Agenda and minutes

Cabinet - Wednesday, 15th February, 2017 6.00 pm

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

Contact: Duncan Jowitt  Democratic Services and Councillor Development Officer

Items
No. Item

CAB.30

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.31

Confirmation of minutes pdf icon PDF 143 KB

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 18 January 2017.

Minutes:

The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 18 January 2017 were confirmed as a correct record.

 

CAB.32

Public questions

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

 

Public questions can be delivered in writing to Democratic Services or sent by email to: publicquestions@wyre.gov.uk. Public questions for this meeting must be received by noon on Thursday 9 February 2017. 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.33

Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Programme pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Report of the Head of Finance.

Minutes:

The Head of Finance (s151 Officer) submitted a report asking Cabinet for confirmation of the Revenue Budget, Council Tax, Revised Capital Budget 2016/17 and Capital Programme 2017/18 onwards.

 

Decision taken

 

Cabinet agreed

 

1. that the following be approved:

 

a

The Revised Revenue Budget for the year 2016/17 and the Revenue Budget for 2017/18.

 

b

For the purpose of proposing an indicative Council Tax for 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21, 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 2017/18 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 2017/18.

 

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 2016/17 and the Capital Programme for 2017/18 onwards.

 

 

 

2. Cabinet noted that, in accordance with the Council’s Scheme of Delegation, as agreed by Council at their meeting of 24 February 2005:

 

  1. The amount of 35,784.77 had been calculated as the 2017/18 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

 

  1. 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

937.96

Bleasdale

64.67

Cabus

603.27

Catterall

816.51

Claughton-on-Brock

297.79

Fleetwood

6,375.85

Forton

517.28

Garstang

1,684.19

Great Eccleston

540.83

Hambleton

1,014.62

Inskip-with-Sowerby

319.13

Kirkland

136.58

Myerscough and Bilsborrow

410.92

Nateby

220.9

Nether Wyresdale

315.4

Out Rawcliffe

262.01

Pilling

796.48

Preesall

1,905.81

Stalmine-with-Staynall

541.06

Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre

286.3

Winmarleigh

129.83

 

3. The Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2017/18 (excluding Parish precepts) is £6,738,630.

 

4. That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2017/18 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

a.    £89,357,911

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.    £81,974,512

Being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

c.    £7,383,399

Being the amount by which the aggregate at 3.4(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3.4(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with  ...  view the full minutes text for item CAB.33

CAB.34

Local Government Pension Scheme Contributions pdf icon PDF 131 KB

Report of the Resources Portfolio Holder and the Head of Finance.

Minutes:

The Resources Portfolio Holder and the Head of Finance submitted a report asking Cabinet to consider the potential economic benefits to the Council of the pre-payment of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) employer pension contributions for the three years 2017/18 to 2019/20 and beyond.

 

Decision taken

 

Cabinet agreed in principle to the prepayment of pension contributions for the three years 2017/18 to 2019/20, and future triennial review periods, with the actual amount and profiling of any prepayment to be delegated to the Head of Finance (s.151 Officer), subject to a clear economic benefit to the Council.

 

CAB.35

Start times of future meetings

Minutes:

With effect from the Council’s Annual Meeting on 11 May 2017, subsequent Cabinet meetings were to start at the earlier time of 5.30pm.