Agenda item - 2023/24 Revenue Budget and Council Tax Report, including reports on the Capital Programme and Treasury Management Strategy

2023/24 Revenue Budget and Council Tax Report, including reports on the Capital Programme and Treasury Management Strategy

Meeting of Council, Wednesday, 22nd February, 2023 1.00 pm (Item 87.)

i) Leeds City Council Revenue Budget 2023/24

To consider the report of the Chief Officer Financial Services on the proposals for the City Council’s Revenue Budget for 2023/24.

ii) Council Tax 2023/2024

To consider the report of the Chief Officer Financial Services setting out the various steps in the process and the proposed council taxes for 2023/24 including the precepts issued by the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire, the West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority and the parish and town councils within the Leeds area.

iii) Capital Programme Update 2023 – 2027

To consider the report of the Chief Officer Financial Services on the Capital programme for the period 2023 – 2027.

iv) Treasury Management Strategy 2023/2024

To consider the report of the Chief Officer Financial Services on the Treasury Management Policy and Strategy for 2023/24.

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor Lewis, seconded by Councillor Coupar

i) Revenue Budget

a) To note the recommendation of the Executive Board asking Council to note the recommendations of the Council’s statutory officer (the Chief Officer – Financial Services) that the Budget proposals for 2023/24 are robust and that the proposed level of reserves is adequate, as set out at Part 7 of Appendix 1 to this report.

b) As recommended by the Executive Board, this report asks Council to adopt the following resolutions:

i. That the revenue budget for 2023/24 totalling £573.4m be approved. This means that the Leeds element of council tax for 2023/24 will increase by 2.99% plus the Adult Social Care precept of 2.00%. This excludes the police and fire precepts which have been incorporated into the Council Tax report submitted to Council elsewhere on this agenda;

ii. That grants totalling £69.6k be allocated to parishes as shown at Appendix 5;

iii. Approval of the strategy at Appendix 9 in respect of the flexible use of capital receipts, specifically the additional planned use in 2022/23 of £2.7m and planned use in 2023/24 of £19.0m;

iv. In respect of the Housing Revenue Account that the budget be approved with:

• An increase of 7% in dwelling rents;

• An increase of 7% in garage and travellers site rent;

• An increase of 12.6% (RPI) for the standing charges in district heating schemes and the district heating unit rate will increase to 10p per kwh;

• A 30% increase in heat consumption charges in sheltered complexes;

• An increase in service charges for low/medium rise flats to £4.83 per week and for multi-storey flats £11.40 per week;

• A decrease in the charge for tenants who benefit from the sheltered support

service to £8.51 per week;

• An increase in the Retirement Life charge for the provision of additional

community facilities to £11.40 per week for services within complexes and £4.83 per week where they are within a standalone community centre;

• An increase in the service charges for Wharfedale extra care scheme to £47.41 per week, in addition the support charge will increase by 9%.

v. In respect of the Schools Budget, that the High Needs Block budget for 2023/24, as set out in paragraph 4.4 of the Schools Budget Report at Appendix 8, specifically the table at paragraph 4.4.6 of the report, be approved.

ii) Council Tax

1 Members are requested to note that, at the meeting on 18^th January 2023, Council agreed the following amounts for the year 2023/24, in accordance with regulations made under Sections 31B(3) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992: -

a) 239,337.8 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) Table 1: Tax base Numbers 2023/24

2 Members are requested to adopt the following the resolutions: -

a) that the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2023/24 in accordance with Sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992: -

(i) £2,451,293,675

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.

(ii) £2,055,209,932

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.

(iii) £396,083,743

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

(iv) £1,654.915115

being the amount at 2(a)(iii) 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.

(v) £2,389,224.00

being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

(vi) £1,644.93

being the amount at 2(a)(iv) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at 2(a)(v) 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.

b) Table 2: Band D Precept by Parish

That being the amounts given by adding to the amounts at 2(a)(vi) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to those dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at 1(b) 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.

c) Table 3: Leeds and Parish Precepts Excluding Police and Fire 2023/24

That being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 2(a)(vi) and 1(b) 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.

