Agenda item

Consideration was given to the Revenue and Capital Budgets and Council Tax for 2017/18.

It was moved by Councillor Wajid Kahn and seconded by Councillor Mark Townsend:

“That the Council approves the proposals contained in items d to i on the agenda and adopts the relevant minutes of the Executive.  These relate to the approval of the Council’s revenue and capital budgets and setting the rate of Council Tax 2017/18”. 

It was moved by Councillor Gordon Birtwistle  and seconded by Councillor Alan Hosker

that in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 22.1,  Council Procedure Rules 11 and 15.1 be suspended to allow debate on an amendment to the budget.  On being put to the vote the motion was lost.

An amendment was proposed by  Councillor David Heginbotham and seconded by Councillor Ida Carmichael that Council Tax be frozen for 2017/18 and the £119k required be funded by the utilisation of revenue underspends from 2016/17”

On being put to the vote, the amendment was lost.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16.7 a recorded vote was taken on the amendment

For the amendment

Councillors Ida Carmichael, David Heginbotham, Andrew Newhouse and Tom Porter

Against the Amendment

Councillors Howard Baker, Gordon Birtwistle, Charlie Briggs, Frank Cant,  Jean Cunningham, Trish Ellis, Bea Foster,  Sue Graham, Joanne Greenwood, John Harbour, Tony Harrison, Shah Hussain, Mohammed Ishtiaq, Marcus Johnstone, Anne Kelly, Arif Khan, Lubna Khan, Wajid Khan, Margaret Lishman, Sobia Malik, Tony Martin, Elizabeth Monk, Lian Pate, Asif Raja  Paul Reynolds, Ann Royle,   Andrew Tatchell and Mark Townsend

Abstentions

Councillors Danny Fleming, Alan Hosker, Neil Mottershead, Mark Payne, David Roper, Jeff Sumner  and Christine White

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule No. 16.7, a recorded vote was taken on the motion;

For the Motion

Councillors Howard Baker, Frank Cant,  Jean Cunningham, Trish Ellis, Danny Fleming, Bea Foster, Sue Graham, Joanne Greenwood, John Harbour, Tony Harrison, Shah Hussain, Mohammed Ishtiaq, Marcus Johnstone, Arif Khan, Lubna Khan, Wajid Khan, Sobia Malik, Tony Martin, Elizabeth Monk, Lian Pate, Asif Raja  Paul Reynolds, Ann Royle,   Andrew Tatchell and Mark Townsend

Against the Motion

Councillors Gordon Birtwistle, Charlie Briggs, Ida Carmichael, David Heginbotham, Alan Hosker, Anne Kelly, Margaret Lishman, Neil Mottershead, Andrew Newhouse, Mark Payne, Tom Porter, David Roper, Jeff Summer and Christine White

Accordingly, the motion was declared to be carried and it was RESOLVED:

1)        That the latest Medium-Term Financial Strategy be approved;

2)        That the Reserves Strategy, as appended to the Medium-Term Financial Strategy be approved;

3)        That it be noted that a refreshed document will be provided regularly when required as an aid to monitoring the continued delivery of an annually balanced budget;

4)        That  the approach that has been adopted in developing budget proposals that reflect the Council’s Strategic Objectives for 2017/18 be endorsed;

5)        That the proposals contained in the revenue budget report be approved;

6)        That the setting of a Council Tax Requirement of £6,390,760 for the financial year 2017/18 be approved;

7)        That  the setting of a Net Budget Requirement of £14,595,648 for 2017/18 be approved;

8)        That the statutory report issued by the Chief Finance Officer under the Local Government Act 2003 be received;

9)        That the Chief Operating Officer/Heads of Service be authorised to progress action plans to deliver the 2017/18 budget;

10)     That approval be given to a Council Tax (Band D) figure of £283.04  for this Council for the year commencing 1^st April 2017 and adopt the statutory resolution to set the full Council Tax for the year. This is equivalent to a 1.9% Council tax increase;

11)     That the treasury management strategy statement for 2017/18 as set out in Appendix 1 to the report be approved;

12)     That the prudential and treasury indicators for 2017/18 to 2019/20 as per Appendix 2 to the report,  including the authorised limit for external debt of £35.067m in 2017/18 be approved;

13)     That the list of Counterparties for Deposits outline with in Appendix 3 to the report be approved

14)     That the Council’s Medium Revenue Provision (MRP) Statement for 2017/18 as set out in Appendix 4 to the report be approved;

15)     That the 2017/18 Capital Budget totalling £12,027,721 as set out in Appendix 1 be approved;

16)     That the 2017/8 -20 Capital Investment Programme as set out in Appendix 1 be noted;

17)     That the estimated position on capital resources as set out in Appendix 2 be noted;

18)     That subject (15) above the release of capital scheme budgets including slippage from 2016/17, subject to compliance with the Financial Procedure Rules and that there will be full compliance with Standing Orders for Contracts.

19)    That it be noted that on 4^th January 2017 the Council calculated the Council Tax base

          2017/18

a)    for the whole Council area as 22,579 band D equivalent properties (Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 [the “Act”] as amended by the Localism Act 2011)

b)    for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates as in the attached Appendix B.

20)    That the Council Tax requirement calculated for the Council’s own purposes for

          2017/18 (excluding parish precepts) is  £6,390,760

 21)  That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the financial

             year 2017/18 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act

(a)        £60,702,054  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council  estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) (a) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils;

(b)        £54,218,730  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council      estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act;

                 (c)      £6,483,324   being the amount by which the aggregate at (21)(a) above exceeds the aggregate at (21)(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A (4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year. (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act);

                 (d)            £287.14     being the amount at (21)(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish Precepts);

                 (e)            £92,564   being the aggregate of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the attached Appendix B);       

                (f)              £283.04       being the amount at (21)(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at (21)(e) above by Item T (the amount at 19(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item (Parish precept) relates.        

22)To note that the County Council, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire and the Fire Authority have issued precepts to the Borough Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated in the table below.

23)That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below and in Appendix A to these minutes as the amounts of Council Tax for 2017/18 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

VALUATION BANDS

Burnley Borough Council

         A                    B                  C               D                  E                      F                   G                   H

     £188.69          £220.14       £251.59      £283.04        £345.94           £408.04         £471.73        £566.08

Lancashire County Council

         A                    B                  C                D                  E                      F                   G                   H

     £814.49          £950.24      £1,085.99   £1,221,74     £1,493.24         £1,764.74     £2,036.23      £2,443.48

Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire

         A                    B                  C               D                  E                      F                   G                   H

     £110.30          £128.68       £147.07      £165.45       £202.22           £238.98         £275.75        £330.90

Lancashire Combined Fire Authority

         A                    B                  C               D                  E                      F                   G                   H

     £43.67           £50.94          £58.22       £65.50         £80.06             £94.61           £109.17        £131.00

Aggregate of Council Tax Requirements

         A                    B                  C                  D                  E                      F                   G                   H

    £1,157.15       £1,350.00      £1,542.87   £1735.73    £2,121.46        £2,507.17      £2,892.88       £3,471.46

24)That it be determined that the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2017/18 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.