Decision details
ITEM REFERRED FROM CABINET: 29 JANUARY 2019 - REVENUE BUDGET 2019/20
Decision Maker: Council
Decision status: Deleted
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
Resumed meeting at 8.56pm
The recommendations, as amended, were then put to the meeting and it was a recorded vote being required in accordance with 4.8.16(e) of The Constitution.
RESOLVED:
(0 voting AGAINST, 24 voting FOR and 17 ABSTENTIONS)
Voting FOR: David Barnard, John Bishop, Julian Cunningham, Steve Deakin-Davies, Sarah Dingley, Faye Frost, Jean Green, Nicola Harris, Simon Harwood, Terry Hone, Tony Hunter, David Levett, Bernard Lovewell, Paul Marment, Ian Moody, Michael Muir, Lynda Needham, Janine Paterson, Michael Rice, Valentine Shanley, Harry Spencer-Smith, Claire Strong, Richard Thake, Michael Weeks
ABSTENTIONS: Ian Albert, Daniel Allen, Kate Aspinwall, Judi Billing, Ruth Brown, Val Bryant, Paul Clark, Sam Collins, Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg, Mike Hughson, Steve Jarvis, Ian Mantle, Lisa Nash, Sue Nawala, Helen Oliver, Deepak Sangha, Martin Stears-Handscomb
(1) That Council notes the changes detailed in this addendum report when approving a proposed net budget of £15.2m for 2019/20.
(2) That Council approve the resultant increase in the level of Council Tax for the North Hertfordshire District Council element of 2.99%.
(3) That Council notes, with two parish precept notifications currently outstanding, the Parish and Town Council precept requests received totalling £1,160,095.
(4) That Council notes that, with two parish precept notifications currently outstanding, the total District Council Tax Requirement is £12,551,161 and approves this figure for inclusion in the Council Tax Resolution.
(5) That Council agrees an Investment Proposal to add an additional sum of £25,000 in 2019-20 to provide for additional Economic Development staffing equivalent to one full time post and that the tables in Appendix A be amended accordingly. This reflects the existing plans to fund half of a joint post from the Strategic Priorities Fund in 2019-20 and to look at it further for future years.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS: To ensure that all relevant factors are taken into consideration when arriving at the proposed Council Tax precept for 2019/20.
Report author: Ian Couper
Publication date: 23/03/2019
Date of decision: 07/02/2019
Decided at meeting: 07/02/2019 - Council
Accompanying Documents:
- Revenue Budget 2019/20 PDF 340 KB
- Appendix A- Budget Summary PDF 178 KB
- Appendix B- Revenue Efficiencies and Investment Proposals PDF 386 KB
- Appendix C- Budget Risks for 2019/20 PDF 102 KB
- Addendum to Revenue Budget Report PDF 200 KB
- Appendix A - Addendum Budget Summary revised PDF 176 KB
- Appendix B - Revenue Efficiencies and Investments Summary revised PDF 326 KB
- Item 7 - Referral - Revenue Budget 2019-20 PDF 83 KB
- Item 7 - Labour Group Amendments to Budget PDF 67 KB