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The Budget proposals were introduced by the Mayor who outlined the process

involved and the hard choices that had to be made in promoting a balanced

budget and frozen Council Tax. He cautioned the Council that already

announced spending limits would ensure the Council faced another very

difficult Budget round in the forthcoming year. The Mayor confirmed that he

did not intend to vary the budget proposals he had already fully set out at

Mayor and Cabinet on February 11 and 18.

A motion that the proposals be accepted was moved by the Cabinet Member

for Resources, Councillor Kevin Bonavia and seconded by Councillor Alan

Hall.  There was then a general debate to which Councillors Coughlin,

Mallory, Till, Dromey, Reid and Maslin contributed followed by a reply from

Councillor Bonavia. During this general debate on the budget the 5 minute

limit on speeches for the Mayor and Councillors Bonavia, Hall and Coughlin

was suspended.

Once the debate was concluded, there was, in accordance with statutory

provisions, a recorded vote on the Mayor’s proposed Budget. The result of the

vote was as follows:

48 Votes In favour of the Mayor’s Budget Proposals

Councillor Obajimi Adefiranye

Councillor Chris Barnham

Councillor Paul Bell

Councillor Peter Bernards

Councillor Chris Best

Councillor Kevin Bonavia

Councillor Andre Bourne

Councillor David Britton

Councillor Bill Brown

Mayor Steve Bullock

Councillor Suzannah Clarke

Councillor Janet Daby

Councillor Brenda Dacres

Councillor Amanda De Ryk

Councillor Joe Dromey

Councillor Damien Egan

Councillor Colin Elliott

Councillor Alan Hall

Councillor Carl Handley

Councillor Maja Hilton

Councillor Simon Hooks

Councillor Ami Ibitson

Councillor Mark Ingleby

Councillor Stella Jeffrey

Councillor Helen Klier

Councillor Jim Mallory

Councillor Paul Maslin

Councillor David Michael

Councillor Joan Millbank

Councillor Jamie Milne

Councillor Hilary Moore

Councillor Pauline Morrison

Councillor John Muldoon

Councillor Otimi Ogunbadewa

Councillor Rachel Onikosi

Councillor Crada Onuegbu

Councillor Jacq Paschoud

Councillor John Paschoud

Councillor Pat Raven

Councillor Joan Reid

Councillor Jonathan Slater

Councillor Alan Smith

Councillor Luke Sorba

Councillor Eva Stamirowski

Councillor Alan Till

Councillor Paul Upex

Councillor James-J Walsh

Councillor Susan Wise

1 Vote Against the Mayor’s Budget Proposals

Councillor John Coughlin

Abstentions nil

RESOLVED that:

i) the recommendations shown below in respect of the 2015/16 budget be

agreed;

(ii) no further amendments to the Budget were required following

consideration of the Budget update report at Mayor & Cabinet on February 18

2015:

Capital Programme

(iii) the 2014/15 Quarter 3 Capital Programme monitoring position set out be

noted;

(iv) the 2015/16 to 2018/19 Capital Programme of £424.3m be approved, with

two new proposed major capital projects for 2015/16 and including an

allocation of £90,000 of capital to Phoenix Housing in respect of their

proposals for developing the Fellowship Inn, as set out in section 5 of the

report and attached at Appendices W1 and W2;

Housing Revenue Account

(v) the consultation report on service charges to tenants’ and leaseholders in

the Brockley area, presented to area panel members on 11 December 2014

be noted;

(vi) the consultation report on service charges to tenants and leaseholders  ...  view the full minutes text for item 68