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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HP - The audio of the meeting can be listended to at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93419116656

Contact: Governance  Email: governance@rutland.gov.uk

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Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillors W Cross, I Razzell and S Webb.

2.

CHAIRMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Minutes:

The Chairman reminded Members about the rededication of the memorial taking place on 10 April that year. The invitation had been sent by the Vicar of Oakham and the Chairman of the Oakham British Legion.

3.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE LEADER, MEMBERS OF THE CABINET OR THE HEAD OF PAID SERVICE

Minutes:

There were no announcements from the Leader, Members of the Cabinet or the Head of Paid Service.

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any disclosable interests under the Code of Conduct and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

Minutes:

Councillor L Stephenson and E Baines declared a personal interest in Item 7 – Fees and Charges 2022-23 as being joint owners of an A-Board subject to a fee.

 

Councillor S Harvey declared a personal interest in Item 7 – Fees and Charges 2022-23 as a blue badge holder subject to a fee.

 

5.

PETITIONS, DEPUTATIONS AND QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

To receive any petitions, deputations or questions received from members of the public in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 28. The total time allowed for this is 30 minutes.  Petitions, deputations and questions will be dealt with in the order in which they are received and any which are not considered within the time limit shall receive a written response after the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no petitions, deputations and questions from members of the public.

6.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL pdf icon PDF 15 KB

To receive any questions submitted from Members of the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rules 30 and 30A.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor R Powell presented her question as set out in the agenda supplement.

 

The Chairman invited Councillor O Hemsley to respond as Councillor Razzell had given apologies to the meeting, which was as follows:

 

“Deadlines for spending development contributions only applies to Section 106 money and based on the public infrastructure funding statement and provision within the S106 agreements and maintenance sums, the total of not committed S106 monies is at March 2021 £2.726m.

 

There is no deadline for spending of CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy) or the Oakham North contribution which sit outside both CIL and 106 regimes. We have an internal review process in place involving planning, finance and the Director of Places to review on an annual basis the amount of money we hold from 106, identifying what the money is for and what the deadlines for spend are.

 

Once this base information has been identified, service managers and directors are asked to identify schemes to spend within the year, which then form part of the Councils capital programme if approved. There is a focus on looking at an agreement 18 months prior to an expiry date to ensure contributions are committed and spent by due dates.”


Councillor Hemsley also committed to the circulation of a briefing note on the matter alongside the minutes which would assist with any further questions.

 

Councillor R Powell thanked Councillor O Hemsley for his response and agreed with the points raised, Councillor Powell had no supplementary.

 

7.

REPORT FROM THE CABINET pdf icon PDF 223 KB

To receive Report No. 46/2022 from the Cabinet on recommendations referred to the Council for determination.

 

To approve Cabinet Recommendations to Council on the following reports:

·       Report No. 03/2022 – Fees and Charges 2022/23

·       Report No. 02/2022 – Treasury Management Strategy and Capital Investment Strategy 2022/23.

·       Report No. 09/2022 – Revenue and Capital Budget 2022/23

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report No. 46/2022 was received from the Cabinet. Councillor K Payne introduced the report which requested that Council approved Cabinet recommendations from the Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and Performance, Change and Transformation following Cabinet meetings on 18th January 2022 and 15th February 2022:

 

Report No. 03/2022 – Fees and Charges 2022/23

Councillor K Payne presented the recommendations of Report No. 03/2022 and highlighted that the Council received approximately £4m from fees and charges each year and they had been reviewed on an annual basis as part of the budget council tax setting process. The report summarised the proposed changes for 2022/23 with the new fees and charges for this year.

 

It was noted that changes excluded taxi and private hire vehicles which would be subject to consultation through public notice procedure and be bought back for approval following consultation.

 

A concern was raised around the new proposed parking charges and how the one hour car park rate was cheaper if a customer paid via mobile phone. Councillor L Stephenson undertook to find out the answer to the query raised and write to Members outside of the meeting.

 

Several concerns were raised by Members around the additional costs of ordering a green bin over the telephone and whether in particular the charge should be levied for a second green bin. Councillor L Stephenson observed that this had been in place since July 2021 and the overall aim of Rutland was to try to reduce the amount of waste within the County.

 

It was moved by Councillor K Payne that Council approved the recommendations of Report No. 03/2022. This was seconded and upon being put to the vote, with 19 votes in favour, 1 against and 3 abstentions, the motion was carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That Council:

 

 

1)    APPROVED the level of fees and charges for 2022/23 as set out in Appendices 1-4 except for taxi and private hire vehicle licenses.

 

2)    APPROVED new fees for:

§  Learning Disability Day Centre Places (para 3.5)

§  Highways Vehicle Access Permits (para 4.5), and s278 agreement minimum fee (para 4.3),

§  Parking of solo motorcycles, Blue Badge over 3 hours, permits for residents in zone A and U3A permits for visitors of residents in zones C, E & V, and permits for carers (paras 4.17 and 4.20),

§  Coach Parking at Kilburn Road (para 4.18),

§  New parking services delivery, collection and photocopying of permits/season tickets, (para 4.21)

§  Installation of Advisory Blue Badge bays on street (para 4.22),

§  S106 monitoring fees (para 4.23) and exceptional review of Community Infrastructure Levy (para 4.24),

§  Museum and Castle full day hire and exclusive hire of the Castle for ceremonies (paras 4.10 and 4.11)

§  Registrars diary amendments and bookings (para 4.13).

3)    NOTED that taxi and private hire vehicle licenses fees will be subject to change based on the outcome of forthcoming consultation through a public notice procedure and be brought back for approval following that consultation.

 

Report No. 02/2022 – Treasury Management Strategy  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

8.

COUNCIL TAX 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 429 KB

To receive Report No. 40/2022 from the Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and Performance, Change and Transformation.

Minutes:

Report No. 40/2022 was presented by Councillor K Payne, who highlighted the proposed council tax increase of 4.99%, 3% for Adult Social Care precept. There were no proposed changes to empty homes discount, long term empty homes premium or the local council tax support scheme for 2022/23.

 

The recommendations of Report No. 40/2022 were proposed by Councillor K Payne and seconded. A recorded vote was required and the voting was as follows:

There voted in favour:

Councillors P Ainsley, E Baines, N Begy, K Bool, A Brown, G Brown, P Browne, J Burrows, J Dale, J Fox, S Harvey, O Hemsley, M Jones, A MacCartney, M Oxley, K Payne, R Powell, L Stephenson, G Waller and D Wilby.

There voted against:

Councillors D Blanksby, L Toseland and A Walters.

The vote being 20 in favour and 3 against, the motion was carried.

RESOLVED

 

That Council:

 

1)    APPROVED the formal Council Tax resolution shown at Appendix A including a 4.99% Council tax increase for Rutland County Council;

 

2)    NOTED no changes to the Local Council Tax Support Scheme (LCTS) for 2022/23;

3)    NOTED no changes to the empty homes discount from 2022/23;

4)    NOTED no changes to the long-term empty homes premium from 2022/23.