5 BUDGETING PACK 2018/2019
1.
Introductory
Report and Recommendations for Budget Papers
2.
Revenue
Pack
a) Budget Consultation – Findings Report
b) Service Plans 2018-20
c) Revenue Budget Overview (Appendix 8 is marked exempt (E1))
d) Report on Fees and Charges
e) Revenue Budget Monitoring 2017-18 as at 31 December 2017
f) Report on Financial Risks Analysis
g) Report on Reserves and Balances
3.
Capital
Plan
a) Capital Plan Summary
b) Corporate Asset Management Strategy
c) Corporate Asset Management Plan
d) Community Services Asset Management Plan
e) Customer Services Asset Management Plan
f) ICT Group Asset Management Plan
g) Development and Infrastructure Asset Management Plan
h) Health and Social Care Partnership Asset Management Plan
i) Live
Argyll Asset Management Plan
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Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Council considered the Revenue Budget and Capital Budget papers as contained within the budgeting pack, considered such other appropriate resolutions in relation to these papers and fixed the Council Tax for the year to 31 March 2019 which had been referred without recommendation by the Policy and Resources Committee held on 15 February 2018.
Decision
The Council:
1. |
Approves the revenue estimates for 2018/19 and that
consequently the local tax requirement estimated at £47.674m is funded from
Council Tax and confirms the following rates, charges and flexibility in
payment terms for the year 2018/19: a)
Council
tax to be paid in respect of a chargeable dwelling in band D of £1,249
representing a 3% increase; b)
Council
tax to be paid in respect of a chargeable dwelling in each of the other
valuation bands in accordance with section 74(1) of the Local Government
Finance Act 1992 as amended; c)
Business
rates as determined by Scottish Ministers; Further, to provide more flexibility and support
effective money management by households, extends on request the option to
pay by direct debit either over 12 months or over 10 months. |
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2. |
Notes and approves the detail provided in the Head of
Strategic Finance’s Revenue Budget Overview report and the surplus of £2.949m
in 2018/19, subject to the following amendments as set out below and
reconciled in the Administration’s Revenue Budget Model in Appendix 1: a)
Agrees
to increase the allocation to the Health and Social Care Partnership for
2018/19 to £56.400m, not accepting the £0.725m reduction to the base payment
set out in the Revenue Budget Overview report section 3.7 and adding a
further £0.844m to support the partnership in addressing cost pressures. Approves indicative allocations for 2019-20
and 2020-21 to be £56.400m subject to the level of Scottish Government
funding and the Council’s overall financial position in future years; b)
Approves
the adjustment to the Live Argyll management fee, resulting in a management
fee of £3.579m in 2018/19; c)
Approves
a one-off budget allocation of £0.260m in support of the One Council approach
to property, to be spent over financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20; d)
In
respect of the policy savings options consulted on:
i.
Does
not take forward policy savings options listed in Appendix 2a and agrees the
additional commitments set out in the comments section;
ii.
Approves
in part the policy savings options amounting to £0.343m in 2018/19, with further
savings in future years, and agrees the additional commitments set out in the
comments section as detailed in Appendix 2b;
iii.
Approves
in full the policy savings options amounting to £0.945m in 2018/19, with
further savings in future years, as outlined in Appendix 2c. |
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Approves
that, after the changes as noted in point 2 above, the remaining revenue
budget surplus of £2.408m is transferred to support the capital plan. |
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Approves the capital plan and phasing, cost changes and
additions as set out in Appendix 3, 4 and 5 of the Capital Plan Summary
Report. Further approves the additions
to the capital plan as outlined in the table below and notes that the
additional funding required is met from the revenue budget surplus for
2018/19, the unallocated General Fund balance and in respect of the
additional £2.8m allocation for Roads in 2019-20, this is met by not taking
the full saving in loans charges from 2019-20 onwards.
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Approves the proposals for the use of the unallocated
General Fund balance as outlined in the table below, and notes that this will
leave a remaining unallocated General Fund balance of £0.308m prior to the
year end, with an estimated £0.808m at the year end, over and above the 2%
contingency;
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In
planning for the longer term, notes the estimated revenue budget gap in the
mid-range scenario in 2019/20 of £4.124m and in 2020/21 of £6.249m as
outlined within Appendix 1. Further,
the Council: a) Endorses the proposed Transformation
Board activities for 2018/19 onwards and requests reports from officers to
come forward to members as appropriate; b) Extends the expiring events and
festivals Service Level Agreements for one year, with updated proposals for
future years to come to the Policy ... view the full minutes text for item 5
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6 BUDGETING PACK 2018/2019 1.
Introductory
Report and Recommendations for Budget Papers 2.
Revenue
Pack a) Budget
Consultation – Findings Report b) Service
Plans 2018-20 c) Revenue
Budget Overview (Appendix 8 is marked exempt (E1)) d) Report
on Fees and Charges e) Revenue
Budget Monitoring 2017-18 as at 31 December 2017 f) Report
on Financial Risks Analysis g) Report
on Reserves and Balances 3.
Capital
Plan a) Capital
Plan Summary b) Corporate
Asset Management Strategy c) Corporate
Asset Management Plan d) Community
Services Asset Management Plan e) Customer
Services Asset Management Plan f) ICT
Group Asset Management Plan g) Development
and Infrastructure Asset Management Plan h) Health
and Social Care Partnership Asset Management Plan i) Live
Argyll Asset Management Plan : Additional documents: Minutes: Consideration was
given to the full package of papers included in the budget pack in relation to
the revenue and capital budgets for 2018/19. The Head of
Strategic Finance advised that amendments to the Budgeting Pack 2018/19 would be
issued later that day in relation to the future years funding estimates. Decision The Committee
agreed to refer this item, without recommendation, for consideration by the
Council at their meeting on 22 February 2018. (Reference: Report by Head of Strategic Finance dated 2
February 2018, Revenue Budget Pack and Capital Budget Pack 2018/19) : |