Agenda and minutes

Cabinet - Wednesday, 17th February, 2016 6.00 pm

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

Contact: Duncan Jowitt  Democratic Services and Councillor Development Officer

Items
No. Item

CAB.40

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.41

Confirmation of minutes pdf icon PDF 101 KB

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 20 January 2016.

Minutes:

The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 20 January 2016 were confirmed as a correct record.

 

CAB.42

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: democratic.services@wyre.gov.uk. Public questions for this meeting must be received by noon on Thursday 11 February 2016. 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.43

Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Programme pdf icon PDF 990 KB

Report of the Resources Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director of Resources.

Minutes:

The Corporate Director of Resources (S151 Officer) submitted a report requesting Cabinet’s confirmation of the Revenue Budget, Council Tax, Revised Capital Budget 2015/16 and Capital Programme 2016/17 onwards.

 

Decisions taken

 

Cabinet agreed the recommendations below.

PLEASE NOTE – the paragraph numbers, format and wording below directly reflect the original Cabinet report.

 

3.1

That the following be approved:-

 

a.    The Revised Revenue Budget for the year 2015/16 and the Revenue Budget for 2016/17.

 

b.    For the purpose of proposing an indicative Council Tax for 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20, taking into account the Medium Term Financial Plan at Appendix 2 which reflects an increase of 1.75% 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.

 

d.    Any increases in the base level of expenditure and further additional expenditure arising during 2016/17 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.

 

f.     The manpower estimates for 2016/17.

 

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

 

h.    The Revised Capital Budget for 2015/16 and the Capital Programme for 2016/17 onwards.

 

3.2

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

 

a.    The amount of 35,277.51 has been calculated as the 2016/17 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

 

b.    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

934.73

 

 

Bleasdale

61.37

 

 

Cabus

593.49

 

 

Catterall

804.76

 

 

Claughton-on-Brock

275.02

 

 

Fleetwood

6,325.30

 

 

Forton

497.35

 

 

Garstang

1,672.68

 

 

Great Eccleston

540.38

 

 

Hambleton

988.26

 

 

Inskip-with-Sowerby

316.64

 

 

Kirkland

135.11

 

 

Myerscough and Bilsborrow

404.07

 

 

Nateby

227.11

 

 

Nether Wyresdale

311.49

 

 

Out Rawcliffe

265.58

 

 

Pilling

776.58

 

 

Preesall

1,889.93

 

 

Stalmine-with-Staynall

538.01

 

 

Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre

279.74

 

 

Winmarleigh

133.63

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.3

The Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish precepts) is £6,466,720.

 

3.4

That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:-

 

a.

£93,549,065

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.

£86,478,915

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

 

 

 

c.

£7,070,150

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