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C. 794

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

      Members of the Council are requested to declare any interests which they have in any items or issues before the Council for determination.

 

Minutes:

The Mayor reminded Members that the Standards Committee in February 2013 had agreed a dispensation for 4 years which enabled Members to deal with matters relating to the setting of the Council Tax and enabled Members who are Council tenants to deal with the setting of the Housing Revenue Account.

 

Declarations made at the meeting were as follows:-

 

1. Councillor Connolly declared an interest in any item which related to staffing as his partner is an employee of Bury Council.

 

              2.   Councillor Jones declared an interest in any item which related to staffing as his wife is an employee of Bury Council.

 

              3.   Councillor Bevan declared a personal interest in any item which related to staffing or schools as his wife is employed by a school in the Borough.

 

 

C. 795

MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL pdf icon PDF 54 KB

      To receive and approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on 29 January 2014

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 29 January 2014 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Mayor.

 

C. 796

MAYORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS (IF ANY)

      To receive communications from the Mayor and any announcements by the Leader of the Council or the Chief Executive on matters of interest to the Council.

 

Minutes:

              The Mayor paid tribute to former Councillor, Mayor and Mayoress Mrs Jackie Adler, following her recent passing and Members observed a brief silence in her memory.

             

The Mayor also referred to the forthcoming Bollywood night, the proceeds of which would go to the Mayor’s Charities.

 

 

The Leader referred to the recent floods affecting the Borough and paid tribute to Council Officers who had assisted those requiring help.

 

              The Leader also informed Members that the Government had introduced regulations, which would come into effect on 25 February 2014, whereby Councils would be required to adopt the practice of a recorded vote at Council meetings for decisions relating to the Budget and setting of Council Tax.  Members supported the Leader’s suggestion that the practice should be adopted at this meeting.

 

C. 797

PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

To answer questions from members of the public, notice of which has been given, on any matter relevant to the Council or its services to the community.  Up to 30 minutes will be set aside for this purpose.  If time permits, further questions will be invited from members of the public present.

 

Minutes:

No.

Issue

Questioner

Answered by

1.

Update on services provided by credit unions in the Borough

Mr J Mallon

Councillor Connolly

2.

Council funding for the Third Sector

Ms K Brooks

Councillor Connolly

 

C. 798

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CABINET AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES pdf icon PDF 133 KB

To receive and consider the recommendations to the Council contained in the following minutes of the Executive:-

 

 

Committee/Date

Subject

Recommendation

A

The Cabinet
19 February 2014

Housing Revenue Account 2014/2015 (copy to follow)

           To follow

B

The Cabinet
19 February 2014

Budget 2014/2015 to 2015/16 (copy to follow)

To follow

C

The Cabinet
19 February 2014

Treasury Management Strategy & Prudential Indicators 2014/2015(copy to follow)

To follow

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

 

(a)        Housing Revenue Account 2014/2015

 

At the invitation of the Mayor, Councillor John Smith, Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Affairs, made a statement on the Housing Revenue Account 2014/2015.

 

It was moved by Councillor John Smith and seconded by Councillor Shori that the recommendations contained in Minute CA 791 of the Cabinet meeting held on 19 February 2014 be approved subject to the following amendments:

 

“DELETE

 

That the report be noted and the Council be requested to consider all matters relating to the Housing Revenue Account 2014/15, the increase in Council House and garage rents and changes to other charges at its meeting on 19 February 2014.

 

            ADD

 

1.   The Housing Revenue Account estimates set out in Appendix 1 of the report be approved, subject to later amendment to reflect the agreed Management Fee payable to Six Town Housing and subject to changes in income levels and reserve contributions resulting from the rent increases and capital spending set out below;

2.  The average housing rent be increased by 2.5% from the   first rent week in April;

3.  Garage rents be increased by 2.5% from the first rent week   in April;

4. The contribution into the Housing Business Plan Headroom Reserve be reduced by £354,000 to fund the reduced levels of rent income resulting from the rent increases set out in 2 and 3 above;

5.  Sheltered amenity charges be increased by 3.2% from the first rent week in April;

6.   The proposed schemes of protection should be continued for the next twelve months for the Sheltered Support Charges;

       7.  Sheltered management, support and heating charges and Furnished Tenancy charges should remain unchanged from the first rent week in April;

8.   A contribution of £12.357m be made from the Business Plan Headroom Reserve over the period of 2014/15 to 2016/17 to facilitate improvements to bathrooms, kitchens and heating systems in Council owned properties in addition to the existing programme of improvements;

9.  The draft Capital Programme to be amended to reflect the contribution from the Headroom Reserve.”

 

On being put the result of the vote was as follows:

 

For the Amendment:-

 

                                                 Councillors A Audin, K Audin, D Bailey, M Bailey, N Bayley, I Bevan, J Black, P Bury, G Campbell, S Carter,   R A Caserta, D M Cassidy, M Connolly, A J Cummings, J Daly, E FitzGerald, L Fitzwalter, J Frith, I B Gartside, D L Gunther, M Hankey, S Haroon, P Heneghan, T Holt, K Hussain, A Isherwood, M A James, D Jones, J S Lewis, A Matthews, S Nuttall, D O’Hanlon, N A Parnell, T D Pickstone, A Quinn, K Rothwell, R Shori, A Simpson, S Smith, J Smith, S Southworth T Tariq, B Vincent, R E Walker, S Walmsley, J F Walton, M Wiseman and Y Wright.

 

Against the Amendment:-

 

None

 

Abstaining from the Vote:-

 

The Worshipful the Mayor

 

The Mayor declared the Amendment carried.

 

It was:-

 

              Resolved:

 

              That the recommendations set out in respect of the Housing Revenue Account for 2014/2015  ...  view the full minutes text for item C. 798

C. 799

DELEGATED DECISIONS OF THE CABINET AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES

          Questions on the delegated decisions on the Budget 2014/2015 made at the following meetings:-

 

Committee/Body

Date

Joint Consultative Committee with Teachers

6 February 2014

Joint Consultative Committee Corporate

6 February 2014

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

12 February 2014

The Cabinet

19 February 2014

 

Minutes:

           There were no questions asked on the delegated decisions of the Cabinet, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Joint Consultative Committee (Corporate) and Joint Consultative Committee (Teachers).