Council RESOLVED:
(a) That the capital programme (Appendix A to the Cabinet report) up to the year ending 31st March 2012 be approved as submitted which includes an additional £400,000 for disabled adaptations to be financed from the Housing Revenue Account;
(b) That the further revised revenue estimates for the year 2008/09 and the revenue estimates for 2009/10 be approved as submitted in the General Fund summary (amended Appendix B tabled at the meeting and attached);
(c) That the Medium Term Financial Strategy (amended Appendix C tabled at the meeting and attached) be approved based on the assumptions set out in the report,
(d) To note that amended appendices B-C no longer include appropriations from the Building Control reserve as the use of this reserve is currently being discussed with the Council’s external auditors; this exclusion, and the amended Council Tax increase of 4.5% over the period of the Medium Term Financial Strategy results in an increase in the Efficiency and other savings targets from £250,000 to £325,000.
(e) That the Chief Executive be given delegated authority to authorise expenditure up to the sum of £51,015 on the benefits service, to be financed by additional government grant;
(f) That the approval of Senior Management Team to start the recruitment process for posts which are /will be vacant, be re-established;
(g) That the District Council demand for general expenses for 2009/10 be £6,530,100;
(h) That the Council sets the amount of Council Tax for each of the relevant categories of dwelling in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 on the basis of a District Council Tax for general expenses on a Band D property of £112.10 plus the relevant amounts required by the precepts of Parish Councils, Cambridgeshire County Council and the Cambridgeshire Police and Fire Authorities, details of those precepts and their effect to be circulated with the formal resolution required at the Council meeting (see below);
(i) That the prudential indicators in Appendix E to the Cabinet report be approved; and
(j) That the list of precautionary items (Appendix D to the Cabinet report) to be used under delegated powers already given to the Finance Portfolio Holder and the Chief Executive be approved.
FURTHER TO RESOLUTION (h) ABOVE, COUNCIL RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING STATUTORY RESOLUTION IN RESPECT OF THE COUNCIL TAX FOR 2009-10 BE AGREED:
That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2009-10 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:
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(a) |
£76,493,286 |
being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act (gross expenditure including parish precepts, the Housing Revenue Account and additions to reserves) |
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(b) |
£58,727,460 |
being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act (gross income including the Housing Revenue Account and use of reserves) |
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(c) |
£17,765,826 |
being the amount by which the aggregate at (a) above exceeds the aggregate at (b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year (net expenditure) being the district amount of £14,258,000 and the parish precepts of £3,532,876 |
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(d) |
£7,702,850 |
being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its general fund in respect of formula grant increased/decreased by the amount of the sums which the Council estimates will be transferred in the year from/to its collection fund to/from its general fund in accordance with Section 97(3)(Council Tax transactions) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 |
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(e) |
£172.75 |
being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year (average Council Tax for a band D property for the District including parishes) |
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(f) |
£3,532,876 |
being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (parish precepts) |
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(g) |
£112.10 |
being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates (average Council Tax for a Band D property for the District excluding parishes), the amounts being for each of the categories of dwellings shown below in Table 1 below |
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(h) |
In accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, the basic amounts of council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a special item relates are shown by adding the amounts for band D for the District Council in Table 1 below and Appendix D attached |
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(i) |
In accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands are shown by adding the amounts for each band in Table 1 below and Appendix D attached. |
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That it be noted that for the year 2009-10 the Cambridgeshire County Council and the Cambridgeshire Police Authority and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authorities have stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings as shown in Table 1:
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Band |
Band |
Band |
Band |
Band |
Band |
Band |
Band |
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Table 1 |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