3 Members are requested to note that for the year 2023/24 the West Yorkshire Mayor, in her role as the Police and Crime Commissioner, has issued the following precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. Also, that the Council have, under Section 30(2) of that Act, indicated the following Fire and Rescue Authority precepts and that this reconciles to the precept to be considered by the Fire and Rescue Authority on 23^rd February 2023. These are shown for each of the categories of dwellings below.

Table 4: Police and Fire Precepts 2023/24

4 Members are requested to adopt the resolution that, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2(c) and 3 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of council tax for the year 2023/24 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

Table 5: Leeds and Parish Precepts Including Police and Fire 2023/24

5 Members are requested to adopt the resolution that, in accordance with Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, following the principles set out by the Secretary of State and in the Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2023/24, it be determined that the Leeds City Council relevant amount of council tax for the year 2023/24 is not excessive.

6 Members are requested to note that the schedule of instalments for 2023/24 for transfers to Leeds City Council and payments to the West Yorkshire Mayor in her role as the Police and Crime Commissioner and to the Fire & Rescue Authority out of the Collection Fund be determined as set out in Appendix 2 of this report.

7 Members are requested to adopt the resolution that, in accordance with section 11A of the Local Government Act 1992, the discounts under section 11(2) (a) of that Act for prescribed Class C and D properties, shall not apply, removing the present 100% discount for the purposes of council tax for unfurnished and unoccupied dwellings for up to seven days after a property is first vacated.

iii) Capital Programme Update 2023-2027

As recommended by the Executive Board Council are asked to approve:

a) the capital programme for 2023-2027 totalling £1,978.5m, including the revised projected position for 2022/23, as presented in Appendix A;

b) the MRP policy statements for 2023/24 as set out in Appendix C; and

c) the Capital and Investment Strategy as set out in Appendix D. As part of the Capital and Investment Strategy, the Council is required to set prudential limits for the total value of its non treasury investments and, specifically, limits for the total value of service investments and the total value of commercial investments that it holds. Appendix D recommends:

• the prudential limit for service investments be set at £80m.

• that a limit of £200m should be set for the carrying value of assets which are classed as commercial investments.

As recommended by the Executive Board Council are asked to note:

d) that Executive Board have approved the following net injections totalling

£420.7m, as set out in Appendix A(iii), into the capital programme:

• £95.6m of Corporate Borrowing to address Capital Programme Review budget pressures as listed at Appendix A(iv);

• £92.5m of annual programme injections (£45.4m of Corporate Borrowing, £11.9m of Flexible Use of Capital Receipts and £35.2m of External Funding) as listed at Appendix A(v);

• £9.8m of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Strategic Fund monies;

• £7.8m of Flexible Use of Capital Receipts injection for the Core Business Transformation Programme; and

• £215.0m of other injections, primarily relating to the roll forward of the HRA Programme, annual capital grant allocations and other secured external grant funding.

The above decision to inject funding of £420.7m will be implemented by the Chief Officer - Financial Services.

iv) Treasury Management Strategy 2023/24

Council are asked to note that:

a) Executive Board have approved the treasury strategy for 2023/24 as set out in Section 8.5 and noted the review of the 2022/23 strategy and operations set out in Sections 8.3 and 8.4.

Council are asked to agree that:

b) The borrowing limits for the Authorised Limit and Operational Boundary for 2022/23,2023/24 and 2024/25 be confirmed as set in February 2022 and new limits for 2025/26 be approved at £3,200m for Borrowing and £530m for other Long term liabilities for the Authorised Limit. For 2025/26 the Operational Boundary is recommended to be approved at £2,950m for Borrowing and £510m for Other Long-term Liabilities. These are explained in detail in Section 8.6 of the report.

