Agenda item

(i)  Revenue Budget

 

  That the Revenue Estimates for 2008/09 totalling £540.509m, as detailed and explained in the submitted report and accompanying papers be approved, including a 4.7% increase in the Leeds’ element of the Council Tax.

 

(ii)  Council Tax

1.   That it be noted that at the meeting on 16^th January 2008, Council agreed the following amounts for the year 2008/09, in accordance with regulations made under Sections 33(5) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

 

a)   233,204 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, on the assumption that the DCLG makes the necessary order, the following amount be now calculated for the year 2008/09 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended):-

 

 

PARISH	TAXBASE
Alwoodley	3,672

 

being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amount of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in that part of its area listed to which one or more special items relate, this amount being calculated in addition to those listed in 1(b) above.

 

3  That, assuming that the DCLG makes the necessary order for the creation of the new parish of Alwoodley,  the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2008/09 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

 

a) £2,381,063,296.49  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act.

 

b) £1,839,200,000  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act.

 

c) £541,863,296.49  being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year.

 

d) £292,293,316  being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its general fund in respect of redistributed Non-Domestic Rates and Revenue Support Grant, increased by the amount which the Council estimates will be transferred from its Collection Fund into its General Fund under Section 97(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and reduced by the amount which the Council estimates will be  transferred from its Collection Fund to its General Fund pursuant to the Collection Fund (Community Charges) (England) Directions 1994.

 

e) £1,070.178816  being the amount at 3(c) above, less the amount at 2(d) above, all divided by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

f)  £1,354,296.49  being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

g)  £1,064.37  being the amount at 3(e) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(f) above by the amount at 1.(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

h) 

 

 

 

being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 3(g) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at 1(b) above or, in the case of Alwoodley, the amount agreed in 2, above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, 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.

 

i)

 

being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 3(g) and 3(h) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) 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, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.

 

4  That, in the event that the DCLG fails to make the necessary order for the creation of the new parish of Alwoodley, the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2008/09 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

 

a) £2,381,026,576.49  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act.

 

b) £1,839,200,000  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act.

 

c) £541,826,576.49  being the amount by which the aggregate at 4(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 4(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year.

 

d) £292,293,316  being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its general fund in respect of redistributed Non-Domestic Rates and Revenue Support Grant, increased by the amount which the Council estimates will be transferred from its Collection Fund into its General Fund under Section 97(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and reduced by the amount which the Council estimates will be  transferred from its Collection Fund to its General Fund pursuant to the Collection Fund (Community Charges) (England) Directions 1994.

 

e) £1,070.021357  being the amount at 4(c) above, less the amount at 4(d) above, all divided by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

f)  £1,317,576.49  being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

g)  £1,064.37  being the amount at 4(e) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at 4(f) above by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.

 

h)  That the amounts shown in 3(h) above be calculated with the exception of the entry for the parish of Alwoodley

 

i)  That the amounts shown in 3(i) above be calculated with the exception of the amounts relating to the parish of Alwoodley.

 

  5  That it be noted for the year 2008/09 that the West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority is expected to issue the following precept to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below. The Fire and Civil Defence Authority meet to finalise its budget and Council Tax on 15^th February 2008.

 

 

  The Police Authority will meet to set its budget and Council Tax on 22^nd February 2008. Their proposed Council Tax figures were not available at the time of writing this report.

 

6  That, in accordance with Section 67(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the Council appoint a committee for the purpose of setting the council tax under Chapter III of that Act.

 

As respects the committee so appointed:

 

-  the members shall be the members of the Executive Board of Leeds City Council

 

-  its term of office will last only until such time as the Council Tax for 2008/09 has been set under Chapter III of that Act, the term to allow for the possibility of the Secretary of State designating or nominating Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Police Authority or West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority under Section 52B of that Act and substitute amounts having to be set as a result.

 

7  That the schedule of instalments for 2008/09 for payments to the principal authorities out of the Collection Fund be determined as set out in Appendix II of the report of the Director of Resources.

 

(iii)  Housing Revenue Account Budget 2008/09

 

(a)  That the budget be approved at the average rent increase figure of 5.8%

(b)  That service charges be increased in line with average rent rises

(c)  That the charges for garage rents be increased to £5.55 per week

 

(iv)  Capital Programme 2007-2012

 

(a)  That the capital programme as attached to the submitted report be approved.

(b)  That the proposed Minimum Revenue Provision policies for 2008/09 as set out in paragraph 5.3.2 and appendix G to the report be approved

 

(v)  Treasury Management Strategy 2008/09

 

(a)  That the borrowing limits for 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 be as set out in section 3.4 of the submitted report

(b)  That the treasury management indicators for 2007/08, 2008/09,  2009/10 and 2010/11 be as set out in section 3.5 of the report

(c)  That the investment limits for 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 be as set out in section 3.6 of the report

 

R BRETT

 

The Lord Mayor invited Council to agree that following further advice from officers, the pages identified as exempt within the budget documentation be now designated as open and it was

 

RESOLVED – That the pages be now designated as open.

