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COUNCIL OF THE
BOROUGH OF HAVANT
23 February 2011
THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF HAVANT
At a meeting of the Council of the Borough of Havant held on 23 February 2011
Present:
Councillor Y Weeks (the Mayor) (in the Chair)
Councillors Bastin, Mrs Blackett, Bolton, Briggs, Branson, A Buckley, P Buckley, Cheshire, Collins, Mrs Edwards, Fairhurst, Farrow, Mrs Farrow, Gibb-Gray, Gillett, Guest, Hilton, Hunt, Johnson, Keast, Ms Kennedy, Lenaghan, Pierce Jones, Ponsonby, Miss Ray, Sceal, Mrs Shimbart, G Shimbart, J Smith, K Smith, Mrs Tarrant, Ms Turner, Wilson and Wride.
76APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Hart, Mrs Smallcorn and Wilson-Smith.
77MINUTES
The minutes of the Ordinary and Extraordinary meetings held on 15 December2010 were agreed as correct records and signed.
78DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
There were no declarations of interests.
79MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Mayor gave details of past and future civic events and engagements.
80MAYOR 2011/2012
Proposed by Councillor Wride and seconded by Councillor Bolton it was
RESOLVED that Councillor Ken Smith be appointed Mayor elect for the Municipal Year 2011/2012.
81DEPUTY MAYOR 2011/2012
Proposed by Councillor John Smith and seconded by Councillor Cheshire it was
RESOLVED that Councillor Gerald Shimbart be appointed Deputy Mayor elect for the Municipal Year 2011/2012.
82CABINET MEMBER REPORTS
Cabinet members submitted written and verbal reports on the work within their portfolios.
83LEADER’S BUDGET SPEECH
The Leader of the Council gave his budget speech for the 2011/2012 budget. The Leader of the opposition then commented on the budget and the Leader of the Council replied.
The Leader of the Council then answered several questions for clarification on the budget.
At the conclusion of his speech, the Leader of the Council paid tribute to Mr Nigel Smith, Chief Financial Officer who was retiring at the end of March 2011.
84CABINET/BOARD/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
(a)Recommendations from Cabinet held on 9 February 2011.
Council Tax 2011/2012:
Having been proposed by Councillor Briggs and seconded by Councillor Guest, the Cabinet minute 106/02/2011 was then called for debate by Councillor Ann Buckley. Councillor Buckley proposed an amendment, seconded by Councillor Ponsonby, to the budget as follows:
(i)the Leader to consider reducing the Havant Borough Council Cabinet by one member generating a saving of £8,300;
(ii)to reduce the Councillor Training budget by £4,000; and
(iii)the savings of £12,300 be used to extend the opening of the Havant Bus Station to 8pm on Monday to Saturday and open the bus station on Sundays from 9am to 5pm. Providing access to shelter and the WC facilities and encouraging people to use public transport. This would be for the colder months between September and March when we are getting wetter and colder weather.
Following debate, the amendment was put to the vote and lost.
The original motion was then put to the vote and carried and was therefore
RESOLVED that:
(i) a Borough Council Tax of £192.78 at Band D in 2011/2012 (the same figure as for 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 i.e. no increase) and a net budget of £15,678,500 for 2011/2012 be approved.
(ii) the detailed proposals in the Budget Report be approved.
(iii) the prices for services in 2011/2012 as set out in Appendix 10 be approved.
(iv) the Prudential Capital Finance System indicators (as adjusted for any amendments agreed to the capital and revenue budgets) and the Treasury Management Strategy Statement and Annual Investment Strategy as set out in Appendix 7 of the report be approved.
(v) Note the report of the Section 151 Officer (Chief Financial Officer), required by the Local Government Act 2003, regarding the robustness of the budget estimates and the level of Reserves (paragraph 7 of the report) and to adjust the general fund reserve to 8% of net expenditure from 2011/2012.
