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Revenue Budget 2019/20

23/03/2019 - ITEM REFERRED FROM CABINET: 29 JANUARY 2019 - REVENUE BUDGET 2019/20

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.