Agenda and minutes

Budget, Council - Wednesday, 24th February, 2021 7.00 pm

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Items
No. Item

C. 363

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:

1 Councillor McGill declared a personal interest in respect of CA.XXX Budget Conservative Amendment 2021/22, as a member of the Trade Union Unite.

 

2. Councillors Harris, Cathcart and Susan Southworth declared personal interests in respect of minute CA.XXX Housing Revenue Account 2021/22 as Board Members of Six Town Housing.

 

3. Councillor Simpson declared an interest in any item which related to Health as she works for the NHS, as does her son.

 

4. Councillor S Wright declared a personal interest in any item which related to staffing in schools as his wife is employed by a school in the Borough.

 

5. Councillor Quinn declared a personal interest in relation to all items under consideration as his wife is employed by the Citizens Advice Bureau, both his son and daughter in law work for the NHS, he is also a member of Unite the Union and his also a member of the Downs Syndrome Association.

 

6. Councillor Leach declared an interest in any item which related to Health as she works for the NHS.

 

C. 364

MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL pdf icon PDF 231 KB

Minutes of the meeting held on the 25th November 2020 are attached.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the Minutes of the Meeting of Council held on 25th November be signed by the Mayor as a true and correct record.

 

C. 365

MAYORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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:

There were no mayoral announcements.

 

C. 366

PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

To answer questions from members of the public, notice of which has been given, on any matter relevant to the Budget business to be transacted.  Up to 30 minutes will be set aside for this purpose.

Minutes:

 

Notice had been received of the following 3 questions:

 

No.

Issue

Questioner

Answered By

1.

Covid Vaccinations

Ms D Quinn

Councillor A Simpson

2.

Market Traders Rent

Ms J Taylor

Councillor J Black

3.

Combating isolation

Mr A Hay

Councillor A Simpson

 

 

C. 367

RECOMMENDATIONS OF CABINET AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES pdf icon PDF 245 KB

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

 

 

Committee/Date

Subject

Recommendation

 

HRA 18 January 2021

Appointment of the Director of Law and Democratic Services

That, subject to the approval of the Cabinet and subsequent ratification at Full Council the Panel agreed unanimously that Candidate two, Jacqui Dennis would be appointed to the post of Director or Law and Democratic Services.

 

 

The Cabinet

20 January 2021

Appointment of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor

That Council be recommended to appoint Councillor Tim Pickstone as Mayor and Councillor Shaheena Haroon as Deputy Mayor for the Civic year 2021/22.

 

HRA 28 January 2021

Appointment of the Chief Finance Officer

That, subject to the approval of the Cabinet and subsequent ratification at Full Council the Panel agreed unanimously that Candidate two, Samantha Evans would be appointed to the post of Director of Finance.

 

 

The Cabinet
23 February 2021

Council Tax Support Scheme

To be circulated

 

The Cabinet
23 February 2021

Housing Revenue Account 2020/2021

To be circulated

 

The Cabinet
23 February 2021

The Dedicated Schools Grant and setting the schools budget 2021-22

Capital Strategy 2021/22-2023/24 and Capital Programme 2021/22

The Councils Budget 2021/22 and the Medium Term Financial Strategy 2021/22-2024/25

To be circulated

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

(A)              Meeting of the HRA held on 18 January 2021 – Appointment of the Director of Law and Democratic Services

 

It was moved by Councillor Rafiq and seconded by Councillor O’Brien and it was:

 

Resolved:

 

That Jacqui Dennis would be appointed to the post of Director of Law and Democratic Services

 

(B)         Meeting of the Cabinet held on 20 January 2021 – Appointment of Mayor and Deputy Mayor 2021/22

 

It was moved by Councillor O’Brien and seconded by Councillor Powell and it was:

 

RESOLVED:

 

That Councillor Tim Pickstone be proposed as Mayor of Bury for the Civic Year 2021/22.

 

It was moved by Councillor Tariq and seconded by Councillor Hussain and it was:

 

RESOLVED:

That Councillor Shaheena Haroon has been proposed as Deputy Mayor of Bury for the Civic Year 2021/2.

 

 

(C)          Meeting of the HRA held on 28 January 2021 – Appointment of the Chief Finance Officer

 

It was moved by Councillor Rafiq and seconded by Councillor O’Brien and it was:

 

 

Resolved:

That Samantha Evans would be appointed to the post of Chief Finance Officer.

 

(D)         Recommendation of the cabinet as agreed on 23 February 2021 relating to the Council Tax Support Scheme

 

It was moved by Councillor O’Brien and seconded by Councillor Tariq and it was:

 

RESOLVED:

 

That Council approves:

·         The Council Tax Support Scheme continues in its current form for the year 2021/22;

·         The current disregard of all War Widow’s/Widower’s Pension or

War Disablement Pension is continued;

·         The performance of the Council Tax Support Scheme continues to be closely monitored and will be reviewed and amended as appropriate on an annual basis.

 

(E)         Housing Revenue Account 2021/2022

 

At the invitation of the Mayor, Councillor O’Brien, Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing, made a statement on the Housing Revenue Account 2020/2021.

 

It was moved by Councillor O’Brien and seconded by Councillor T Tariq and it was:-

 

RESOLVED:

That Council following a recommendation from Cabinet agrees to:

 

·         An increase the Rents for all HRA social rent formula and affordable rent dwellings by 1.5% from the first rent week in April;

·         An increase Garage rents by 1.5% from the first rent week in April;

·         An increase Sheltered Management and Amenity Charges by 1.5% from the first rent week in April;

·         Approves that Sheltered support and heating charges remain unchanged from the first rent week in April;

·         Approves that Furnished Tenancy charges remain unchanged from the first rent week in April;

·         An increase pitch fees at the Fernhill Caravan Site by 1.5% from the first rent week in April.

 

(F)    Budget 2021/22

 

At the invitation of the Mayor, Councillor O’Brien, Leader Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing, made a statement on the Budget for 2021/22.

 

(i)          It was moved by Councillor O’Brien and seconded by Councillor T Tariq that the recommendations contained in Minute CA.XXX of the Cabinet meeting held on 23rd February 2021 be approved subject to the following alterations:

 

Recommendations:

 

o   Approve the medium-term financial strategy and the assumptions regarding resources and spending requirements;

o   Note the Council Tax  ...  view the full minutes text for item C. 367

C. 368

DELEGATED DECISIONS OF THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES pdf icon PDF 114 KB

Questions on the delegated decisions made on the Budget made at the following meetings:

·         Overview and Scrutiny Committee (10th February 2021) Attached

·         Joint Consultative Committee Corporate (11th February 2021) Attached

·         Joint Consultative Committee with Teachers (11th February 2021) Attached

·         Cabinet (23rd February 2020) To be circulated.

 

Additional documents:

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).