Issue - decisions

RECOMMENDED TO FULL COUNCIL ON 6^TH FEBRUARY 2020:-

(i)        that the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS), as set out in Section 3 of the report now submitted, be noted;

(ii)       that approval be given to the proposed variations to the existing Housing Growth Investment schemes, as outlined in paragraph 3.8 and Table 2 of the report;

(iii)      that approval be given to the Housing Revenue Account Draft Budget for 2020/21, as outlined in Section 6, including the proposed revenue investments and savings, as outlined in Section 5, with any final amendments/additions being delegated to the Cabinet Spokesperson for Place (Regeneration and Culture) and the Executive Director Place in consultation with the Cabinet Spokesperson for Core Services and the Service Director – Finance (Section 151);

(iv)      that a rent increase in line with the Government’s rent policy be approved;

(v)       that it be noted that there is no proposed change to non-dwelling rents, service charges and heating charges for 2020/21;

(vi)      that approval be given to the 2020/21 Berneslai Homes Management Fee at paragraph 6.7, with any final amendments/additions delegated to the Cabinet Spokesperson for Place (Regeneration and Culture) and the Service Director Regeneration and Culture in consultation with the Cabinet Spokesperson for Core Services and the Service Director – Finance (Section 151);

(vii)     that the 2020/21 Berneslai Homes Management Fee for Gypsy and Traveller Sites, charged to the Authority’s General Fund, detailed in paragraph 6.8 of the report, be approved;

(viii)    that approval be given, in principle, to the proposed emerging capital priority schemes as detailed in Section 7, subject to individual reports, as appropriate, in line with the Council’s governance arrangements;

(ix)      that the Council Housing Capital Investment programme for 2020/21 be approved and that the indicative programme for 2021/22 through 2024-25, as outlined in Section 8 be noted; and

(x)       that the Council be approved to set aside resources for both remedial works at the 26 properties affected by the floods in November 2019 and to undertake a further wider flood risk assessment of all Council dwellings in the Borough (as referred to in paragraph 7.2).