 

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 14.10 Councillor Brett sought leave of Council in moving the motion to make alterations as follows:

 

• In paragraph 3(e) of the motion to change the reference “2(d)” to “3(d)”
• The inclusion of the agreed West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority precept in paragraph 5 and the inclusion of the proposed West Yorkshire Police Authority precept (these will bring the anticipated overall increase in Council Tax, including precepts, to 4.7%)

 

The amended motion was seconded by Councillor A Carter

 

 (i)  Revenue Budget

 

  That the Revenue Estimates for 2008/09 totalling £540.509m, as detailed and explained in the submitted report and accompanying papers be approved, including a 4.7% increase in the Leeds’ element of the Council Tax.

 

(ii)  Council Tax

 

1.   That it be noted that at the meeting on 16^th January 2008, Council agreed the following amounts for the year 2008/09, in accordance with regulations made under Sections 33(5) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

 

a)   233,204 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, on the assumption that the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) makes the necessary order, the following amount be now calculated for the year 2008/09 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended):-

 

 

PARISH	TAXBASE
Alwoodley	3,672

 

being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amount of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in that part of its area listed to which one or more special items relate, this amount being calculated in addition to those listed in 1(b) above.

 

3  That, assuming that the DCLG makes the necessary order for the creation of the new parish of Alwoodley,  the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2008/09 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

 

a) £2,381,063,296.49  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act.

 

b) £1,839,200,000  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act.

 

c) £541,863,296.49  being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year.

 

d) £292,293,316  being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its general fund in respect of redistributed Non-Domestic Rates and Revenue Support Grant, increased by the amount which the Council estimates will be transferred from its Collection Fund into its General Fund under Section 97(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and reduced by the amount which the Council estimates will be  transferred from its Collection Fund to its General Fund pursuant to the Collection Fund (Community Charges) (England) Directions 1994.

 

e) £1,070.178816  being the amount at 3(c) above, less the amount at 3(d) above, all divided by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

f)  £1,354,296.49  being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

g)  £1,064.37  being the amount at 3(e) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(f) above by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.

 

h) 

 

 

being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 3(g) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at 1(b) above or, in the case of Alwoodley, the amount agreed in 2, above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, 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.

 

 

 

 

i)

 

 

being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 3(g) and 3(h) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) 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, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.

 

4  That, in the event that the DCLG fails to make the necessary order for the creation of the new parish of Alwoodley, the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2008/09 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

 

a) £2,381,026,576.49  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act.

 

b) £1,839,200,000  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act.

 

c) £541,826,576.49  being the amount by which the aggregate at 4(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 4(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year.

 

d) £292,293,316  being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its general fund in respect of redistributed Non-Domestic Rates and Revenue Support Grant, increased by the amount which the Council estimates will be transferred from its Collection Fund into its General Fund under Section 97(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and reduced by the amount which the Council estimates will be  transferred from its Collection Fund to its General Fund pursuant to the Collection Fund (Community Charges) (England) Directions 1994.

 

e) £1,070.021357  being the amount at 4(c) above, less the amount at 4(d) above, all divided by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

f)  £1,317,576.49  being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

g)  £1,064.37  being the amount at 4(e) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at 4(f) above by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.

 

h)  That the amounts shown in 3(h) above be calculated with the exception of the entry for the parish of Alwoodley

 

i)  That the amounts shown in 3(i) above be calculated with the exception of the amounts relating to the parish of Alwoodley.

 

  5  That it be noted for the year 2008/09 that the West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority has issued the following precept to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below. The proposed Council Taxes for the Police Authority are also shown below but they will not be finalised until that Authority meets to set its budget and Council Tax on 22^nd February 2008.

 

 

 

6  Subject to the decision of the Police Authority, that it be noted that the following amounts are expected to be set by the committee appointed under Paragraph 7 below as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2008/09 for each of the categories of dwellings shown. In the event that the DCLG fails to make the necessary order for the creation of the parish of Alwoodley, the entries for that prospective parish will be omitted:

 

 

 

7  That, in accordance with Section 67(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the Council appoint a committee for the purpose of setting the council tax under Chapter III of that Act.

 

As respects the committee so appointed:

 

-  the members shall be the members of the Executive Board of Leeds City Council

 

-  its term of office will last only until such time as the Council Tax for 2008/09 has been set under Chapter III of that Act, the term to allow for the possibility of the Secretary of State designating or nominating Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Police Authority or West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority under Section 52B of that Act and substitute amounts having to be set as a result.

 

8  That the schedule of instalments for 2008/09 for payments to the principal authorities out of the Collection Fund be determined as set out in Appendix II of the report of the Director of Resources.

