Decisions

RESOLVED:

To approve the recommendations in the not for publication report.

RESOLVED to:

1)   Approve the content of the Derbyshire and Derby Pre-submission Draft Minerals Local Plan, attached to the report at Appendix two; and

2)   Support the Executive Director – Place, in liaison with Derby City Council, undertaking under delegated authority any minor amendments as necessary, and presenting the Plan and relevant background papers to Council for its approval to enable:-

(a) their publication in accordance with regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 as the ‘proposed submission documents for the joint minerals local plan for Derbyshire and Derby for the period up to 2038; and

(b) their use for public consultation in accordance with regulations 19 and 35 with a period for making representations of eight weeks.

RESOLVED to recommend to Council that it:

1)   Approves the new Capital Starts Programme for 2023-24 set out in Appendix two of the report and approves the procurement and award of contracts which support the delivery of the Capital Programme. All contract awards will then be subject to approval by Executive Directors (via an Executive Director Report) under the relevant Departmental Scheme of Delegation;

2)   Approves the detailed Planned Maintenance Programme for 2023-24 as set out in Appendix three of the report;

3)   Adopts the Treasury Management Strategy for 2023-24 as set out in Appendix four of the report;

4)   Adopts the Investment Strategy for 2023-24 as set out in Appendix five of the report; and

5)   Adopts the Capital  Strategy for 2023-24 as set out in Appendix six of the report.

RESOLVED to recommend to Council that it:

1)   Notes the details of the Autumns Statement 2022 and Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement as outlined in sections 4.3 and 4.4 of the report;

2)   Notes the Government’s expectations about Council Tax levels for 2023-24 as outlined in section 4.5 of the report;

3)   Approves the precepts as outlined in section 4.5 and Appendix four of the report;

4)   Approves that billing authorities are informed of Council Tax levels arising from the budget proposals as outlined in section 4.5 and Appendix four of the report;

5)   Approves the contingency to cover non-standard inflation as outlined in section 4.7 of the report. The contingency to be allocated by the Interim Director of Finance and ICT, as Section 151 Officer, once non-standard inflation has been agreed;

6)   Approves the service pressure items identified in section 4.8 and Appendix five of the report;

7)   Approves the level and allocation of budget savings as outlined in section 4.9 and Appendix six of the report.  

8)   Notes the comments of the Interim Director of Finance and ICT, as Section 151 Officer about the robustness of the estimates and adequacy of the reserves as outlined in section 4.10 of the report;

9)   Notes the details of the Council’s consultation activity as outlined in section 5 of the report;

10)                Approves the Council Tax requirement of £387,461,515, calculated as follows:

11)     Approves the use of the Revenue Contributions to Capital Expenditure Earmarked Reserve to provide one off support to the 2023-24 Revenue Budget; and

12)     Authorises the Interim Director of Finance and ICT, as Section 151 Officer, to allocate cash limits amongst Cabinet portfolios; Executive Directors will then report to Cabinet on the revised Service Plans for 2023-24.

RESOLVED to:

Note the views of the consultation respondents in formulating its proposals to Full Council regarding the Revenue Budget for 2023-24.

RESOLVED TO:

1)    Note the current position on Earmarked Reserves;

2)    Note the details of the amounts to be released from the Earmarked Reserves balances;

3)    Note the allocation of £11.913m Earmarked Reserves release to the Budget Management Earmarked Reserve; and

4)    Approve the updated Reserves Policy at Appendix five to the report.