Agenda item

(a) The Medium Term Strategy (MTFS) 2015/16 to 2019/20

(b) The General Fund Capital Programme 2015/16 to 2019/20

(c) General Fund Revenue Budget 2016/17 to 2019/20

The reports of the Cabinet Member for Finance were submitted seeking approval to the updated Medium Term Financial Strategy 2015/16 to 2019/20, the revised General Fund Capital Programme for 2015/16 - 2019/20 together with the latest estimated overall financial position on the General Fund Revenue Budget for 2016/17 - 2019/20 and outlining the main issues that needed to be addressed in considering the Cabinet’s budget and Council Tax proposals. The recommendations therein as amended by Executive Budget Resolution 2016/17 to comprise the Executive’s budget proposals were moved by Councillor Chaloner and seconded by Councillor Letts (a copy of the amended Executive Budget resolution as circulated at the meeting attached as Appendix 1 to these minutes).

The Council agreed to suspend Council Procedure Rules 14.2, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9 and 16.2:-

(i)  to enable the above items to be considered together;

(ii)  to enable any amendments to be proposed, seconded and considered at the same time;

(iii)  to enable any amendment to be re-introduced later into the meeting; and

(iv)to revise the time allowed for speakers as follows:-

Movers of motions - 20 minutes

Seconders - 10 minutes

Other Speakers - 4 minutes

Right of Reply (Executive only) – 10 minutes

With the consent of the Mayor, Honorary Alderman Vinson addressed the meeting.

Councillor Pope moved a motion seconded by Councillor Morrell in relation to Council Procedural Rules 21.5 and 22.

UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE MOTION WAS DECLARED LOST

UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE EXECUTIVE’S BUDGET PROPOSALS AS AMENDED WERE DECLARED CARRIED.

RESOLVED that the Medium Term Strategy (MTFS) 2015/16 to 2019/20, the General Fund Capital Programme 2015/16 to 2019/20 and the General Fund Revenue Budget 2016/17 to 2019/20, as amended by Executive Budget Resolution 2016/17 (Appendix 1 to these minutes) be adopted.

NOTE: All members of the Council declared a pecuniary interest in the above matter, as payers and setters of Council Tax, and remained in the meeting during the consideration of the matter.

NOTE – FOR THE MOTION IN RESPECT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET PROPOSALS AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE BUDGET RESOLUTION 2016/17: Councillors Barnes-Andrews, Bogle, Burke, Chaloner, Chamberlain, Coombs, Denness, Furnell, Hammond, Jeffery, Jordan, Kaur, Keogh, Letts, Lewzey, Lloyd, McEwing, Mintoff, Noon, Payne, Rayment, Shields, Spicer, Tucker and Whitbread

NOTE – AGAINST THE MOTION ON THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET 2016/17 TO 2019/20 AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE BUDGET RESOLUTION 2016/17: Councillors Claisse, Daunt, Fitzhenry, Fuller, Galton, Hannides, B. Harris, L. Harris, Hecks, Houghton, Inglis, Moulton, Norris, O’Neill, Painton, Vassiliou, White, Wilkinson

NOTE – ABSTAINING ON THE MOTION ON THE MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY (MTFS) 2015/16 TO 2019/20, THE GENERAL FUND CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2015/16 TO 2019/20 AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE BUDGET RESOLUTION 2016/17: Councillors Claisse, Daunt, Fitzhenry, Fuller, Galton, Hannides, B. Harris, L. Harris, Hecks, Houghton, Inglis, Moulton, Norris, O’Neill, Painton, Vassiliou, White, Wilkinson

NOTE – AGAINST THE MOTION IN RESPECT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET PROPOSALS AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE BUDGET RESOLUTION 2016/17: Councillors Morrell, Pope and Thomas