Decision details

An update on the Council’s MTFS for the period 2018/19 – 2020/21.

Minute 211 (A) and (B) were Moved by Councillor Gardiner – Seconded by Councillor Franklin; and

 

(A)Budget Proposals 2018/19

 

RESOLVED:-

 

(i)        that the Future Council 2020 Strategy at Section 1 of the report now submitted be noted and implemented accordingly;

 

(ii)       that the report of the Service Director Finance (Section 151 Officer), under Section 25 of the Local Government Act 2003 at Section 2 be noted and that the 2018/19 budget proposals be agreed on the basis that the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team (SMT), in consultation with Cabinet Spokespersons, submit for early consideration detailed plans that ensure the Council’s ongoing financial sustainability for 2019/20 and beyond;

 

(iii)      that the Revised Medium Term Financial Strategy and Forecast for 2018/19 to 2019/20 contained at Section 3a and 3b of the report and the position on Reserves, Provisions and Balances at Section 3c be noted and monitored as part of the arrangements for the delivery of the Future Council 2020 Strategy;

 

(iv)      that the 2018/19 budget proposals for all services, as separately presented in Sections 5a, 6 and 7, be approved for submission to Council – subject to the submission of detailed implementation reports as appropriate;

 

(v)       that the total additional specific funded capital investment of £65.5m as outlined at Section 5c, Table 5, be included within the Capital Programme and released subject to further detailed reports on the proposals for its use;

 

(vi)      that the £12.5m of cumulative resources available as highlighted at Section 5c Table 6 be noted and the allocation of £8.5m for the expenditure requirements outlined at Section 5c Table 7 be agreed;

 

(vii)     that the efficiency proposals for 2018/19 in Sections 7a to 7e be agreed subject to consideration of any further Equality Impact Assessments;

 

(viii)    that the detailed proposals for increases in existing fees and charges and new fees and charges be implemented as set out at Section 8 of the report;

 

(ix)      that the Aggregated Equality Impact Assessment at Section 10 of the proposals be noted and the proposed mitigation actions in the report be approved;

 

(x)       that the cash limited budgets for each service with overall net expenditure for 2018/19 of £168.988m be approved for submission to Council;

 

(xi)      that the Chief Executive and SMT, in consultation with Cabinet Spokespersons, be required to submit reports into Cabinet, as a matter of urgency, in relation to the detailed General Fund Revenue Budget for 2018/19 on any further action required to achieve an appropriately balanced budget in addition to those proposals set out above;

 

(xii)     that the Chief Executive and SMT be responsible for managing their respective budgets including ensuring the implementation of savings proposals;

 

(xiii)    that the Authority’s SMT be charged with ensuring that the budget remains in balance and report regularly into Cabinet on budget/savings monitoring including any action required;

 

(xiv)    that Cabinet and the Section 151 Officer be authorised to make any necessary technical adjustments to form the 2018/19 budget;

 

(xv)     that appropriate consultation on the agreed budget proposals takes place with the Trade Unions and representatives of Non-Domestic Ratepayers and that the views of consultees be considered by Cabinet and the Council; and

 

(xvi)    that the budget papers be submitted for the consideration of the Full Council.

 

(B)       Council Tax 2018/19

 

RESOLVED:-

 

(i)            that the contents of Section 5b (2018/19 Council Tax options) be noted;

 

(ii)   in respect of the Council Tax 2018/19 calculations:

 

(a)  that the Council Tax Collection Fund surplus relating to Barnsley M.B.C. of £3.115M be used to reduce the Council Tax Requirement for 2018/19;

 

(b)  that the Band D Council Tax for Barnsley M.B.C.’s services be set at £1,419.73 which includes the cumulative special precept earmarked specifically for Adult Social Care of £84.17; and

 

(c)  that the Band D Council Tax for Barnsley M.B.C.’s area be set at £1,660.90 including the Police and Fire precepts as set out in (iii)(c).

 

(iii)  that, in respect of the Council Tax 2018/19 declaration:

 

(a)  that it be noted that at its meeting of its Cabinet on the 10^th January 2018 the Council made the following calculations for the year 2018/19 in accordance with Regulations made under Section 31(B) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended (the “Act”):-

           

(1)  in accordance with Section 31B (3) of the Local Government Act 1992, as amended, the number of adjusted Band D equivalent properties calculated by the Council as its Council Tax base for the year shall be 62,907.100 (Item T in the formula in Section 31B (1) of the Act);

 

(2)  that the number of adjusted Band D equivalent properties calculated by the Council, as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate shall be as follows:-

 

