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Agenda and minutes

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

Contact: Duncan Jowitt  Democratic Services Officer

Items
No. Item

CAB.29

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.30

Confirmation of minutes pdf icon PDF 324 KB

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet.

Minutes:

The minutes of the Cabinet meeting of 12 January 2022 were approved as a correct record.

CAB.31

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.32

Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Estimates (annual report) pdf icon PDF 414 KB

Report of the Resources Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Resources.

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 2021/22 and Capital Programme 2022/23 onwards. Councillor Michael Vincent expressed his thanks to Clare James, Veronica Wilson and her team who he said had been as thorough as ever.

 

Decisions

 

Cabinet agreed

 

 

1.

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

 

 

 

a.

The Revised Revenue Budget for the year 2021/22 and the Revenue Budget for 2022/23.

 

 

 

b.

For the purpose of proposing an indicative Council Tax for 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27 taking into account the Medium Term Financial Plan at Appendix 2 which reflects an increase of £5 each year, 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 2022/23 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 2022/23 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 2021/22 and the Capital Programme for 2022/23 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 38,004.46 had been calculated as the 2022/23 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, had been calculated as indicated below:

 

 

 

 

Barnacre-with-Bonds

1,094.95

 

 

 

 

Bleasdale

58.48

 

 

 

 

Cabus

621.79

 

 

 

 

Catterall

978.85

 

 

 

 

Claughton-on-Brock

407.50

 

 

 

 

Fleetwood

6,404.59

 

 

 

 

Forton

695.07

 

 

 

 

Garstang

1,838.05

 

 

 

 

Great Eccleston

743.21

 

 

 

 

Hambleton

1,067.66

 

 

 

 

Inskip-with-Sowerby

402.45

 

 

 

 

Kirkland

130.09

 

 

 

 

Myerscough and Bilsborrow

501.47

 

 

 

 

Nateby

209.65

 

 

 

 

Nether Wyresdale

329.09

 

 

 

 

Out Rawcliffe

265.30

 

 

 

 

Pilling

855.66

 

 

 

 

Preesall

1,900.70

 

 

 

 

Stalmine-with-Staynall

647.14

 

 

 

 

Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre

294.77

 

 

 

 

Winmarleigh

120.93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

3.

The Council Tax requirement for the council’s own purposes for 2022/23 (excluding Parish precepts) be £8,161,078.

 

 

4.

That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2022/23 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:-

 

 

 

a.

£71,386,560

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 by Parish Councils.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

£62,361,311

Being the aggregate  ...  view the full minutes text for item CAB.32

CAB.33

Exclusion of public and press

In accordance with Paragraph 11 of the Access to Information Rules in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, the Chief Executive has determined that the report submitted under item 7 of this agenda is “Not for Publication” because it refers to “exempt information” as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A(3) of the Local Government Act, 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006, on the grounds that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 

If Cabinet agrees that the public and press should be excluded for this item, it will need to pass the following resolution:

 

“That the public and press be excluded from the meeting whilst agenda item 7 is being considered, as it refers to exempt information as defined in category 3 (Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)) of Part 1 of Schedule 12(a) of the Local Government Act, 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006 and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information”.

Minutes:

The Chief Executive had determined that in accordance with Paragraph 11 of the Access to Information Rules in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, the report submitted under item 7 of this agenda was “Not for Publication” because it referred to “exempt information” as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A(3) of the Local Government Act, 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006, on the grounds that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 

Decision

 

Cabinet agreed that the public and press be excluded from the meeting whilst agenda item 7 was being considered, as it referred to exempt information as defined in category 3 (Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)) of Part 1 of Schedule 12(a) of the Local Government Act, 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006 and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

CAB.34

Disposal of Land at Bourne Hill, Thornton

Report of the Resources Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Resources.

Minutes:

The Resources Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Resources submitted a report seeking Cabinet approval to agree the terms of disposal for land at Bourne Hill, Thornton previously declared surplus.

 

Decision

 

Cabinet agreed that, following satisfactory ground investigations, approval be given to enter into a contract to dispose of the freehold land and for the Corporate Director Resources to have delegated authority to deal with minor encroachment issues outside of the disposal process.

CAB.35

Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Estimates (annual report)

 

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