Agenda item

Council is asked to approve the recommendations set out on page 1. 

The City Mayor submitted his proposed budget for 2021/22 and medium term projections up to 2024. The report contained details of the financial pressures facing the Council, the proposed budget strategy including assessments of risk, impact and consultation outcomes.

Details of the City Mayor’s Recommendation of General Fund Revenue Budget 2021/22 and the General Fund Revenue Budget 2021/22 – Formal Resolutions were circulated to Members prior to the meeting and are attached to these minutes.

Moved by the City Mayor, seconded by Councillor Cassidy:

That Council:

Thanks scrutiny committees who have commented on our draft budget;

Notes the comments made in the City Mayor’s formal Decision Notice published on 16 February 2021 and attached as Appendix A to the script and available prior to the meeting and attached to these minutes;

Approves the recommendations set out in section 3.1 of the report ‘General Fund Revenue Budget 2021/22’ without amendment; and

Approves the formal budget resolution as set out in Appendix B 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 or abstaining would be recorded by the City Barrister and Monitoring Officer and included in the minutes of the meeting.

For the motion:

Councillors Aldred, Ali, Bajaj, Barton, Batool, Broadwell, Byrne, Cank, Cassidy, Chamund, Clair, Clarke, Cole, Cutkelvin, Dawood, Dempster, Fonseca, Gee, Govind, Hunter, Joshi, Kitterick, Malik, March, Master, Moore, Myers, Nangreave, O’Donnell, Pantling, Patel, Pickering, Rahman, Rae Bhatia, Riyait, Russell, Kaur Saini, Singh Johal, Singh Sandhu, Sangster, Shelton, Solanki, Soulsby (City Mayor), Thalukdar, Valand, Waddington, Westley, Whittle, Willmott.

Against the motion:

Councillor Porter.

The Lord Mayor declared the motion carried.