Agenda item

Revenue and Capital Budgets and Council Tax 2014 - 2015

Minutes:

Members received a report setting out the recommendations of Cabinet for the Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2014/15 and set out the recommendations for setting the 2014/15 Council Tax.

The Portfolio Holder for Finance and Resources introduced the report and moved the recommendations listed in Appendix A (a to n).

An amendment was submitted by Cllr Sweeney and was seconded by Cllr Loades. A copy of the amendment was circulated to members.

The amendment was as follows:

‘After the words’’…..set out in appendix a’’ add

To raise £13,500 by capping car mileage rates paid to council staff to the HM Revenue and Customs rate of 45p per mile (over nine months further to statutory consultation period of 90 days) in 2014/2015 which will rise to £18,000 over a full year.

To raise £10,000 by the abolition of the 7^th cabinet member and a return to daytime cabinet meetings along with our withdrawl from the cooperative innovation network.

To raise £30,000 by withdrawing our financial support to the Town Centre Partnership.

To raise £50,000 by reducing our revenue investment fund to £50,000.

To support our local community centres and their management committees by increasing their repairs and maintenance budget to the sun of £103,500 funded by the savings identified above.

Cllr M Taylor declared an interest in the amendment due to his employment as the Town Centre Manager. Cllr Taylor left the meeting whilst discussions on the amendment were held.

A named vote was taken on the amendment as follows:

Allport – Against	Fear – For	Peers – For	Waring – Against
Astle – Against	Mrs Hailstones - For	Plant – Against	Welsh – Against
Bailey – Against	Hailstones – For	Reddish – Abstain	Wemyss – Abstain
Baker – Against	Mrs Hambleton – Against	Robinson – Against	White – Abstain
Bates – Against	Hambleton – Against	Shenton – Against	Wilkes – Abstain
Becket- Abstain	Heesom - For	Simpson – against	Mrs Williams – Against
Beech – Against	Holland – For	Snell – Against	Williams – Against
Boden - Against	Johnson – Against	Stringer – Against	Winfield - Against
Burgess – Against	Jones - Abstain	Stubbs – Against
Burnett – Against	Kearon – Against	Studd – Abstain
Clarke – Against	Loades – For	Sweeney – For
Miss Cooper – For	Mancey – For	Tagg – For
Cornes – Abstain	Matthews – For	J Taylor – Against
Eagles- Against	Olszewski – Against	Turner – Against
Eastwood - Against	Miss Olszewski – Against	Walklate - Abstain

Against: 32

For: 12

Abstain: 9

The amendment was rejected and debate returned to the substantive motion.

Members thanked all officers who had been involved in the preparation of the budget and complimented them on a job very well done under difficult circumstances.

The substantive motion had already been moved by the portfolio holder it was seconded and a named vote requested. The results of the vote were as follows:

Allport – For	Fear – Abstain	Peers – Abstain	Waring – For
Astle - For	Mrs Hailstones - Abstain	Plant – For	Welsh – For
Bailey – For	Hailstones – Abstain	Reddish – For	Wemyss – For
Baker – For	Mrs Hambleton – For	Robinson – For	White – For
Bates – For	Hambleton – For	Shenton – For	Wilkes – For
Becket - For	Heesom - Abstain	Simpson – For	Mrs Williams –For
Beech – For	Holland – Abstain	Snell – For	Williams – For
Boden - For	Johnson – For	Stringer – For	Winfield - For
Burgess – For	Jones - For	Stubbs – For	M Matthews - for
Burnett – For	Kearon – For	Studd – For
Clarke – For	Loades – Abstain	Sweeney – Abstain
Miss Cooper – Abstain	Mancey – Abstain	Tagg – Abstain
Cornes – For	Matthews – Abstain	J Taylor – For
Eagles- For	Olszewski – For	Turner – For
Eastwood - For	Miss Olszewski – For	Walklate - For

For: 42

Abstain: 12

Resolved: That the Council approves the recommendations set out in Appendix ‘A’.

Supporting documents:

Revenue and Capital and Council Tax 2014-15 (8) Keele as before, item 6. PDF 448 KB