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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HP

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

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Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors D Blanksby, K Bool, W Cross, S Harvey and L Toseland.

 

2.

CHAIRMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Minutes:

The Chairman had not attended any civic engagements since the last set of announcements but took an opportunity to thank two of the Council’s senior officers, Saverio Della Rocca and John Morley, for their dedication and service to the Council as they were due to shortly leave the Council’s employment.

 

3.

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

Minutes:

Councillor L Stephenson, Leader of the Council, thanked Councillor M Oxley for his dedication to the County and its residents during his time on the Cabinet and significant tenure as a Councillor. The Leader confirmed the Cabinet would remain at 5 Members given the approaching elections to the Council, and Councillor Oxley’s Portfolio Holder responsibilities had been distributed among the remaining Portfolio Holders as follows:

 

  • Councillor L Stephenson – Culture
  • Councillor S Harvey – Leisure
  • Councillor R Powell – Environment and Waste, Climate Change, Public Protection and Community Safety

 

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:

Councillors L Stephenson and E Baines declared a personal interest in Item 10 – Report of the Cabinet, specifically with regard to proposals relating to Fees and Charges, as joint owners of an A-Board which would be subject to the fee set by the Council.

 

5.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 121 KB

To confirm the Minutes of the 245th meeting of the Rutland County Council District Council held on 23 January 2023.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting of Council held on 23 January 2023.

 

It was moved by Councillor L Stephenson and seconded that the minutes of the meeting be approved. Upon being put to the vote, with 19 votes in favour and 2 abstentions, the motion was carried.

 

RESOLVED

 

1)     That the minutes of the meeting of Council held on 23 January 2023 be APPROVED.

 

6.

PETITIONS, DEPUTATIONS AND QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC pdf icon PDF 92 KB

To receive any petitions, deputations or questions received from members of the public in accordance with the provisions of Procedures Rule 25 and 26. 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:

A deputation was received from David Baker on behalf of Greetham Parish Council, as set out in the agenda supplement. Mr Baker was accompanied by Jane Denyer and David Hodson.

Following the deputation, Members were invited to ask any questions they had of Mr Baker. In response to a question Mr Baker confirmed the Parish Council’s view was that the matters raised constituted a statutory nuisance which the County Council was required to address by the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

 

Councillor R Powell, Portfolio Holder for Planning, Highways and Transport, confirmed in response to the deputation that Council officers were engaged with the Parish Council over the matters raised and that the Council took the matter of health and safety seriously. Councillor Powell confirmed she had asked officers to follow the matter up as a matter of urgency and keep her as Portfolio Holder informed of progress.

 

7.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

To receive any questions submitted from Members of the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rules 27 and 28.

Minutes:

No questions from members of the Council had been received.

 

8.

REFERRAL OF COMMITTEE DECISIONS TO THE COUNCIL

To determine matters where a decision taken by a Committee has been referred to the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 89.

Minutes:

No referrals had been received.

 

9.

CALL-IN OF DECISIONS FROM CABINET MEETINGS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 23 JANUARY to 27 FEBRUARY 2023 (INCLUSIVE)

To determine matters where a decision taken by the Cabinet has been referred to Council by the call-in procedure of the Scrutiny Committee in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rules 149 and 150. As a result of the decision being deemed to be outside the Council’s policy framework by the Monitoring Officer or not wholly in accordance with the budget by the Section 151 Officer, or otherwise not in accordance with Article 12.

Minutes:

No call-ins had been received.

 

10.

REPORT FROM THE CABINET pdf icon PDF 84 KB

To receive Report No. 38/2023 from the Cabinet on recommendations referred to the Council for determination in relation to the Council’s Budget for 2023/24.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report No. 28/2023 was introduced by Councillor K Payne, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and Performance, Change and Transformation. The report set out recommendations of the Cabinet to Council regarding the Council’s budget for 2023/24.

 

Treasury Management Strategy and Capital Investment Strategy

 

It was moved by Councillor K Payne and seconded that the Treasury Management Strategy and Capital Investment Strategy be approved. Upon being put to the vote, with 22 votes in favour, the motion was unanimously carried.

 

RESOLVED

 

1)    APPROVED the Treasury Management Strategy in Appendix 1 including the Investment Strategy, Borrowing strategy, Minimum Revenue Provision statement and Capital Expenditure Prudential indicators.

 

2)    APPROVED the Capital Investment Strategy in Appendix 2

 

Fees and Charges

 

The proposals were introduced by Councillor K Payne, it was requested that consideration be given to how the Council communicated any increases and fees and charges to residents and communicated the rationale for the rises, particularly where the fee was set nationally rather than by the Council. Assurance was also given that the outstanding matter of taxi licenses would be addressed and concluded.

 

Upon being put to the vote, with 21 votes in favour and 1 abstention the motion was carried.

 

RESOLVED

 

1)    APPROVED the level of fees and charges for 23/24, set out in Appendices A, B and C.

 

2)    APPROVED new fees for:

 

·      Highways - temporary access vehicle crossing applications and permits on major developments (para 4.3.1)

·      Highways – new developments technical approval process (para 4.3.2)

·      Highways – roadside gullies mapping onto Kaarbon Tech (para 4.3.3)

·      Bulky Waste – including stopping free collections and £3 surcharge (para 4.5.2)

·      Recycling and Residual Waste bins for new build properties (para 4.5.5)

·      A new monitoring and management fee for the First Home Scheme (para 4.8.1)

 

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.

 

4)    NOTED that Appendix D includes fees set nationally (some are still to be confirmed).

 

5)    NOTED that fees and charges excluded from this report are listed at 2.3 of Report No. 04/2023

 

Revenue and Capital Budget 2023/24

 

The proposals relating to the Council’s revenue and capital budget were proposed by Councillors K Payne and seconded.

 

An amendment was tabled by Councillor N Begy and seconded. The amendment proposed a 1% rise in Council Tax with a 2% precept for Adult Social Care, the details of the amendment were set out in an agenda supplement.

 

Members in support of the amendment spoke of the need to keep residents’ costs as low as possible and cited the detailed indications of where the Council would be able to close the gap in the Council’s Medium Term Financial Plan created by a lower rate of Council Tax.


Members opposed to the amendment acknowledged the careful work that had been undertaken to form the proposals in the amendment but expressed concern about the reliance of the assumptions made regarding  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

11.

NOTICES OF MOTION

To consider any Notices of Motion submitted by Members of the Council in accordance with Procedure Rule 31 in the order in which they are recorded as having been received.

Minutes:

No notices of motion had been received.

 

12.

ANY URGENT BUSINESS

To receive items of urgent business which have been previously notified to the person presiding.

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business for consideration.

 

13.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

27 March 2023.

Minutes:

This was noted to be on 27 March 2023.