c) The treasury management indicator for the maturity structure of the Council’s borrowing is recommended to be approved as detailed in Section 8.7 and Appendix B. The only change to this Indicator is to increase the maximum percentage of debt maturing within 12 months from the previous 15% to 25% in response to the change required to the underlying calculation of this indicator, from being based on fixed rate debt only to being based on all debt including short term and variable rate debt.

d) The investment limits for periods greater than 364 days for 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 is recommended to be confirmed at £150m and a new limit is recommended to be set for 2025/26 at £150m. It is also recommended that the limit of £15m that can be placed with the Debt Management Account Deposit Facility (an arm of the Debt Management Office of HM Treasury) be removed, and that all other Investment limits remain as set in February 2022. These are explained in Section 8.8.9 of the report.

e) The Treasury Management Policy Statement be updated in line with the revised Codes of practice as shown at Appendix E. Council is requested to note that updated Treasury Management Practices and new Investment Management Practices (a new requirement, relating to non-treasury management investments), which are detailed operational documents, will be approved before the start of the 2023/24 financial year by the Chief Officer Financial Services as required under the CIPFA Codes.

The following amendments were moved by Councillor Andrew Carter, seconded by Councillor Lamb

AMENDMENT 1

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the City Development budget of £1,406k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to Leeds 2023.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £1,406k to reflect the contribution to West Yorkshire Police to re-introduce 37 additional PCSOs in Leeds, sufficient for at least 1 additional PCSO for every ward in the city.’

AMENDMENT 2

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the City Development budget of £170k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to Leeds 2023.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £170k for the reintroduction of community bonfires and firework displays.’

AMENDMENT 3

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the City Development budget of £60k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to Leeds 2023.

b) An increase to the City Development budget of £60k for the reintroduction of the Christmas lights switch-on event.’

AMENDMENT 4

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £400k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Investment / Innovation earmarked reserve.

b) An increase to the Resources Budget of £400k to fund staff to lead on the delivery of efficiencies through a zero based budgeting approach in 2023/24 and to determine how budgets are spent in geographical terms in the city.’

AMENDMENT 5

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £20k in respect of a reduction in Agency and Overtime staff costs.

b) An increase to the Children and Families budget of £20k to fund a feasibility study into the provision of free childcare places to children's social care workers.’

AMENDMENT 6

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £700k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Strategic Contingency earmarked reserve.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £700k to reflect a one off (1 month) reduction in parking tariffs in the city centre in 2023/24.’

AMENDMENT 7

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £336k to reflect the part year savings from a reduction in the cost of full time trade union convenors.

b) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £20k in respect of a reduction in Agency and Overtime staff costs.

c) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £28k in respect of a reduction in non-essential costs.

d) An increase to the Adults and Health budget of part-year (6 months) costs of £384k to fund the prudential borrowing costs and running costs associated with the delivery of a new dementia care home.’

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £12,000k in respect of the provision of a new dementia care home.’

AMENDMENT 8

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £200k in respect of a reduction in Agency and Overtime staff costs.

b) An increase to the City Development and Resources budgets of £200k to fund additional staff to deal with Section 106 renegotiation in support of capital investment in highways and capital investment in localities.’

AMENDMENT 9

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £150k to reflect a reduction in Agency staff costs.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £150k to fund a new team of environmental enforcement officers.’

AMENDMENT 10

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £210k in respect of a reduction in Agency and Overtime staff costs.

a) An increase to the City Development budget of £210k to fund 1 additional planning officer between 2 community committee areas. (A total of 5 additional officers between 10 community committee areas).’

AMENDMENT 11

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £20k to reflect the part year savings from a reduction in the cost of full time trade union convenors.

b) An increase to the Children and Families budget of £20k to fund a feasibility study into replacing non-statutory local authority provision within the School Improvement Service with a Multi-Academy Trust-led traded service.’

AMENDMENT 12

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £50k in respect of a reduction in non-essential costs.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £50k to reverse planned increases in replacement refuse bin charges in 2023/24.’

