Issue - meetings

The Budget proposals were introduced by the Mayor who concluded that this

was not the budget he would have liked to have offered but was the least

harmful cuts option and came as the result of unprecedented levels of

participation. He predicted that subsequent years would be faced with more

difficult decisions and that the Government’s so called ‘Fair Funding Review’

gave little grounds for optimism. He paid particular thanks to Councillor De

Ryk for her help throughout the process.

The Mayor confirmed that he was proposing a Council Tax rise of 4.99% and

proposed to use Council reserves for the fifth consecutive year in order to

ensure a balanced budget was achieved.

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 6 and 13 and

which did not require further amendment.

A motion that the proposals be accepted was moved by the job share Cabinet

Member for Resources, Councillor Amanda De Ryk and seconded by the

Chair of the Public Accounts Select Committee, Councillor Jim Mallory.

During the debate on the budget the 5 minute limit on speeches for the Mayor

and Councillors De Ryk and Mallory 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:

51 Votes In favour of the Mayor’s Budget Proposals

Councillor Obajimi Adefiranye

Councillor Tauseef Anwar

Councillor Abdeslam Amrani

Councillor Chris Barnham

Councillor Paul Bell

Councillor Peter Bernhards

Councillor Chris Best

Councillor Kevin Bonavia

Councillor Andre Bourne

Councillor Bill Brown

Councillor Juliet Campbell

Councillor Suzannah Clarke

Councillor Patrick Codd

Councillor Tom Copley

Councillor Liam Curran

Councillor Janet Daby

Councillor Brenda Dacres

Councillor Amanda De Ryk

Councillor Joe Dromey

Mayor Damien Egan

Councillor Colin Elliott

Councillor Aisling Gallagher

Councillor Leo Gibbons

Councillor Alan Hall

Councillor Carl Handley

Councillor Octavia Holland

Councillor Sue Hordijenko

Councillor Coral Howard

Councillor Mark Ingleby

Councillor Liz Johnston-Franklin

Councillor Caroline Kalu

Councillor Silvana Kelleher

Councillor Louise Krupski

Councillor Jim Mallory

Councillor Joan Millbank

Councillor Hilary Moore

Councillor Pauline Morrison

Councillor John Muldoon

Councillor Olurotimi Ogunbadewa

Councillor Jacq Paschoud

Councillor John Paschoud

Councillor Stephen Penfold

Councillor James Rathbone

Councillor Joani Reid

Councillor Sakina Sheikh

Councillor Jonathan Slater

Councillor Alan Smith

Councillor Luke Sorba

Councillor Eva Stamirowski

Councillor James-J Walsh

Councillor Susan Wise

Votes Against the Mayor’s Budget Proposals nil

Abstentions nil

RESOLVED that:

(1) the recommendations shown below be agreed in respect of the 2019/20

Budget having considered the views of those consulted on the budget, and

subject to consideration of the outcome of consultation with business

ratepayers and subject to proper process, as required,

Capital Programme

(2) the 2018/19 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 2019/20 to 2021/22 Capital Programme of £344.7m, as set out in

section 5 and attached at Appendices W1 and W2  ...  view the full minutes text for item 37