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Councillor Johnson moved the report
Councillor Bell seconded the report and then responded.
Councillor G. Stafford responded
Councillor Steed moved an amendment to the report
Councillor Malcolm seconded the amendment
The amendment read
“Council agrees to the following in relation to this year’s budget and amends the recommendations accordingly:
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Revenue alterations
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Cost / (Saving)
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£m
|
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Increase in the Hardship fund
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Cost – ongoing
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0.110
|
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Investment in the refugee
budget
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Cost – ongoing
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0.110
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20.0% Councillors' allowance
reduction (Basic + SRA)
This will require Council to
approve a revised Member’s Allowances Scheme reflecting this reduced level of
allowances.
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Saving – ongoing
|
(0.220)
|
|
Overall change
|
|
nil
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“This amendment will help to protect some of our most vulnerable residents and support refugees migrating from Syria.”
Councillor Young responded
Councillor Mahfouz responded
Councillor Malcolm responded
Councillor Dheer responded
Councillor Theresa Mullins responded
Councillor Sabiers responded
Councillor Sumner responded
Councillor Manro responded
Councillor Midha responded
Councillor A. Stafford responded
Councillor Steed summed up
Councillor G. Stafford summed up
Councillor Johnson summed up
After a vote the amendment was
lost
A recorded vote was then held on the report
For the report
Councillors Ahmed, Anand, Aslam, Bagha, Bell, Blacker, Byrne, Camadoo, Cogan, Conlan, Crawford, Crawford, Dhami, Dheer, , Dhindsa, Gavan, Gordon, Gulaid, Hynes, Johnson, Jones, Kang, Kelly, Kohli, Mahfouz, Mahmoud, G. Mann, R. Mann, Manro, Martin, McCartan, Midha, Mohan, Murray, Murtagh, Nagpal, Padda, Rai, Raza, Rodgers, Sabiers, Sharma, Shaw, Summers, Tailor, , L. Wall, R. Wall, and Woodroofe,
Against the report
Councillors Ball, Busuttil, Conti, Dabrowska, Seema Kumar, Malcolm, Millican, Joy Morrissey, Theresa Mullins, Proud, Roz Reece, Reen, Stafford, Stafford, Steed Sumner and Young.
The Mayor- Councillor Kaur-Dheer did not vote.
The report was
agreed.
Council
1.1.1 Approved the revenue budget for 2016/17 of £255.129m as summarised in Appendix 2.
1.1.2. Approved the refreshed Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for 2016/17 – 2019/20 (Appendix 0, para 4.10 and Appendix 1).
1.1.3. Considered the advice of the Executive Director of Corporate Resources on the levels of reserves and robustness of estimates in setting the budget as required by Section 25 of the Local Government Act 2003 (Appendix 0, para 5.11).
1.1.4. Noted the financial risks and pressures set out in section 4 and in particular para 4.9 at Appendix 0.
1.1.5. Noted the total savings of £52.745m and the growth of £2.242m approved by Cabinet on 24 November 2015 through the budget review processes for the period of the refreshed MTFS, 2016/17 – 2019/20 (Appendix 0, para 5.2 and 5.4 and Appendices 3a and 3b).
1.1.6. Approved the draft Schools budget of £304.895m and agreed that any changes to the budget reasonably required as a result of the final 2016/17 DSG settlement are delegated for decision to the Executive Director of Children, Adults & Public Health following consultation with the Executive Director of Corporate Resources (Appendix 0, para 5.8).
1.1.7. Noted the MTFS financial projections for 2017/18 to 2019/20 (Appendix 0, para 4.10 and Appendix 1).
1.1.8. Noted that the General Fund balance is scheduled to remain the same at £15.463m for 2016/17 and noted the forecast levels of earmarked reserves including £5.000m added to the social care transformation reserve (Appendix 0, para 5.13 and Appendix 6).
1.1.9. Approved the Parking Account 2016/17 (Appendix 0, para 5.6 and Appendix 4).
1.2.
Capital Programme 2016/17 to 2019/20
1.2.1 Approved the new capital projects, totalling £71.403m (Appendix 0, para 5.17 and Appendix 7).
1.2.2. Approved the revised capital programme of £623.277m, as set out in (Appendix 0, para 5.18 and Appendix 8).
1.2.3. Approved the use of underspends from 2014/15 to part fund new capital schemes as set out in Appendix 0, para 5.16.2 and 5.17.
1.2.4. Approved the revised Capital Strategy set out in Appendix 9.
1.3
Treasury Management and Pension Fund
1.3.1. Approved the Treasury Management Strategy including the associated Prudential Indicators and Annual Investment Strategy and as set out in (Appendix 0, para 5.21, Appendix 10, Annexes 3 and 5).
1.3.2. Approved the Treasury Management Policy Statement attached to Appendix 10 as Annex 1;
1.3.3. Noted the Director of Finance will implement the Treasury Management Strategy under existing officer delegated powers set out in Appendix 10 as Annex 2;
1.3.4. Approved the Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) policy outlined in Appendix 10 as Annex 4;
1.3.5. Noted that the Pension Fund and West London Waste Authority cash is also managed in accordance with the Treasury Management Strategy (2.9 to 2.13 of Appendix 10).
