Agenda item

It was moved by Councillor Anderson,

Seconded by Councillor Swindlehurst,

 

1.  “Approval of the 2023/24 budget to enable the Council Tax for 2023/24 to be set;

 

2.  Approval of the Model Council Tax Resolution 2023/24 as set out in Appendix B;

 

3.  Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Finance and Commercial, to place a notice in the local press of the amounts set under recommendation 2 within a period of 21 days following the Council's decision;

 

4.  Approve the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) as based on the estimated financial deficit in the Capitalisation Direction and to be funded by capitalisation of:

a.  £267.1m up to 2022/23

b.  £31.6m for 2023/24

c.  £58.4m for beyond 2023/24

5.  Approve the overall General Fund revenue budget of £143.4m, to include:

 

a.  growth for pressures of £12.2m

b.  proposed savings by Directorates of £22.4m

 

6.  Approve measures to control spending and improve the finances of the Council at Appendix D

 

7.  Approves that time-limited funding for IT and Council-wide transformation projects budgeted in 2022/23 and set out in the capitalisation direction model shared with DLUHC in February 2023 will remain available in 2023/24 where not fully spent.

 

8.  Approves that services will submit a formal business case to Finance by 30 June 2023 confirming their request and the amount for any underspends to be rolled forward from 2022/23 into 2023/24 and that these requests be subject to Cabinet and Finance Commissioner approval.

 

9.  Approves that services may extend agency staff and contractors critical to the delivery and continuity of their service beyond 31 March 2023, subject to having available budget.

 

To note the following:

 

10  The balanced budget position for 2023/24 requiring savings of £22.4m and the projected financial deficit between 2024/25 to 2027/28 

 

11  The intention to increase Council Tax by 7.99% in 2023/24

 

12  The intention to increase Council Tax by a further 2% in 2023/24 in respect of the Adult Social Care Precept

 

13  The assumed funding for the protection of social care 2023/24 through the Better Care Fund

 

14  That due regard has been had to the s.25 report by the Executive Director of Finance and Commercial

 

15  The minutes from the 2023/24 Budget Scrutiny Sessions at Appendix G

 

16  Approve the process for access to contingency as set out in paragraphs 2.16.64 to 2.16.69”

 

The recommendations were put and carried and, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, a record of the vote was taken as follows:-

 

There voted for the recommendations:-

 

Councillors Ajaib, Akbar, Akram, Ali, Anderson, Bains, Basra, Begum, Brooker, Carter, Cheema, Gahir, Gill, Grewal, Hulme, Kaur, M.Malik, Mann, Matloob, Nazir, Pantelic, S.Parmar, Qaseem, Sabah, Sandhu and Swindlehurst ….……….…… 26

 

There voted against the recommendations:-

 

Councillors M.Bedi, P.Bedi, Kelly, Smith and Wright ………………………………  5

 

There abstained from voting:

 

Councillors Dar, Strutton and The Worshipful, The Mayor Councillor D.Parmar… 3

 

Resolved  -

 

1.  Approval of the 2023/24 budget to enable the Council Tax for 2023/24 to be set;

 

2.  Approval of the Model Council Tax Resolution 2023/24 as set out in Appendix B;

 

3.  Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Finance and Commercial, to place a notice in the local press of the amounts set under recommendation 2 within a period of 21 days following the Council's decision;

 

4.  Approve the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) as based on the estimated financial deficit in the Capitalisation Direction and to be funded by capitalisation of:

d.  £267.1m up to 2022/23

e.  £31.6m for 2023/24

f.  £58.4m for beyond 2023/24

5.  Approve the overall General Fund revenue budget of £143.4m, to include:

 

c.  growth for pressures of £12.2m

d.  proposed savings by Directorates of £22.4m

 

6.  Approve measures to control spending and improve the finances of the Council at Appendix D

 

7.  Approves that time-limited funding for IT and Council-wide transformation projects budgeted in 2022/23 and set out in the capitalisation direction model shared with DLUHC in February 2023 will remain available in 2023/24 where not fully spent.

 

8.  Approves that services will submit a formal business case to Finance by 30 June 2023 confirming their request and the amount for any underspends to be rolled forward from 2022/23 into 2023/24 and that these requests be subject to Cabinet and Finance Commissioner approval.

 

9.  Approves that services may extend agency staff and contractors critical to the delivery and continuity of their service beyond 31 March 2023, subject to having available budget.

 

To note the following:

 

10  The balanced budget position for 2023/24 requiring savings of £22.4m and the projected financial deficit between 2024/25 to 2027/28 

 

11  The intention to increase Council Tax by 7.99% in 2023/24

 

12  The intention to increase Council Tax by a further 2% in 2023/24 in respect of the Adult Social Care Precept

 

13  The assumed funding for the protection of social care 2023/24 through the Better Care Fund

 

14  That due regard has been had to the s.25 report by the Executive Director of Finance and Commercial

 

15  The minutes from the 2023/24 Budget Scrutiny Sessions at Appendix G

 

16  Approve the process for access to contingency as set out in paragraphs 2.16.64 to 2.16.69