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The Budget proposals were introduced by the Mayor who thanked staff across
all Directorates for their help in compiling the Budget. The Mayor confirmed
that he was proposing a Council Tax rise of 1.99%, which was the maximum
allowed without having to conduct a Local Referendum, but to that had to be
added the Governments mandatory additional 3.0% precept which was being
promoted as an answer to a perceived crisis in adult social care funding. The
Mayor said he felt the Government’s gesture was inadequate and the great
and escalating funding gap for adult social care needed to be addressed
properly at a national level.
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 8 and 15 and
which did not require further amendment following the very late notification of
the Local Government Finance Settlement earlier in the day.
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 Councillor Coughlin,
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:
46 Votes In favour of the Mayor’s Budget Proposals
Councillor Obajimi Adefiranye
Councillor Abdeslam Amrani
Councillor Chris Barnham
Councillor P Bernhards
Councillor Chris Best
Councillor Kevin Bonavia
Councillor Bill Brown
Mayor Steve Bullock
Councillor Suzannah Clarke
Councillor John Coughlin
Councillor Liam Curran
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 Sue Hordijenko
Councillor Mark Ingleby
Councillor Joyce Jacca
Councillor Stella Jeffrey
Councillor Liz Johnston-Franklin
Councillor Roy Kennedy
Councillor Helen Klier
Councillor Jim Mallory
Councillor Sophie McGeevor
Councillor David Michael
Councillor Joan Millbank
Councillor Hilary Moore
Councillor Pauline Morrison
Councillor John Muldoon
Councillor Rachel Onikosi
Councillor Jacq Paschoud
Councillor John Paschoud
Councillor Pat Raven
Councillor Jonathan Slater
Councillor Alan Smith
Councillor Luke Sorba
Councillor Eva Stamirowski
Councillor Alan Till
Councillor James-J Walsh
Councillor Susan Wise
Votes Against the Mayor’s Budget Proposals nil
Abstentions nil
RESOLVED that:
(1) Council approves the recommendations shown below in respect of the
2017/18 Budget and notes the Mayor made no amendments after considering
the 2017/18 Budget update report on 15 February 2017;
Capital Programme
(2) the 2016/17 Quarter 3 Capital Programme monitoring position and the
Capital Programme potential future schemes and resources as set out in
section 5 be noted;
(3) the 2017/18 to 2020/21 Capital Programme of £336.6m be approved, as
set out in section 5 and attached at Appendices W1 and W2;
(4) debt totalling £282,759.34 be written off related to ... view the full minutes text for item 63