Agenda item

Report of the Leader of the Council (Cllr Henderson).

Please note: The report of the Head of Finance (Section 151

Officer) on the Council’s Revenue Budget, Council Tax and

Capital Programme, which was considered by the Cabinet on

13 February 2019, forms part of the background to the

attached report of the Leader of the Council, with paragraph

3.1 seeking Council agreement to the recommendations of

the Cabinet. An extract from the minutes of that meeting,

setting out the Cabinet’s recommendations, is attached as

Appendix 1 of the Leader of the Council’s report to this

meeting. However, the detailed information from the report of

the Head of Finance report to the Cabinet in not reproduced

in this agenda. That report can be viewed via the Cabinet

agenda on the Council’s website at:

https://wyre.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s4870/Revenue%20Budget%20Council%20Tax%20and%20Capital%20Programme%20Report.pdf

(A copy can also be obtained on request from the Democratic

Services Team, tel: 01253 887481)

The Leader of the Council (Cllr Henderson) submitted a report on the setting of the Council Tax for 2019/20. His report included reference to the report of the Head of Finance (S 151 Officer) on the Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Programme, which had been considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on 13 February 2019. The minute setting out the Cabinet’s recommendations was set out in Appendix 1 of his report to this Council meeting.

The Resources Portfolio Holder (Cllr A Vincent) seconded the Cllr Henderson’s proposal that the recommendations made by the Cabinet be approved.

Cllr Fail proposed and Cllr E Anderton seconded the following amendment:

“That a revenue contribution of up to £35,000 be made from general balances towards a Poulton to Fleetwood rail reinstatement feasibility study.”

The following members voted for the amendment: Councillors E Anderton, M Anderton, Barrowclough, Beavers, Fail, Gibson and Smith.

The following members voted against the amendment: I Amos, R Amos, Lady Atkins, Berry, B Birch, C Birch, Bowen, Bridge, Cartridge, Catterall, Collinson, Ellison, Greenhough, Henderson, Hodgkinson, Holden, Ibison, Ingham, Kay, Moon, Orme, Robinson, A Turner, S Turner, A Vincent, Matthew Vincent, Michael Vincent and Walmsley.

The amendment was therefore LOST (by 7 votes to 28).

A vote was then taken on the Cabinet’s recommendations on the budget for 2019/20 and on the level of the Council Tax as set out in paragraphs 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 of the Leader’s report.

The following members voted in support of the proposal: I Amos, R Amos, Lady Atkins, Berry, B Birch, C Birch, Bowen, Bridge, Cartridge, Catterall, Collinson, Ellison, Greenhough, Henderson, Hodgkinson, Holden, Ibison, Ingham, Kay, Moon, Orme, Robinson, A Turner, S Turner, A Vincent, Matthew Vincent, Michael Vincent and Walmsley.

The following members voted against the proposal: Councillors E Anderton, M Anderton, Barrowclough, Beavers, Fail, Gibson and Smith.

The Mayor (Cllr M Anderton) abstained.

The proposal was therefore CARRIED (by 28 votes to 6 with 1 abstention) and it was

Agreed:

1.    That the formal Council Tax resolution as agreed by Cabinet 13 February 2019, as set out in Appendix 1 of the Leader’s report and also attached as Appendix 1 to these minutes, be approved.

2.    That this Council’s Band D equivalent Council Tax for the 2019/20 financial year of £199.74 together with parish precepts, as specified in the report on the Budget, be approved for each of the valuation bands, as set out in Table A of Appendix 2 to these minutes.

3.    That it be noted that for the year 2019/20 the major precepting authorities had stated the amounts of their respective precepts, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings in the Council’s area, as shown in Table B of Appendix 2 of these minutes.

4.    That, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2 and 3 above, and in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the amounts set as the Council Tax for the year 2019/20 for each part of the Wyre area and for each of the categories of dwellings were as shown in Table C of Appendix 2 to these minutes.