(2) That it be noted that the Head of Resources has calculated 42,925 as the Council Tax base for the year 2011/2012 in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, and that this Council Tax base be split between the regions of theEnvironment Agency as follows:
Southern – Hampshire –42,224
Southern – Sussex - 701
(3) That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2011/2012 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
(a) £62,463,500 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act [Gross Expenditure];
(b) £46,785,000 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act, including Area Based Grants [Gross Income];
(c)£15,678,500 being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year [Net Expenditure];
(d) £7,403,628 being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its General Fund in respect of redistributed non-domestic rates, revenue support grant or additional grant, increased by the amount of the sums which the Council estimates will be transferred in the year from its Collection Fund to its General Fund in accordance with Section 97(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 [Government Grants and any Collection Fund Adjustments];
(e) £192.78 being the amount at 3(c) above less the amount at 3(d) above (£8,274,872), all divided by the amount at (2) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year [Council Tax];
(f) Valuation Bands
A B C D
£128.52£149.94£171.36£192.78
E FG H
£235.62£278.46£321.30 £385.56
being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at 3(e) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.
(4)That it be noted that for the year 2011/2012 the Hampshire County Council (see (6) below) and Hampshire Police Authority and Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority have stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of the dwellings shown below:
Valuation Bands – Hampshire County Council
A B C D
£691.92£807.24£922.56£1,037.88
E FG H
£1,268.52£1,499.16£1,729.80 £2,075.76
Valuation Bands – Hampshire Police Authority
A B C D
£97.50£113.75£130.00£146.25
E FG H
£178.75£211.25£243.75 £292.50
Valuation Bands – Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority
A B C D
£40.92£47.74£54.56£61.38
E FG H
£75.02£88.66£102.30 £122.76
(5) That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 3(f) and 4 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby, but subject to Hampshire County Council confirming the precept at (4) above on 24 February 2011, sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2011/2012 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:
Valuation Bands
A B C D
£958.86£1,118.67£1,278.48£1,438.29
E FG H
£1,757.91£2,077.53£2,397.15 £2,876.58
(6)If Hampshire County Council decide a different precept than stated at (4) above the calculation and setting of the final total council tax figure for 2011/2012 be delegated to a meeting of the Cabinet (if required) to be held on 25th February 2011, the Cabinet meeting on that date being as a Committee appointed by the Council for the purpose of Section 67(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. That meeting shall only be authorised to amend the County Council figures at (4) in accordance with their decisions on 24 February 2011 and the overall Council Taxes at (5) above accordingly.
Havant Local Development Framework – Core Strategy
Cabinet minute 105/02/2011 was proposed by Councillor Blackett and seconded by Councillor Paul Buckley and then called for debate by Councillor Paul Buckley who paid tribute to the Planning Policy team for the production of the Strategy.
It was then put to the vote and
RESOLVED that the Core Strategy be approved and adopted on 1 March 2011 in accordance with the Local Development Scheme.
(b)Recommendations from Licensing Committee held on 19 January 2011
Licensing Committee minute 27/01/2011 was proposed by Councillor Kennedy and seconded by Councillor David Farrow and
RESOLVED that
(i)a new date be set for the coming into effect of the resolution made by the Council on 28th July 2010 at minute 54/07/10, namely 5 April 2011; and
(ii)the Statement of Licensing Policy (as amended) be approved.
(c)Recommendation from Standards Committee held on 11 February 2011
Standards Committee minute 34/02/2011 was proposed by Councillor Farrow and seconded by Councillor Hilton and
RESOLVED that the new proposed Annual Council arrangements set out in section 3 of the Standards Committee report be DEFERRED to the Council meeting on 20 April 2011.
85PORTFOLIO HOLDERS AND CHAIRMAN’S QUESTION TIME
Councillors Briggs, Cheshire, Collins, Fairhurst, Gillett, Guest, Lenaghan and Wride answered questions relating to work within their portfolios.
Councillors Briggs answered a question related to the Cabinet minutes.
86ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
RESOLVED that the minutes contained within the Minute Volume dated 18 November 2010 to 11 February 2011 be accepted.
87QUESTIONS
There were no questions.
The meeting commenced at 5.00pm and concluded at 7.20pm