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Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Finance and Resources, Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Mayor

and Cabinet agreed that:

 (1) the changes to the 2021/22 to 2023/24 Capital programme be noted and

Council be recommended to approve the 2021/22 to 2023/24 Capital

Programme of £556.3m, as set out in section 5 and Appendix A;

(2) Council be recommended to approve a Band D Council Tax for 2021/22 of

£1,379.96 for the Council’s element, an increase of 4.99% (including a social

care precept of 3%), based on a General Fund Budget Requirement of

£243.100m for 2021/22;

(3) Council be asked to note the Greater London Authority (GLA) precept

being increased by £31.59 to £363.66 (Band D equivalent), a 9.5% increase

from its 2020/21 level;

(4) Council be asked to approve an overall total Band D Council Tax for

2021/22 of £1,743.62, a 5.91% increase, to include the GLA precept;

(5) Council be recommended to approve on 3 March 2021, the statutory

calculation of the Budget Requirement for Lewisham for 2021/22, as at

Appendix B;

(6) Council be recommended to approve on 3 March 2021, the motion on the

budget, as at Appendix C, including any modifications made to the proposals

published in the 2021/22 Budget Report;

(7) the provisional and estimated precept and levies from the GLA and other

bodies as detailed in Appendix D be noted and authority be delegated to the

Executive Director for Corporate Resources to include any changes to these

in the report for Council;

(8) the final settlement figure for 2021/22 is being debated in parliament on 10

February and authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Corporate

Resources to include any change to the provisional settlement of

£123,304,020 in the report for Council with any difference covered from

provisions and reserves as necessary;

(9) there was no response from Business Rate payers to the consultation on

the draft Budget which took place from 11 January 2021 to 1 February 2021.

With further information as provided in section 5;

(10) the revised 2021/22 to 2023/24 prudential borrowing numbers be noted

as laid out in tables six to eight;

(11) the Section 25 Statement from the Chief Finance Officer be endorsed as

attached at Appendix E;

(12) the work being undertaken with respect of cut proposal C-22 be noted

with a further report to return to Mayor and Cabinet;

(13) the Council’s application to bid for S31 grant funding of up to £3.2m from

the Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme be approved; and

(14) Authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Housing,

Regeneration and Public Realm the procurement and delivery of Public

Sector Decarbonisation Scheme works in consultation with the Executive

Director for Corporate Resources for the inclusion of this within the capital

programme for 2021/22.  

The report was presented by Councillor De Ryk who confirmed that there

would be a maximum Council Tax increase of 4.99%. She added that since

the Budget had last been considered, the Council had received the welcome

news that it had made a successful application to bid for S31 grant funding of

up to £3.2m from the Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Finance and Resources, Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Mayor

and Cabinet, the proposals were subject to a recorded vote under the

provisions of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment)

Regulations 2014, with the following result:

In favour of the recommendations – 9

Mayor Egan, Councillors Barnham, Bell, Best, Bonavia, Dacres, McGeevor,

De Ryk, & Slater.

Against the recommendations – nil

Abstaining on the recommendations – nil

RESOLVED that:

 (1) the changes to the 2021/22 to 2023/24 Capital programme be noted and

Council be recommended to approve the 2021/22 to 2023/24 Capital

Programme of £556.3m, as set out in section 5 and Appendix A;

(2) Council be recommended to approve a Band D Council Tax for 2021/22 of

£1,379.96 for the Council’s element, an increase of 4.99% (including a social

care precept of 3%), based on a General Fund Budget Requirement of

£243.100m for 2021/22;

(3) Council be asked to note the Greater London Authority (GLA) precept

being increased by £31.59 to £363.66 (Band D equivalent), a 9.5% increase

from its 2020/21 level;

(4) Council be asked to approve an overall total Band D Council Tax for

2021/22 of £1,743.62, a 5.91% increase, to include the GLA precept;

(5) Council be recommended to approve on 3 March 2021, the statutory

calculation of the Budget Requirement for Lewisham for 2021/22, as at

Appendix B;

(6) Council be recommended to approve on 3 March 2021, the motion on the

budget, as at Appendix C, including any modifications made to the proposals

published in the 2021/22 Budget Report;

(7) the provisional and estimated precept and levies from the GLA and other

bodies as detailed in Appendix D be noted and authority be delegated to the

Executive Director for Corporate Resources to include any changes to these

in the report for Council;

(8) the final settlement figure for 2021/22 is being debated in parliament on 10

February and authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Corporate

Resources to include any change to the provisional settlement of

£123,304,020 in the report for Council with any difference covered from

provisions and reserves as necessary;

(9) there was no response from Business Rate payers to the consultation on

the draft Budget which took place from 11 January 2021 to 1 February 2021.

With further information as provided in section 5;

(10) the revised 2021/22 to 2023/24 prudential borrowing numbers be noted

as laid out in tables six to eight;

(11) the Section 25 Statement from the Chief Finance Officer be endorsed as

attached at Appendix E;

(12) the work being undertaken  ...  view the full minutes text for item 435