Agenda and minutes

Cabinet - Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Estimates, Life in Wyre Survey, Cabinet - Wednesday, 15th February, 2023 5.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Poulton-Le-Fylde

Contact: Duncan Jowitt  Democratic Services Officer

Items
No. Item

CAB.31

Declarations of interest

Members will disclose any pecuniary and any other significant interests they may have in relation to the matters to be considered at this meeting.

Minutes:

None.

CAB.32

Confirmation of minutes pdf icon PDF 162 KB

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 11 January 2023.

Minutes:

The minutes of the Cabinet meeting of 11 January 2023 were approved as a correct record.

CAB.33

Public questions

To receive and respond to any questions from members of the public.

 

Public questions for Cabinet may be submitted at any time by writing to Democratic Services or via email democratic.services@wyre.gov.uk. Public questions for this meeting must be received by noon on the Thursday before the meeting is held and do not need to specifically relate to items on this agenda. Questioners should provide their name and address and indicate to which Cabinet member the question is to be directed.

 

The total period of time allocated for public questions will not normally exceed 30 minutes.

 

Minutes:

None

CAB.34

Life In Wyre Resident Survey 2022 pdf icon PDF 126 KB

Report of the Community Engagement Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Communities.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Leisure, Health and Community Engagement Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Communities submitted a report providing Cabinet with a summary of the findings from the Life In Wyre Survey 2022.

 

Decision

 

Cabinet

 

·       noted the findings,

·       agreed that that the survey data would be used to shape future service provision and

·       supported the council’s response to the findings through its communications plan and further engagement.

 

 

CAB.35

Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Estimates pdf icon PDF 425 KB

Report of the Resources Portfolio Holder and the Corporate Director Resources (S.151 Officer).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Resources Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Resources (S.151 Officer) submitted a report asking Cabinet for confirmation of the Revenue Budget, Council Tax, Revised Capital Budget 2022/23 and Capital Programme 2023/24 onwards. Councillor Henderson expressed his thanks to Clare James and her team for an absolutely excellent job once again.

 

Decisions

 

Cabinet agreed

 

 

1.

That the following be approved and recommended to Council for their approval:-

 

 

 

a.

The Revised Revenue Budget for the year 2022/23 and the Revenue Budget for 2023/24.

 

 

 

b.

For the purpose of proposing an indicative Council Tax for 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28 taking into account the Medium Term Financial Plan at Appendix 2 which reflects an increase of £5 in 2023/24 and 2.99% thereafter, any increase will remain within the principles determined by the Government as part of the legislation relating to Local Referendums allowing the veto of excessive Council Tax increases.

 

 

 

c.

Members’ continuing commitment to the approach being taken regarding the efficiency savings, detailed within the council’s ‘Annual Efficiency Statement’ at Appendix 1 of the report.

 

 

 

d.

Any increases in the base level of expenditure and further additional expenditure arising during 2023/24 should be financed from existing budgets or specified compensatory savings, in accordance with the Financial Regulations and Financial Procedure Rules.

 

 

 

e.

The use of all other Reserves and Balances as indicated in Appendices 4 and 5 of the report.

 

 

 

f.

The manpower estimates for 2023/24 in Appendix 4 of the report.

 

 

 

g.

In accordance with the requirements of the Prudential Code for Capital Finance, those indicators included at Appendix 7 of the report.

 

 

 

h.

The Revised Capital Budget for 2022/23 and the Capital Programme for 2023/24 onwards in Appendix 8 of the report.

 

 

2.

That it be noted that, in accordance with the Council’s Scheme of Delegation, as agreed by Council at their meeting on 24 February 2005:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

 

b.

That the amount of 38,495.60 has been calculated as the 2023/24 Council Tax Base for the whole area [(Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)]; and

 

A Council Tax Base, for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates, has been calculated as indicated below:

 

 

 

 

Barnacre-with-Bonds

1,124.37

 

 

 

 

Bleasdale

56.13

 

 

 

 

Cabus

620.87

 

 

 

 

Catterall

1,036.39

 

 

 

 

Claughton-on-Brock

433.78

 

 

 

 

Fleetwood

6,344.23

 

 

 

 

Forton

704.48

 

 

 

 

Garstang

1,883.41

 

 

 

 

Great Eccleston

781.08

 

 

 

 

Hambleton

1,082.57

 

 

 

 

Inskip-with-Sowerby

425.33

 

 

 

 

Kirkland

131.24

 

 

 

 

Myerscough and Bilsborrow

542.50

 

 

 

 

Nateby

203.40

 

 

 

 

Nether Wyresdale

330.87

 

 

 

 

Out Rawcliffe

262.65

 

 

 

 

Pilling

876.50

 

 

 

 

Preesall

1,891.90

 

 

 

 

Stalmine-with-Staynall

658.62

 

 

 

 

Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre

291.04

 

 

 

 

Winmarleigh

118.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

3.

The Council Tax requirement for the council’s own purposes for 2023/24 (excluding Parish precepts) is £8,459,023.

 

 

4.

That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2023/24 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:-

 

 

 

a.

£87,932,596

Being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it  ...  view the full minutes text for item CAB.35