Council and councillors

To receive Report No. 49/2019 from the Cabinet on recommendations referred to the Council for determination and to note the Key Decisions taken at its meetings held on 15 January 2019 and 19 February 2019.

To approve Cabinet Recommendations to Council for the following reports:

·       Treasury Management Strategy 2019/20

·       Fees and Charges 2019/20

·       Revenue  and Capital Budget 2019/20 and Medium Term Financial Plan

Report to follow

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The Chairman reminded members of the mandatory requirement to record votes in relation to the Budget, setting Council Tax and issuing precepts.

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Report No. 49/2019 from the Cabinet was received to consider recommendations of the Cabinet referred to Council for determination and to note the Key Decisions made by Cabinet at its meetings held on 15 January 2019 and 19 February 2019.

Mr Brown introduced and moved the recommendations in the report.  Mr Hemsley seconded the recommendations.

1)    Council NOTED the Key Decisions made by Cabinet since the publication of the agenda for the previous ordinary meeting of the Council on 21 January 2019, as detailed in Appendix A of Report No. 49/2019.

2)    15 January 2019

Decision No. 498

Report No. 5/2019

TREASURY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY 2019/20

During his introduction Mr Brown confirmed that both of the Strategy’s had had only minor changes since last year, as set out in the report.  They had also been through the Council’s Scrutiny process and all member’s queries had been answered. In terms of the Commercial Investment Policy, no investments had been made in line with the policy during the last 12 months and there were no plans or proposals under consideration at this time.  Should any opportunities come forward they would require the approval of Council before they went ahead.

RESOLVED

To APPROVE the Treasury Management Strategy in Appendix 1 of Report No. 5/2019 including the Investment Strategy, Borrowing strategy, Minimum Revenue Provision statement and Capital Expenditure Prudential indicators.

To APPROVE the Capital Investment Strategy in Appendix 2 of Report No. 5/2019.

The above resolution was voted as follows:

FOR THE MOTION (17)

Mr Arnold, Mr Baines, Mr Bird, Mr Bool, Mr Brown, Ms Burkitt, Mr Foster, Mrs Fox, Mr Hemsley, Mr Lammie, Mr Lowe, Mr Oxley, Mr Parsons, Mrs Stephenson, Miss Waller, Mr Walters, Mr Wilby.

AGAINST THE MOTION (0)

ABSTAINING FROM THE MOTION (0)

3)     15 January 2019

Decision No. 499

Report No. 6/2019

FEES AND CHARGES 2019/20

Mr Brown introduced the report noting that fees and charges were a significant source of income for the Council.  Mr Brown described the approach to increases in fees as detailed in section 2.4 of the report.  The report had been though the councils Scrutiny process. There had been some concern regarding the significant increase in burial fees for leasing a plot for 99 years.  The cemetery had been losing significant sums of money in recent years, on average £30k per annum.  The increase in fees is aimed at moving to a breakeven period over the next three years.  There had also been some media interest in the introduction of a charge for licences for A-Boards.  This charge would enable good street management, the safety of pedestrians and ability to ensure A- Boards were properly sited and of appropriate size, this is particularly important for disabled users and issues had been highlighted by Rutland Access Group.  With regard to parking the Council was introducing a 30 minute  ...  view the full minutes text for item 639