1.4. Council Tax and Business Rates
1.4.1. Noted the GLA Band D precept of £276.00 for 2016/17, a 6.4% reduction compared to the 2015/16 GLA precept (Appendix 0, para 5.9);
1.4.2. Noted that the Executive Director of Corporate Resources calculated under delegated authority in January 2016 the amount of 109,312.13 as the Council Tax Base, (the number of properties in Bands A-H in the Borough, expressed as an equivalent number of Band D units for the year 2016/17) in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended) made under Section 33(5) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (Appendix 0, para 5.22.1);
1.4.3. Noted the collection fund position as set out in Appendix 0, para 5.22.2;
1.4.4. Noted the council’s share of the business rates income forecast for 2016/17 at £44.429m agreed under delegated authority by the Executive Director of Corporate Resources (Appendix 0, para 5.23.4).
1.4.5. Approved:
• a Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes of £115.863m
• a basic amount of council tax at Band D for Ealing’s services for 2015/16 of £1,059.93 - a 0% tax increase; and
• an overall Band D council tax of £1,335.93 including the GLA precept.
1.4.6. Agreed the calculations as set out below for 2016/17 that have been prepared in accordance with Sections 31A and 31B of the amended Local Government Finance Act (LGFA) 1992:
Table 1: Section 31A (LGFA 1992 - amended) Calculation
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(A)
|
Aggregate of
the amounts which
the Council estimates
for the items set out
in Section 31A (2) (a)
to
(f) of the LGFA
1992
|
£1,041,424,000
|
|
(B)
|
Aggregate of
the amounts which
the
Council estimates for the items set out
in Section 31A (3) (a)
to
(d) of the LGFA 1992
|
£925,560,794
|
|
(C)
|
Calculation of the
Council Tax requirement under section 31A (4),
being the amount by which
the sum aggregated at (A) (above) exceeds the
aggregate of (B) (above).
|
£115,863,206
|
(A)
Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (2) (a) to (f) of the LGFA 1992
£1,041,424,000
(B)
Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) (a) to (d) of the LGFA 1992
£925,560,794
(C)
Calculation of the Council Tax requirement under section 31A (4), being the amount by which the sum aggregated at (A) (above) exceeds the aggregate of (B) (above).
£115,863,206
(A) Is gross expenditure and transfers to reserves.
(B) Is gross income and transfers from reserves. This includes RSG and surpluses transferred from the collection fund.
(C) Is the council tax requirement.
1.4.7. Agreed the calculation of the basic amount of council tax required is as follows, calculated by dividing the council tax requirement by the council tax base for 2016/17 (referred to as Items R and T respectively, in Section 31B of the LGFA 1992 (amended)):
Table 2: Section 31B (LGFA 1992 - amended) Calculation
|
(C)
|
LB Ealing’s Council Tax requirement - (calculation shown
in table 1)
|
£115,863,206
|
|
(D)
|
Council Tax base for 2016/17
|
109,312.13
|
|
(E)
|
Tax per Band
D Property
|
£1,059.93
|
(C)
LB Ealing’s Council Tax requirement - (calculation shown in table 1)
£115,863,206
(D)
Council Tax base for 2016/17
109,312.13
(E)
Tax per Band D Property
£1,059.93
1.4.8. Agreed the calculation made in accordance with Section 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the following amounts for Ealing's services in 2016/17 (see Table 3). These being the amounts given by multiplying the amount shown as ‘Tax per Band D Property’ (Table 2 above) by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands;
Table 3: Ealing Council tax by band of property
|
Band
|
A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
|
£
|
706.62
|
824.39
|
942.16
|
1,059.93
|
1,295.47
|
1,531.01
|
1,766.55
|
2,119.86
|
1.4.9. Noted that for 2016/17 the GLA, the major Precepting Authority, has stated the following amounts of 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:
Table 4: GLA precept by band of property
|
Band
|
A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
|
£
|
184.00
|
214.67
|
245.33
|
276.00
|
337.33
|
398.67
|
460.00
|
552.00
|
1.4.10.Having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts in recommendations (20) and (21) above, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, approved the following amounts to be set as the amounts of Council Tax for 2016/17 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:
Table 5: Total Council tax by band of property (Ealing council tax and GLA precept)
|
Band
|
A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
|
£
|
890.62
|
1,039.06
|
1,187.49
|
1,335.93
|
1,632.80
|
1,929.68
|
2,226.55
|
2,671.86
|
1.4.11.Determined that, with reference to principles approved by the Secretary of State under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992, the level of council tax for Ealing is not excessive and as such no referendum is required (Appendix 0, para 5.22).
1.4.12.Determined that, as the billing authority, the council has not been notified by the GLA that its relevant basic amount of council tax for 2016/17 is excessive and therefore the council is not required to hold a referendum in accordance with Section 52ZK of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
After the vote the guillotine fell.