Agenda item

Before calling upon Councillor Garland to move the recommendations of the Cabinet relating to the Budget Strategy 2013/14 onwards, the Mayor reminded Members that, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16.4, each Group Leader could speak for up to ten minutes when moving his/her Group’s budget proposals.

It was moved by Councillor Garland, seconded by Councillor Hotson, that the recommendations of the Cabinet relating to the Budget Strategy 2013/14 onwards be approved subject to the amendment of paragraphs 15 (c), (d) and (f) to refer to paragraph 15 rather than 13 and paragraph 17 to refer to paragraphs 15 (d) and 16 rather than 13 (d) and 14.

Amendment moved by Councillor Mrs Wilson, seconded by Councillor Harwood­:-

That paragraph 4 of the recommendations (as amended) be amended as follows:-

That subject to the disaggregation of the Parks budget so that Mote Park as a strategic park has a cost centre of its own separate from the general parks cost centre,the revenue estimates for 2013/14 incorporating the growth and savings items, as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Cabinet, be agreed.

That an additional paragraph be added to the recommendations (as amended) to be numbered 18 as follows:-

That the Capital Programme beyond 2013/14 be debated at full Council when the detailed information to enable prioritisation of the content of the Capital Programme is fully available.

AMENDMENT CARRIED

The substantive motion was then put to the vote.

SUBSTANTIVE MOTION CARRIED

RESOLVED:

1.  That the revised revenue estimates for 2012/13, as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Cabinet (circulated separately), be agreed.

2.  That the minimum level of General Fund Balances be set at £2m for 2013/14.

3.  That the proposed Council Tax of £226.62 at Band D for 2013/14 be agreed.

4.  That subject to the disaggregation of the Parks budget so that Mote Park as a strategic park has a cost centre of its own separate from the general parks cost centre, the revenue estimates for 2013/14 incorporating the growth and savings items, as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Cabinet, be agreed.

5.  That the Statement of Reserves and Balances, as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Cabinet, be agreed.

6.  That the Capital Programme, as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Cabinet, be agreed.

7.  That the funding of the Capital Programme, as set out in AppendixA to the report of the Cabinet, be agreed.

8.  That the Medium Term Financial Strategy, as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Cabinet, be agreed.

9.  That the Medium Term Financial Projection, as set out in AppendixA to the report of the Cabinet, be endorsed as the basis for future financial planning.

10.  That it be noted that, at the meeting of the General Purposes Group on 19December 2012, the Group calculated the Council’s Council Tax Base for the year 2013/14, in accordance with Regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as 55,155.1 being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992.

11.  That it be noted that, at the meeting of the General Purposes Group on 30January 2013, the Group approved the values for the business rates yield in accordance with the principles of the Government’s guidance for the form NNDR1.  The yield approved was £54,915,542 and this information has been provided to the Government and major preceptors.

12.  That it be noted that, as detailed in Appendix B, the Council Tax Base for each of the Parish Areas, calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, are the amounts of its Council Tax Base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a special item relates (Parish precepts).

13.  That the distribution of Local Council Tax Support funding to Parish Councils, as set out in Appendix C, be approved.

14.  That the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2013/14 (excluding Parish precepts) be calculated as £12,498,993.

15.  That the following amounts now be calculated by the Council for the year 2013/14 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34-36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended by the Localism Act 2011:-

16.  That it be noted that for the year 2013/14 Kent County Council, the Kent Police & Crime Commissioner and the Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority have stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:-

17.  That, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 15 (d) and 16 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30 (2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets out in Appendix D, the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2013/14 for each of the categories of dwellings shown.

18.  That the Capital Programme beyond 2013/14 be debated at full Council when the detailed information to enable prioritisation of the content of the Capital Programme is fully available.