Issue - meetings

The budget reports may be debated as one but separate votes are to be taken on each report.

Council gave consideration to the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS), the general fund budget, council tax setting, the housing revenue account budget, the capital programme, fees & charges, the treasury management strategy & prudential indicators and the capital strategy. The finance team was commended for putting together the complex reports in uncertain circumstances.

A member queried that, in table 5b of the MTFS report, two entries were repeated. Officers explained that these related to different studies but agreed to send the detail to members outside of the meeting.

The ward councillor thanked members and officers for working together to agree proposals for a new public toilet in Earl Shilton.

Councillor Wright left the meeting at this juncture.

Councillor Ladkin, seconded by Councillor Hall, MOVED that the recommendations in the reports on the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS), the general fund budget, council tax setting, the housing revenue account budget, the capital programme, fees & charges, the treasury management strategy & prudential indicators and the capital strategy be approved.

It was noted that, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, voting would be recorded in relation to the general fund budget and the council tax setting decisions.

Councillor Bray, along with six further members, requested that voting also be recorded on the Medium Term Financial Strategy, the capital programme and fees and charges. He requested that a single recorded vote be taken together for all five items. Members and the Mayor were supportive of this suggestion and the vote was taken as follows:

Councillors Allen, Camamile, Cook, Hall, Kirby, Ladkin, MacDonald, Morrell, Nickerson, Richards, Roberts, Surtees, Sutton, Wallace, Ward and Williams voted FOR the motion (16);

Councillors Bill, Bray, Cartwright, Crooks, Hodgkins, Hollick, Lynch and Nichols voted AGAINST the motion (8).

The motion was therefore declared CARRIED and the resolutions recorded in the following items.