Issue - meetings

Medium Term Financial Plan and Associated Reports

Meeting: 21/02/2019 - Council (Item 93)

Medium Term Financial Plan and Associated Reports

The following Budget reports will be taken as one Agenda item and a period of 1½ hours will be allowed to debate the item.

 

Minutes:

The Council considered four reports which together comprised a single Agenda item:

 

·         the Housing Revenue Account Budget 2019/22, as set out on Agenda pages 77 to 92;

·         the Capital Programme and Strategy 2019, as set out on Agenda pages 93 to 130;

·         the Treasury Management Strategy 2019/22, as set out on Agenda pages 131 to 174;

·         the Medium Term Financial Plan 2019/22 – Revenue Budget Submission 2019/22, as set out on Agenda pages 175 to 180.

 

The Mayor reminded Members that a total of 90 minutes would be set aside for the debate.

 

Julian McGhee-Sumner, Leader of the Council, made a statement on the 2019/20 Budget (attached as an Appendix to the Minutes).

 

Lindsay Ferris, Leader of the Opposition, then made a Budget statement on behalf of the Liberal Democrat Group (attached as an Appendix to the Minutes).

 

At the conclusion of his Budget Statement, it was moved by Lindsay Ferris and seconded by Clive Jones that the Medium Term Financial Plan be amended by inserting the Opposition Budget Proposals set out in the Appendix to the Minutes.

 

Prior to a vote being held, six Members, in accordance with Rule of Procedure 4.2.15.5, requested that a recorded vote be taken on the proposed amendment.

 

The voting was as follows:

 

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAINED

Gary Cowan

Alistair Auty

Rachel Burgess

Lindsay Ferris

Keith Baker

Andy Croy

David Hare

Parry Batth

Carl Doran

Clive Jones

Laura Blumenthal

John Kaiser

Sarah Kerr

Chris Bowring

 

Ian Pittock

Jenny Cheng

 

Imogen Shepherd-Dubey

UllaKarin Clark

 

Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey

Richard Dolinski

 

 

Guy Grandison

 

 

Kate Haines

 

 

Mike Haines

 

 

Charlotte Haitham Taylor

 

 

John Halsall

 

 

Pauline Helliar-Symons

 

 

Emma Hobbs

 

 

Tim Holton

 

 

Philip Houldsworth

 

 

John Jarvis

 

 

Norman Jorgensen

 

 

Pauline Jorgensen

 

 

Dianne King

 

 

Abdul Loyes

 

 

Julian McGhee-Sumner

 

 

Ken Miall

 

 

Philip Mirfin

 

 

Stuart Munro

 

 

Anthony Pollock

 

 

Malcolm Richards

 

 

Angus Ross

 

 

Daniel Sargeant

 

 

Chris Smith

 

 

Simon Weeks

 

 

Shahid Younis

 

 

On being put to the vote, the amendment was declared by the Mayor to have been lost.

 

Following the two Budget statements and debate on the proposed amendment, Members discussed the various aspects of the proposed Budget in detail.

 

At 9.50pm, as the debate was still ongoing, it was moved, in accordance with Rule 4.2.13.11 (g), that the time limit for speeches on the Medium Term Financial Plan item be extended by 30 minutes. This proposal was moved by Keith Baker and seconded by Julian McGhee-Sumner.

 

On being put to the vote, the Motion was declared by the Mayor to be carried.