Agenda item

Corporate Plan 2019-24, Business Planning - Medium Term Financial Strategy 2019/24 and Draft Budget for 2019/20

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report which set out the council’s refreshed Corporate Plan, savings plans, MTFS, the priorities for each theme committee and Capital Programme. As part of the budget setting process for 2019/20 onwards the report also provided the key budget headlines on both local and national level.

 

Upon being put to the vote recommendations as set out in report were agreed. The vote was recorded as follows  

 

For

7

Against

5

Abstain

0

 

RESOVELD – That the Committee;

 

1.    Approve the draft Corporate Plan (Appendix A) and the outcomes, priority and approach that it sets out for referral to Council;

 

2.    Approves the additional priorities and approach to delivery for this Theme Committee, as set out in Appendix B;

 

3.    Notes the updated Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) to 2024 as set out at Appendix C and the assumptions underpinning this in paragraph 1.5.9;

 

4.    Agrees to consult on the use of the Council’s flexibility to raise the level of General Council Tax by 2.99% in 2019/20;

 

5.    Agrees that the savings proposals as set out in Appendix D, subject to consultation and equalities impact assessment, come back to Policy and Resources Committee in February 2019 and Full Council in March 2019 for final approval of the 2019/20 budget including Council Tax;

 

6.    Approve the Fees and Charges as set out in Appendix H and outlined in paragraphs 1.4.9 to 1.4.12

 

7.    Agrees the changes to the existing Capital Programme as set out in section 1.5.52 to 1.5.79 and Appendix E;

 

8.    Notes the update on the London wide Business Rates Pool as set out in paragraphs 1.3.18 to 1.3.21;

 

9.    Agrees the process for consultation as set out in section 5.8;

 

10.Agrees the bad debt write offs as set out in section 1.6.13;

 

11.Notes the recommendation in relation to the motion submitted by the Adults and Safeguarding Committee outlined in paragraph 1.6.11;

12.Agrees the proposed reserves strategy outlined in paragraphs 1.4.38 to 1.4.42 of the report;

 

13.Notes the draft capital strategy in Appendix G; and

 

14.Note the Theme Committee priorities as set out in Appendix I.

 

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