 2019-20, item 64.
PDF 30 KB
-
Appendix 4 - Levies and subscriptions, item 64.
PDF 65 KB
-
Appendix 5 - Policy on use of contingency, item 64.
PDF 82 KB
-
Appendix 6 - Schools Budget 2019-20, item 64.
PDF 202 KB
-
Appendix 7 - Public Health Budget 2019-20, item 64.
PDF 184 KB
-
Appendix 8 - Reserves Policy, item 64.
PDF 94 KB
-
Appendix 9 - Reserves Forecast, item 64.
PDF 14 KB
-
Appendix 10 - Chief Finance Officer's Report, item 64.
PDF 118 KB
-
Appendix 11 - Model resolution 2019-20, item 64.
PDF 154 KB
-
Appendix 12 - Members Allowances Scheme 2019-20, item 64.
PDF 181 KB
-
Appendix 13 - Annual Pay Policy Statement for 2019 -20, item 64.
PDF 216 KB
-
Appendix 14 Stakeholder Consultation Minutes of meetings, item 64.
PDF 310 KB
-
Appendix 14 Stakeholder Consultation Minutes of meetings, item 64.
PDF 416 KB
-
Appendix 15 - Flexible Use of Capital Receipts Strategy, item 64.
PDF 149 KB
-
Appendix 16 - Cummulative EQIA Table, item 64.
PDF 92 KB
-
Appendix 16a - Cummulative EQIAs, item 64.
PDF 393 KB
-
Appendix 18 - Amendment to Cemetery fees and charges 2019-20, item 64.
PDF 248 KB
-
Background Document - Harrow Reuse and Recycling Centre EQIA, item 64.
PDF 296 KB
-
Background Document - Phonix Project CCTV EQIA, item 64.
PDF 294 KB
-
Background Document - Redevelopment of Depot EQIA, item 64.
PDF 382 KB
-
Background Document - Redevelopment of Vernon Lodge EQIA, item 64.
PDF 385 KB
-
Background Document - Reduction in Customer Channels EQIA, item 64.
PDF 424 KB
-
Background Document - Review of Library Service EQIA, item 64.
PDF 532 KB
-
Background Document - Route optimisation on food waste EQIA, item 64.
PDF 287 KB
-
Rec IV - Min 129 Final Revenue Budget and MTFS 2019-20 to 2021-22, item 64.
PDF 113 KB