 

(iii)  Housing Revenue Account Budget 2008/09

 

(a)  That the budget be approved at the average rent increase figure of 5.8%

(b)  That service charges be increased in line with average rent rises

(c)  That the charges for garage rents be increased to £5.55 per week

 

 

(iv)  Capital Programme 2007-2012

 

(a)  That the capital programme as attached to the submitted report be approved.

(b)  That the proposed Minimum Revenue Provision policies for 2008/09 as set out in paragraph 5.3.2 and appendix G to the report be approved

 

 

(v)  Treasury Management Strategy 2008/09

 

(a)  That the borrowing limits for 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 be as set out in section 3.4 of the submitted report

(b)  That the treasury management indicators for 2007/08, 2008/09,  2009/10 and 2010/11 be as set out in section 3.5 of the report

(c)  That the investment limits for 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 be as set out in section 3.6 of the report

 

An amendment was moved by Councillor Wakefield seconded by Councillor R Lewis

 

In 4 (i), after the words “be approved” add:

 

“subject to amendments to the Council’s estimates for 2008/09 as set out below:

 

(a)  an increase in the City Development budget of £180,000

(b)  an increase in the Children’s Services budget of £255,000

(c)  an increase in the Environment and Neighbourhoods budget of £850,000

(d)  an increase in the Adult Social Services budget of £1,508,000

(e)  a decrease in the Central and Corporate budget of £695,000

(f)  a decrease in the Central Accounts budget of  £2,098,000

 

 

The amendment was declared lost and upon the motion being put to the vote it was

 

RESOLVED –

 

(i)  Revenue Budget

 

  That the Revenue Estimates for 2008/09 totalling £540.509m, as detailed and explained in the submitted report and accompanying papers be approved, including a 4.7% increase in the Leeds’ element of the Council Tax.

 

(ii)  Council Tax

 

1.   That it be noted that at the meeting on 16^th January 2008, Council agreed the following amounts for the year 2008/09, in accordance with regulations made under Sections 33(5) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

 

a)   233,204 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, on the assumption that the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) makes the necessary order, the following amount be now calculated for the year 2008/09 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended):-

 

 

PARISH	TAXBASE
Alwoodley	3,672

 

being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amount of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in that part of its area listed to which one or more special items relate, this amount being calculated in addition to those listed in 1(b) above.

 

3  That, assuming that the DCLG makes the necessary order for the creation of the new parish of Alwoodley,  the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2008/09 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

 

a) £2,381,063,296.49  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act.

 

b) £1,839,200,000  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act.

 

c) £541,863,296.49  being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year.

 

d) £292,293,316  being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its general fund in respect of redistributed Non-Domestic Rates and Revenue Support Grant, increased by the amount which the Council estimates will be transferred from its Collection Fund into its General Fund under Section 97(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and reduced by the amount which the Council estimates will be  transferred from its Collection Fund to its General Fund pursuant to the Collection Fund (Community Charges) (England) Directions 1994.

 

e) £1,070.178816  being the amount at 3(c) above, less the amount at 3(d) above, all divided by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

f)  £1,354,296.49  being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

g)  £1,064.37  being the amount at 3(e) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(f) above by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.

 

h) 

 

 

being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 3(g) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at 1(b) above or, in the case of Alwoodley, the amount agreed in 2, above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, 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.

i)

 

 

being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 3(g) and 3(h) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) 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, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.

 

4  That, in the event that the DCLG fails to make the necessary order for the creation of the new parish of Alwoodley, the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2008/09 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

 

a) £2,381,026,576.49  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act.

 

b) £1,839,200,000  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3)(a) to (c) of the Act.

 

c) £541,826,576.49  being the amount by which the aggregate at 4(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 4(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year.

 

d) £292,293,316  being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its general fund in respect of redistributed Non-Domestic Rates and Revenue Support Grant, increased by the amount which the Council estimates will be transferred from its Collection Fund into its General Fund under Section 97(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and reduced by the amount which the Council estimates will be  transferred from its Collection Fund to its General Fund pursuant to the Collection Fund (Community Charges) (England) Directions 1994.

 

e) £1,070.021357  being the amount at 4(c) above, less the amount at 4(d) above, all divided by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

f)  £1,317,576.49  being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

g)  £1,064.37  being the amount at 4(e) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at 4(f) above by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.

 

h)  That the amounts shown in 3(h) above be calculated with the exception of the entry for the parish of Alwoodley

 

i)  That the amounts shown in 3(i) above be calculated with the exception of the amounts relating to the parish of Alwoodley.

 

  5  That it be noted for the year 2008/09 that the West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority has issued the following precept to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below. The proposed Council Taxes for the Police Authority are also shown below but they will not be finalised until that Authority meets to set its budget and Council Tax on 22^nd February 2008.

