RESOLVED that:
1. if the financial position changes prior to Council considering the budget on 7 February 2017, the Corporate Director (Corporate Services), in consultation with the Interim Portfolio Holder for Finance, Revenues and Benefits, be authorised to adjust the budget, including the use of Reserves;
2. in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Interim Portfolio Holder for Finance, Revenues and Benefits, the Corporate Director (Corporate Services) reports directly to Council in respect of the formal draft resolutions necessary to implement the Cabinet’s budget proposals, along with any late information or notifications received from the Department for Communities and Local Government etc. as may necessarily affect the budget;
3. the Corporate Management Committee be thanked for the work it has undertaken and continues to take in supporting the development of the budget and that the comments of the Interim Portfolio Holder for Finance, Revenues and Benefits, in response to those of the Committee, as set out in the report, be agreed;
4. in respect of the proposals for the Career Track Service to seek to become a registered apprenticeship training provider:
(i) delegation be given to the Corporate Director (Corporate Services) to undertake the necessary activities to implement the revised delivery model;
(ii) delegation be given to the Head of Finance, Revenues and Benefits Services to undertake the necessary budget adjustments within the overall approved net budget to reflect the revised delivery model;
5. in respect of the proposals to bring the maintenance of Public Conveniences in-house:
(i) delegation be given to the Corporate Director (Operational Services) to undertake the necessary activities to facilitate and implement the in-house delivery model;
(ii) delegation be given to the Head of Finance, Revenues and Benefits Services to undertake the necessary budget adjustments within the overall approved net budget to reflect the in-house solution; and
6. in respect of supporting the delivery of Council priorities, the budget be amended to reflect the setting aside of amounts from one-off budgets as set out in Table 3 of the report.
That, subject to the above, Cabinet RECOMMENDED to COUNCIL that:
(a) following the consideration of the comments from the Corporate Management Committee and the responses from the budget consultation activities undertaken, the following final budget proposals be made (based on a £5 increase in a Band D Council Tax for district services):
i) that the detailed budgets, as per Appendix A to the report, be approved, which provides for a Council Tax Requirement for 2017/2018 of £7.229m (£6.855m for 2016/2017) (excluding parish precepts);
ii) that the Council agrees and formally approves:
a) the specific recommendations, calculations and other matters in respect of the Council’s requirements – Appendix C to the report; and
b) the Council Tax for this Council’s services – Appendix F to the report.