Agenda and minutes

a)  The Lord Mayor informed Council that Councillor Downes was now back home following his recent operation.

b)  The Lord Mayor informed Council that she had asked the Chief Whip to convene a meeting of group whips to discuss the method by which members who had reserved their right to speak exercise that right, the Lord Mayor also set out how that would work for the purposes of  todays meeting.  

To approve the minutes of the Council Meetings held on 13^th January 2016.

It was moved by Councillor Charlwood, seconded by Councillor G Latty and

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meetings held on 13^th January 2016 be approvedsubject to a minor correction at minute 80, replacing the name Mary Brewer with Maureen E Brewer.

There were no declarations of interests.

The Chief Executive informed Council of the receipt of correspondence from The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP regarding the recent flooding in Leeds , a copy of which had been circulated to all Members of Council.

To consider the report of the Deputy Chief Executive setting out recommendations from the Executive Board on 10 February 2016 to Full Council in respect of the Best Council Plan 2016/17.

It was moved by Councillor J Lewis seconded by Councillor Charlwood and

RESOLVED – That the revised Best Council Plan 2016-2017 appended to the report be adopted and to note that further design work would take place.

It was moved by Councillor Charlwood, seconded by Councillor G Latty and

RESOLVED –

a)  That Council Procedure Rule 14.6(b) be suspended in respect of the Budget item to allow Councillor Andrew Carter to move and Councillor J Procter to second amendments 1 to 8 en bloc ,to allow Councillor Golton to move and Councillor Campbell to second amendments 9 to 10 en bloc, to allow Councillor Finnigan to move and Councillor Leadley to second amendments 11 to 12 en bloc and to allow Councillor D Blackburn to move and Councillor A Blackburn to second amendments 13 to 15 en bloc.

b)  That Council Procedure Rule 14.1 be suspended in respect of the Budget item and to agree;

(i)  that time limits will not be imposed on budget speeches of Group Leaders in the budget debate.

(ii)  that a member contributing to the budget debate can do so for up to 5 minutes.

(iii)  that a member seconding the budget motion or budget amendments can do so for up to 5 minutes.

(iv)  that when summing up on the budget  motion the Leader of Council can do so for up to 15 minutes.

c)  That Council Procedure Rule 3.3 be suspended in respect of the Minutes and to agree that consideration of the minutes (commencing with the Executive Board minutes) will continue up to 4.45pm at which point the Leader of Council or the relevant Executive Member will sum up for up to 10 minutes. 

i)  Revenue Budget

  a)  To agree that the Revenue Budget for 2016/17 totalling £496.378m, as detailed and explained in the submitted report and accompanying papers be approved, with the Leeds element of the Council Tax for 2016/17 increasing by 1.99% plus the Adult Social Care precept of 2%. (This excludes the Police and Fire precepts which will be incorporated into the report to be submitted to Council on the 24th February 2016.)

   b)  To agree that Grants totalling £84k be allocated to Parishes as detailed in paragraph 4.4.8 of the report.

  c)  To agree that with respect to the Housing Revenue Account, that the following be approved;

i)  a reduction of 1% in dwelling rents, a 5% increase in  garage rents and a 3% increase in district heating charges.

ii)  that service charges for multi-storey flats/low/medium rise  properties are increased by £1 per week.

iii)  that charges for sheltered support are increased from £12 to £13 per week and that a charge of £2 per week is introduced for those tenants who benefit from the sheltered support service but do not currently pay.

ii)  Council Tax

  1  That it be noted that at the meeting on 13^th January 2016, Council agreed the following amounts for the year 2016/17, in accordance with regulations made under Sections 31B(3) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

a)  218,267.1 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended) as its council tax base for the year.

b)   

being the amounts calculated by the Council in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, 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.

2  That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

a) £2,058,238,514  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2)(a) to (f) of the Act.

b) £1,791,268,265  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3)(a) to (d) of the Act.

c) £266,970,249  being the amount by which the aggregate at 2(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its council tax requirement for the year.

d) £1,223.135548  being the amount at 2(c) above, divided by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year.

e)  £1,657,859.00  being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

f)  £1,215.54  being the amount at 2(d) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at 2(e)  ...  view the full agenda text for item 107.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 14.9 leave of Council was given for Councillor Blake to alter the motion in her name having now received the  Fire and Rescue Authority precepts by altering 5(ii) Council Tax by  altering paragraph (ii) 3 of item 5 by the deletion of the words ‘are expected to issue’ and replace with ‘have issued’ and alter the tabulation in (ii) 3 (page 6 of the summons) and by altering paragraph (ii) 4 of item 5 by the deletion of the words ‘subject to the’ and replace with ‘having received’(page 7 of the summons) and by the inclusion of any amendments that are agreed by Full Council

(The altered paragraph(s)/table(s) are contained in the motion below)

i)  Revenue Budget

  a)  To agree that the Revenue Budget for 2016/17 totalling £496.378m, as detailed and explained in the submitted report and accompanying papers be approved, with the Leeds element of the Council Tax for 2016/17 increasing by 1.99% plus the Adult Social Care precept of 2%. (This excludes the Police and Fire precepts which will be incorporated into the report to be submitted to Council on the 24th February 2016.)

  b)  To agree that Grants totalling £84k be allocated to Parishes as detailed in paragraph 4.4.8 of the report.

  c)  To agree that with respect to the Housing Revenue Account, that the following be approved;

·  a reduction of 1% in dwelling rents, a 5% increase in  garage rents and a 3% increase in district heating charges.

·  that service charges for multi-storey flats/low/medium rise  properties are increased by £1 per week.

·  that charges for sheltered support are increased from £12 to £13 per week and that a charge of £2 per week is introduced for those tenants who benefit from the sheltered support service but do not currently pay.

ii)  Council Tax

  1  That it be noted that at the meeting on 13^th January 2016, Council agreed the following amounts for the year 2016/17, in accordance with regulations made under Sections 31B(3) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

a)  218,267.1 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended) as its council tax base for the year.

b)   

being the amounts calculated by the Council in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations, 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.

2  That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

a) £2,058,238,514  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2)(a) to (f) of the Act.

b) £1,791,268,265  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3)(a) to (d) of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 107.

It was moved by Councillor Blake, seconded by Councillor Charlwood  and

RESOLVED - That the minutes be received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 2.2(i).

Having suspended Council Procedure Rules, discussion on the minutes concluded prior to all notified comments on the minutes having been debated.