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Revenue Budget 2019/20.

Meeting: 28/02/2019 - Council (Item 145)

145 Revenue Budget 2019/20. pdf icon PDF 671 KB

Minutes:

The Section 151 Officer submitted a report which proposed a Revenue Budget and Council Tax levy for 2019-2020.

 

The Section 151 Officer stated that the Liberal Democrat / Independent Opposition Political Group had submitted a budget amendment.

 

Amendment

Councillor P M Black proposed an amendment.  The amendment was seconded by Councillor J W Jones.  The amendment being:

That the cuts in hours to community libraries be not proceeded with, to be financed by taking £35,000 from the Special Events Projects budget and the Cultural Strategy and Development budget in the Head of Cultural Services’ revenue budget.

 

Following debate, the amendment was put to the vote and in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 30 “Voting” a recorded vote was requested.  The voting on the amendment was recorded as follows:

For (18 Councillors)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

P M Black

P R Hood-Williams

I E Mann

A M Day

J W Jones

C L Philpott

E W Fitzgerald

L R Jones

B J Rowlands

K M Griffiths

M H Jones

D G Sullivan

D W Helliwell

S M Jones

L G Thomas

C A Holley

M A Langstone

L J Tyler-Lloyd

 

Against (38 Councillors)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

C Anderson

B Hopkins

J A Raynor

J E Burtonshaw

D H Hopkins

C Richards

J P Curtice

O G James

M Sherwood

N J Davies

Y V Jardine

P B Smith

P Downing

P K Jones

R V Smith

C R Doyle

A S Lewis

A H Stevens

M Durke

M B Lewis

R C Stewart

C R Evans

W G Lewis

M Sykes

V M Evans

C E Lloyd

G J Tanner

W Evans

P Lloyd

D W W Thomas

R Francis-Davies

P M Matthews

M Thomas

L S Gibbard

H M Morris

L V Walton

T J Hennegan

S Pritchard

T M White

 

Abstain (0 Councillors)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

-

-

-

 

Did not vote due to declarable interest (1 Councillor)

Councillor

Councillor

Councillor

E J King

-

-

In the light of the recorded vote above the amendment was not supported and did not become part of the substantive recommendation.

 

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 30 “Voting” a recorded vote was requested on the substantive recommendation. The voting was recorded as follows:

 

For (38 Councillors)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

C Anderson

D H Hopkins

C Richards

J E Burtonshaw

O G James

M Sherwood

J P Curtice

Y V Jardine

P B Smith

N J Davies

P K Jones

R V Smith

P Downing

A S Lewis

A H Stevens

C R Doyle

M B Lewis

R C Stewart

M Durke

W G Lewis

M Sykes

C R Evans

C E Lloyd

G J Tanner

V M Evans

P Lloyd

D W W Thomas

W Evans

P M Matthews

M Thomas

R Francis-Davies

H M Morris

L V Walton

L S Gibbard

S Pritchard

T M White

B Hopkins

J A Raynor

 

 

Against (18 Councillors)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

P M Black

P R Hood-Williams

I E Mann

E W Fitzgerald

J W Jones

C L Philpott

K M Griffiths

L R Jones

B J Rowlands

D W Helliwell

M H Jones

D G Sullivan

T J Hennegan

S M Jones

L G Thomas

C A Holley

M A Langstone

L J Tyler-Lloyd

 

Abstain (0 Councillors)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

Councillor(s)

-

-

-

 

Did not vote due to declarable interest (1 Councillor)

Councillor

Councillor

Councillor

E J King

-

-

 

Resolved that:

 

1)              The Revenue Budget for 2019/20 as detailed in Appendix A to the report be approved.

 

2)              A Budget Requirement and Council Tax Levy for 2019/20 as detailed in Section 9 of the report be approved.


Meeting: 14/02/2019 - Cabinet (Item 149)

149 Revenue Budget 2019/20. * pdf icon PDF 594 KB

Minutes:

Call In Procedure - Subject to Pre-Decision Scrutiny: This decision is exempt from the Authority’s Call In Procedure as “the decision has been subject to Pre-Decision Scrutiny and there is no material change in relevant information / evidence”.

 

The Section 151 Officer submitted a report which set out the current position with regard to the Revenue Budget for 2019-2020.  It detailed:

 

·                 Financial Monitoring 2018-2019;

·                 The Local Government Finance Settlement 2019-2020;

·                 Budget Forecast 2019-2020;

·                 Specific Saving Proposals;

·                 Outcome of Budget Consultation;

·                 Staffing Implications;

·                 Reserves and Contingency Fund Requirements;

·                 The Budget Requirement and Council Tax 2019-2020;

·                 Summary of funding proposals;

·                 Risks and uncertainties.

 

The Leader of the Council, Business Transformation & Performance Cabinet Member and the Environment & Infrastructure Management Cabinet Member proposed the following amendments.

 

 

£

£

Further changes to proposals as a result of consultation responses

 

 

 

 

 

Remove - Library Community Service

67,000

 

Remove - Professional Fees

49,000

 

Remove - Charging for Free Car Parks

23,000

 

 

139,000

 

Funded as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Reduction in Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue Service Precept

-60,000

 

Reduce contingency fund by £79k to £7.072M

 

79,000

 

Resolved that:

 

1)       The outcome of the formal consultation exercise be noted and changes to the Budget Proposals in Appendix D of the report as amended above be agreed, together with the position regarding delegated budgets as set out in Section 4.10 and 4.11 of the report;

 

2)       The current Resource Gap identified in Section 4.5 of the report be noted, and in line with the potential actions identified in Sections 9 and 10 of the report agreed a course of action to achieve a balanced Revenue Budget for 2019-2020;

 

3)       In addition to a review of current savings proposals Cabinet will need to:

 

a)       Review and Approve the Reserve Transfers recommended in the report;

 

b)       Agree a level of Council Tax for 2019-2020 to be recommended to Council.

 

4)       Subject to the changes identified and listed above, Cabinet recommends to Council for approval:

 

a)       A Revenue Budget for 2019-2020;

 

b)       A Budget Requirement and Council Tax levy for 2019-2020.