Agenda item

3.1  General Fund Revenue Budget 2016/17

3.2  Capital Programme 2016/17 to 2018/19

3.3  Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget (including HRA Capital  

       Programme) 2016/17.

General Fund Revenue Budget 2016/17

The City Mayor submitted his proposed budget for 2016/17.  The report contained details of the proposed budget strategy and also identified the impact of the budget on 2017/18 and future years.

Details of the recommendation of the City Mayor and the General Fund Revenue Budget and Council Tax 2016/17 – Formal Resolutions were available at the meeting and are attached to these minutes.

Moved by the City Mayor seconded by the Deputy City Mayor and carried:-

28.       That Council:

1)            Thanks partners, scrutiny committees, trade unions and others who have commented on our draft budget;

2)            Notes the comments made in the City Mayor’s formal Decision Notice published on 23 February 2016 and attached as Appendix B to the Script and available at the meeting;

3)            Approves the recommendations set out in section 3.1 of the report ‘General Fund Revenue Budget 2016/17’ without amendment; and

4)            Approves the formal budget resolution as set out in Appendix C to the Script and available at the meeting.

The Lord Mayor put the motion to the vote.

It was noted that under the requirements of The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 the names of the Councillors voting for or against the proposition would be recorded by the Monitoring Officer and included in the minutes of the meeting.

For the motion:

Councillors Aldred, Alfonso, Aqbany, Barton, Byrne, Cank, Chaplin, Chohan, Chowdhury, Clarke, Cleaver, Cole, Connelly, Corrall, Cutkelvin, Dawood, Fonseca, Govind, Gugnani, Halford, Hunter, Joshi, Khote, Kitterick, Malik, Master, Moore, Newcombe, Osman, Palmer, Rae Bhatia, Riyait, Russell, Sandhu, Sangster, Senior, Shelton, Singh, Singh Johal, Sood, Soulsby (City Mayor), Thalukdar, Thomas, Unsworth, Waddington, Westley.

Against the motion

Councillors Porter

Abstained

Councillor Cassidy (Lord Mayor)

Capital Programme 2016/17 to 2018/19

The City Mayor submitted his proposed Capital Programme for 2016/17 to 2018/19.  It was noted that the report covered three years to 2018/19 but that the third year was indicative and would be revised during 2017/18.

Details of the recommendation of the City Mayor ‘Capital Programme 2016/17 to 2018/19’ were available at the meeting and are attached to these minutes.

Moved by the City Mayor, seconded by Deputy City Mayor and carried:

29.       That Council:

Approves the recommendations set out in section 3.1 of the report ‘Capital Programme 2016/17 to 2018/19’ without amendment and as recommended to Council in the City Mayor’s formal decision notice published on 23 February 2016 and attached at Appendix D to the script and available at the meeting.

Housing Revenue Account Rent Setting and Budget (including HRA capital programme) 2016/17

The City Mayor submitted his proposed Housing Revenue Account Rent Setting and Budget (including HRA capital programme) for 2016/17.  It was noted that the report was in the context of the government requirement that rents were reduced by 1% per annum for each of the next four years.

Details of the recommendation of the City Mayor ‘Recommendation of Housing Revenue Account Budget and Capital Programme 2016/17’ were available at the meeting and are attached to these minutes.

Moved by Councillor Connelly, seconded by Councillor Newcombe and carried:

30.       That Council:

Approves the recommendations set out in section 3 of the report ‘Housing Revenue Account Rent Setting and Budget (including HRA Capital Programme) 2016/17’ without amendment and as recommended to Council in the formal City Mayor’s decision notice published on 24 February 2016 and attached at Appendix E to the script and available at the meeting.