 

 

 

6  Subject to the decision of the Police Authority, that it be noted that the following amounts are expected to be set by the committee appointed under Paragraph 7 below as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2008/09 for each of the categories of dwellings shown. In the event that the DCLG fails to make the necessary order for the creation of the parish of Alwoodley, the entries for that prospective parish will be omitted:

 

 

 

7  That, in accordance with Section 67(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the Council appoint a committee for the purpose of setting the council tax under Chapter III of that Act.

 

As respects the committee so appointed:

 

-  the members shall be the members of the Executive Board of Leeds City Council

 

-  its term of office will last only until such time as the Council Tax for 2008/09 has been set under Chapter III of that Act, the term to allow for the possibility of the Secretary of State designating or nominating Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Police Authority or West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority under Section 52B of that Act and substitute amounts having to be set as a result.

 

8  That the schedule of instalments for 2008/09 for payments to the principal authorities out of the Collection Fund be determined as set out in Appendix II of the report of the Director of Resources.

 

(iii)  Housing Revenue Account Budget 2008/09

 

(a)  That the budget be approved at the average rent increase figure of 5.8%

(b)  That service charges be increased in line with average rent rises

(c)  That the charges for garage rents be increased to £5.55 per week

 

 

(iv)  Capital Programme 2007-2012

 

(a)  That the capital programme as attached to the submitted report be approved.

(b)  That the proposed Minimum Revenue Provision policies for 2008/09 as set out in paragraph 5.3.2 and appendix G to the report be approved

 

 

(v)  Treasury Management Strategy 2008/09

 

(a)  That the borrowing limits for 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 be as set out in section 3.4 of the submitted report

(b)  That the treasury management indicators for 2007/08, 2008/09,  2009/10 and 2010/11 be as set out in section 3.5 of the report

(c)  That the investment limits for 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 be as set out in section 3.6 of the report

 

On the requisition of Councillors M Hamilton and Smith the voting on the amendment in Councillor Wakefield’s name was recorded as follows:

 

YES

 

Armitage, Atha, Atkinson, Blake, Congreve, Coulson, Coupar, Davey, Dobson, Dowson, Driver, Dunn, Gabriel, Grahame, Gruen, S Hamilton, Hanley, Harington, Harper, A Hussain, K Hussain, G Hyde, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jarosz, Langdale, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, A McKenna, J McKenna, Minkin, Morgan, Mulherin, Nash, Ogilvie, Parker, Rafique, Renshaw, Selby, Taggart, Wakefield

 

  43

 

 

NO

 

Anderson, Andrew, Bale, Barker, Bentley, Brett, Campbell, A Carter, J L Carter, Mrs A Carter, Castle, Chapman, Downes, Elliott, Ewens, Mrs R Feldman, R D Feldman, Finnigan, Fox, Gettings, Golton, Grayshon, M Hamilton, Harker, Harrand, Harris, Hollingsworth, W Hyde, Jennings, Kendall, Kirkland, Lamb, Lancaster, Latty, Leadley, Lobley, Monaghan, Morton, J Procter, R Procter, Pryke, Rhodes-Clayton, Robinson, Shelbrooke, Smith, Taylor, Townsley, Wadsworth, Wilkinson, Wilson

 

  50

 

ABSTAIN

 

Beverley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Russell

 

  4

 

On the requisition of Councillors M Hamilton and Harker the voting on the motion was recorded as follows:

 

YES

 

Anderson, Andrew, Bale, Barker, Bentley, D Blackburn, Brett, Campbell, A Carter, J L Carter, Mrs A Carter, Castle, Chapman, Downes, Elliott, Ewens, Mrs R Feldman, R D Feldman, Finnigan, Fox, Gettings, Golton, Grayshon, M

Hamilton, Harker, Harrand, Harris, Hollingsworth, W Hyde, Jennings, Kendall, Kirkland, Lamb, Lancaster, Latty, Leadley, Lobley, Monaghan, Morton, J Procter, R Procter, Pryke, Rhodes-Clayton, Robinson, Russell, Shelbrooke, Smith, Taylor, Townsley, Wadsworth, Wilkinson, Wilson

 

  52

 

NO

 

G Hyde, Lyons, J McKenna, Nash, Rafique,

 

  5

 

ABSTAIN

 

Armitage, Atkinson, Beverley, Coulson, Coupar, Davey, Dowson, Dunn, Grahame, S Hamilton, Hanley, Harington, Harper, A Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Langdale, J Lewis, Lowe, A McKenna, Morgan, Mulherin, Renshaw, Selby

 

  24

 

 

(Having declared a personal and prejudicial interest Councillor Murray left the meeting during the discussion and voting in respect of this matter)

 

(During the debate on this item Councillor Atha declared a personal interest as a trustee of the Northern Ballet)