TABLE 1
Column	A	B	C	D = C / B
Parish Area	Band D equivalent chargeable properties	95% of Band D equivalent chargeable properties	Precept Issued (after Council Tax Support Grant) (£)	Band D Equivalent Charge (£)
Billingley	98.500	93.575	1,509.00	16.02
Cawthorne	615.700	584.915	20,144.00	34.44
Dunford	250.900	238.355	8,346.00	35.01
Great Houghton	669.500	636.025	21,425.00	33.69
Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth	296.295	281.480	5,736.00	20.38
High Hoyland	69.705	66.220	-	-
Hunshelf	164.095	155.890	4,500.00	28.87
Langsett	110.000	104.500	3,486.00	33.36
Little Houghton	187.705	178.320	4,359.00	24.44
Oxspring	464.105	440.900	18,630.00	42.25
Penistone	4,391.400	4,171.830	170,336.00	40.83
Shafton	956.600	908.770	35,435.50	38.99
Silkstone	1,209.895	1,149.400	71,865.00	62.52
Stainborough	165.505	157.230	4,605.00	29.29
Tankersley	628.495	597.070	12,209.00	20.45
Thurgoland	757.000	719.150	10,762.00	14.96
Wortley	315.800	300.010	7,421.00	24.74
Barnsley and Other Non-Parish Areas	54,866.800	52,123.460
Total	66,218.000	62,907.100	400,768.50

 

(b)  that the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2018/19 in accordance with Sections 31-36 of the “the Act”:-

 

(1) £169,388,796.50 being the net aggregate amount the Council estimates for items set out in Section 31A (2) and 31A (3) of the Act taking into account all Precepts issued to it by Parish Councils;

 

(2) £76,562,000 being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its General Fund in respect of the Business Rate Retention Scheme and other specific grants;

 

(3) £3,115,000 being the amount 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 (Council Tax Surplus);

 

(4) £89,711,796.50 being the amount by which the amount at (iii)(b) (1) above exceeds the aggregate of amounts at (iii)(b) (2) and (iii)(b) (3) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in Section 31B (1) of the Act);

 

(5) £1,426.10 calculated by the Council as being the amount at (iii)(b) (4) above (Item R in the formula in Section 31B (3); all divided by the Council Tax base as highlighted in (iii) (a) (1) above (Item T in the formula in Section 31B (1) of the Act);

 

(6) £400,768.50being the aggregate amount of all special amounts (Parish Precepts) referred to in Section 31A (2) of the Act; as per column C in the table in (iii)(a) (2) above 

 

(7) £1,419.73 calculated by the Council as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special items relate being the amount at (iii)(b) (5) above less the result given by dividing the amount at (iii)(b) (6) above divided by the amount at (iii)(a) (1) (Item T in the formula in Section 31B (1) of the Act) above in accordance with Section 34 (2) of the Act;

 

(8) the following amounts calculated by the Council as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate:-

 

 

 

being the amounts given by adding to the amount at (iii)(b) (7) above the amount of the special items in (iii)(a) (2) Col D in accordance with Section 34 (3) of the Act;

 

(9) the amounts calculated by the Council as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands are shown below.

 

being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at (iii)(b) (8) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5 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 in accordance with Section 36 (1) of the Act;

 

(c)  that it be noted that for the year 2018/19 the under-mentioned precepting Authorities have stated the following draft amounts in precepts issued to the Council in accordance with Section 42A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:-

 

 

(d)  that having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at (iii)(b) (9) and (iii)(c) above, the Council in accordance with Section 30 (2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the amounts shown below as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2018/19 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:-

 

 

(e)  that the Service Director (S151 Officer) be authorised to serve notices, enter into agreements, give receipts, make adjustments, initiate proceedings and take any action available to the Council to collect or enforce the collection of non-domestic rates and the Council Tax from those persons liable in accordance with the Council’s agreed policy; and

 

(f)   that the Service Director (S151 Officer) determines in accordance with the principles determined by the Secretary of State and set out in the Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2018/19, that Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s relevant basic amount of Council Tax for the year 2018/19 as defined by Section 41 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 is not excessive.

 

(g)  that the Director of Legal and Governance be authorised to publish the Council Tax Notice in accordance with the provisions of Section 38 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, a recorded vote was taken on the above items (Minute 211 (A) and (B) refers).

 

In favour of the motion

 

Councillors Andrews BEM, Barnard, D Birkinshaw, Bruff, Burgess, G Carr, J Carr, Cave, Charlesworth, Cheetham, Clarke, Clements, Coates, M Dyson, Franklin, Frost, Gardiner, Gollick, S Green, Daniel Griffin, David Griffin, Hampson, Hayward, Higginbottom, Sir Steve Houghton CBE, Howard, C Johnson, W Johnson, Lofts, Makinson, Mathers, Miller, Millner, Mitchell, Murray, Noble, Platts, Pourali, Richardson, Riggs, Saunders, Sheard, Shepherd, Sixsmith MBE, Spence, Stowe, Sumner, Tattersall, Unsworth, Williams, Wilson, C Wraith MBE and R Wraith.

 

Abstentions

 

The Mayor (Councillor Ennis)

 

No Councillors voted against the motion

 

All Councillors present at the time of the vote actually voted.