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£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
County Council |
678.18 |
791.21 |
904.24 |
1,017.27 |
1,243.33 |
1,469.39 |
1,695.45 |
2,034.54 |
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Police Authority |
109.80 |
128.10 |
146.40 |
164.70 |
201.30 |
237.90 |
274.50 |
329.40 |
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District Council |
74.73 |
87.19 |
99.64 |
112.10 |
137.01 |
161.92 |
186.83 |
224.20 |
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Fire Authority |
37.56 |
43.82 |
50.08 |
56.34 |
68.86 |
81.38 |
93.90 |
112.68 |
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and
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(j) |
That the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the amounts set out in Appendix E attached as the amounts of council tax for the year 2009-10 for each of the categories of dwellings shown in Appendix E attached. |
Cabinet RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:
(a) that the capital programme (Appendix A) up to the year ending 31st March 2012 be approved as submitted which includes an additional £400,000 for disabled adaptations to be financed from the Housing Revenue Account;
(b) that the revised revenue estimates for the year 2008/09 and the revenue estimates for 2009/10 be approved as submitted in the General Fund summary (Appendix B);
(c) that the Medium Term Financial Strategy (Appendix C) be approved based on the assumptions set out in the report;
(d) that the Chief Executive is given delegated authority to authorise expenditure up to the sum of £51,015 on the benefits service, to be financed by additional government grant;
(e) that the approval of Senior Management Team to start the recruitment process for posts which are /will be vacant is re-established;
(f) that the District Council demand for general expenses for 2009/10 be £6,555,150;
(g) that the Council sets the amount of Council Tax for each of the relevant categories of dwelling in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 on the basis of a District Council Tax for general expenses on a Band D property of £112.53 plus the relevant amounts required by the precepts of Parish Councils, Cambridgeshire County Council and the Cambridgeshire Police and Fire Authorities, details of those precepts and their effect to be circulated with the formal resolution required at the Council meeting;
(h) that the prudential indicators in Appendix E be approved; and
(i) to approve the list of precautionary items (Appendix D) to be used under delegated powers already given to the Finance Portfolio Holder and the Chief Executive.
Cabinet NOTED the advice of the Chief Finance Officer that there was a high risk of being capped as its proposed council tax increase of 4.9% was not “substantially below 5%” as expected by the Minister for Local Government.
The Staffing Portfolio Holder considered the Revenue Estimates set out at Appendix A to the attached report and endorsed them for consideration by the Cabinet. This decision was taken at an informal meeting at which both opposition spokesmen and the Scrutiny and Overview Monitor were in attendance.
The New Communities Portfolio Holder
· confirmed the proposals for capital expenditure shown at Appendix C(1-4), to the report for inclusion in the capital programme
· endorsed the Revenue Estimates and Capital Programme shown at Appendices A and B and recommended them for consideration by the Cabinet
The Planning Portfolio Holder endorsed for approval by the Cabinet
· the Revenue Estimates as shown at Appendix A
· the Housing and Planning Delivery Reserve at Appendix A(1)
· the Capital Programme as shown at Appendix B, and associated proposal forms Appendix C1 to C5
· the level of Building Control fees for 2009-10 (paragraph 16)
and further recommended to Cabinet that
· a ‘precautionary item’ of £100,000 in respect of Appeal and Inquiry costs be included in the list of precautionary items for 2009-10
The Portfolio Holder ENDORSED the Revenue Estimates shown at Appendix A to the report, recommending them for consideration by the Cabinet.
The Portfolio Holder for Housing AGREED to:
1. confirm the proposals for capital expenditure shown at Appendix D(1-5), for inclusion in the capital programme.
2. endorse the Revenue Estimates and Capital Programme shown at Appendices A, B and C and recommend them for consideration by the Cabinet.
3. request that Cabinet recommend to Council the use of £400,000 from the HRA to fund disabled adaptations in 2009-10. This amount is only to be used for disabled adaptations and is not, therefore, to be available for reallocation or virement.
4. request that Cabinet include the following on the list of precautionary items for 2009-10
(a) £100,000, for possible additional expenditure on accommodation for homeless people; and
(b) £50,000 as a provision for consultancy that will be needed should a transfer of the Council’s Housing be agreed (any such expenditure will be recoverable as it can be set against the capital receipt from the sale).
The Portfolio Holder for Finance ENDORSED the Revenue Estimates and Capital programme shown at Appendices A and C and recommended them for consideration by Cabinet.
The Leader
AGREED to
A) Confirm the proposals for capital expenditure shown at Appendix C, for inclusion in the capital programme;
B) Endorse the Revenue Estimates and Capital Programme shown at Appendices A and B and recommend them for consideration by the Cabinet.