Agenda and minutes

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1.    Consider the issues that have emerged so far from the consultation outcomes when making their decisions.  Consultation closed on 11 February.  Due to the timings of compiling this report, the consultation report appended at Appendix B is presented as an interim report.  A final consultation  report will be reported to Full Council on 3 March, to inform final decisions on the council’s budget; 

2.    Recommend to Council for approval the MTFS attached at Appendix C and the Detailed Revenue Budgets at Appendix D1 and D2.  The MTFS sets out all of the budget changes over the period from 2015/16 to 2019/20, including assumptions around inflation, changes to levies, pressures, savings and grant funding.  It is the model around which the council’s financial strategy is based.  It should be noted that the budget has been prepared on the basis of a Council Tax freeze in 2015/16.  Overall the 2015/16 budget requirement totals £250,888,653.

3.     Note that the Chief Finance Officer under his delegated powers in accordance with para 4.3.2 of the Financial Regulations has calculated the amount of 132,151 (band D equivalents) as the Council Tax base for the year 2015/16 [ item T in the formula in Section 31B (3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)];

4.    Note that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 15/16 (excluding precepts) is £145,639,653.

5.    Recommend to Council for approval the following amounts be now calculated for the year 2015/16 in accordance with Sections 31(A) and (B), 34, 35 and 36 of the Act:

a)    £889,167,167 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates for the items set out in the Section 31A(2) (a) to (f) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by precepting authorities.

b)   £743,527,514 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimated for the items set out in Section 31A(3) (a) to (d) of the Act.

c)    £145,639,653 being the amount by which the aggregate at 5 (a) above exceeds the aggregate at 5(b) above, calculated by the council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year (Item R in the formula section 31A(4) of the Act).

d)   £1,102.07 being the amount at 5(c) above (item R), all divided by Item T (Item 4 above), calculated by the council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (excluding precepts).

e)    The Chief Finance Officer recommends that the council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2015/16 is not excessive  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Agreed

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That the Policy and Resources Committee

1.    Approves that the Danegrove Playing Field, Victoria Recreation Ground  and Copthall sites are taken through to the next stage of the project for further public consultation and consideration by planning (section 4 Feasibility Study).

2.    Approves capital funding of £23.2m, including associated professional fees, for the re-provision of Church Farm and Copthall leisure centres. ( section 4 Feasibility Study and Affordability Analysis).

3.    Approves the use of £3.4m from CIL through the Infrastructure Reserve funding to contribute to the £23.2m capital costs required to fund the re-provision of Church Farm and Copthall leisure centres. 

4.    Approves the use of capital receipts from the existing Church Farm site to contribute to the £23.2m capital costs required to fund the re-provision of Church Farm and Copthall Leisure Centres.

5.    Approves the commencement of the procurement work-streams featuring a competitive procedure with negotiation (a new procurement procedure) for the leisure centre management contract and utilising existing government construction frameworks for the design and build contract of Church Farm and Copthall leisure centres (section 9 procurement strategy).

6.    Delegates authority to the  Commercial and Customer Services Director to enter into dialogue with the council to look at the possibility of using Schedule 40 of the Capita / Barnet partnering agreement to commission CSG to provide managing agent services, both for the existing leisure management contract and the new arrangement once it is procured (section 9 Procurement Strategy).

7.    Approves a maximum budget of £440k for the delivery of the pre-implementation phases of the project (Section 10.2.1)

1.    That the Committee comments on the work being undertaken to support the development of a new Copthall Partnership.

2.    That the Committee agree the amounts set out in section 1.16 of this report as being reasonable to cover traffic management  costs to be paid by Saracens

3.    That the Committee notes the profit mechanism as set out in section 1.17 of this report and agrees that the sum calculated will be re-invested in the Saracens campus to fund activities for public benefit

Agreed

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Opposed

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1.    That the Policy and Resources Committee agrees that the council issues notice to leave the LGA by 31 March 2015, meaning a formal withdrawal date of 31 March 2016.  Issuing notice provides the council with flexibility to make savings by not renewing its LGA membership in 2016/17 should it need to.  The council could remain a member of the LGA at the end of the 12 months if it decided to, and continued to pay the annual membership fee.

2.    That, during the 12 month notice period, officers explore areas where the council could drive more benefits from its membership, such as involvement in LGA Peer Challenges.  This more active engagement should also help assess the benefits of future membership.

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Agreed

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