AMENDMENT 13

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £250k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Strategic Contingency earmarked reserve.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £250k to enhance activities in the Private Rented Sector service to engage with external surveyors to have a specific focus on damp and mould issues in private- and housing association-rental properties.’

AMENDMENT 14

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £5,600k to invest in a rent to buy housing company model, funded through commuted sums.’

AMENDMENT 15

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £3,000k of Section 106 balances in respect of additional highways improvements schemes in the areas they were generated.’

AMENDMENT 16

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £2,000k of Section 106 balances with delegation being given to Community Committees as to how these are spent.’

AMENDMENT 17

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £500k for park improvement schemes to be funded from the rephasing of the Capital Programme.’

AMENDMENT 18

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £500k to establish a Community Safety Support Fund to support the provision of equipment and vehicles to fight crime and anti-social behaviour, to be funded from the rephasing of the Capital Programme.’

AMENDMENT 19

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Housing Revenue Account budget of £530k through the application of the Housing Revenue Account general reserve.

b) An increase to the Housing Revenue Account budget of £530k to keep rent, service charges, communal facilities and heating costs charges to self-paying tenants in sheltered housing at 2022/23 levels (and apply the planned reduction in support charges).’

AMENDMENT 20

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Housing Revenue Account budget of £40k through the application of the Housing Revenue Account general reserve.

b) An increase to the Housing Revenue Account budget of £40k to reverse the planned reduction in Housing Advisory Panel (HAP) budget in 2023/24.’

AMENDMENT 21

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Housing Revenue Account budget of £365k in relation to the management of the Housing Advisory Panel discretionary budget.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £365k in relation to Community Committees having management of the Housing Advisory Panel discretionary budget.’

The following amendments were moved by Councillor Golton, seconded by Councillor Downes

AMENDMENT 22

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Children and Families budget of £30k in respect of a contribution from the Investment / Innovation earmarked reserve.

b) An increase to the Children and Families budget of £30k to fund a feasibility study into the establishment of an employee owned company providing fostering agency services.’

AMENDMENT 23

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the City Development budget of £100k through the use of Section 106 funding.

b) An increase to the City Development budget of £100k to fund feasibility studies to establish railway stations at Woodside Quarry (including a park and ride scheme), Methley and Marsh Lane.’

AMENDMENT 24

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £1,147k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Investment / Innovation earmarked reserve.

b) A reduction in the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £48k in respect of a contribution from the Investment / Innovation earmarked reserve.

c) A reduction in the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £697k in respect of the use of the Waste Strategy earmarked reserve.

d) A reduction in the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £220k in respect of the Waste Strategy Project Team.

e) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £240k to fund the cessation of charges for the disposal of inert waste.

f) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £982k to fund the part year costs of expansion of the kerbside collection of food waste city wide.

g) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £220k to fund the cessation of charges to residents for replacement black and brown bins.

h) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £670k to fund the first year prudential borrowing costs of the Anaerobic Digester capital scheme in 2023/24. The Anaerobic Digester is for the provision of household and commercial waste across the City.’

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

b) An injection of £11,500k into the Capital Programme in respect of the first year costs of development and implementation of an Anaerobic Digester.’

AMENDMENT 25

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £163k in respect of a contribution from the Investment / Innovation earmarked reserve.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £133k to fund cessation of car parking charges at Otley.

c) An increase to the City Development budget of £30k to fund a feasibility study into the introduction of a city centre workplace parking levy in Leeds.’

AMENDMENT 26

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £2,300k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Strategic Contingency earmarked reserve. From 1st April 2024, increase the Strategic Budget in 2024/25 and implement a Council Tax Premium of 100% for Second Homes within the Leeds Region generating income of £3,000k.

b) A reduction in the Housing Revenue Account budget of £200k in respect of a contribution from the Housing Revenue Account general reserve.

c) An increase to the Housing Revenue Account budget of £200k to undertake a review to enable the creation of an Estate Management Plan for each council estate, to improve and manage their repairs, maintenance and environment programme.

d) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £845k to work with Neighbourhood Networks to reimagine our sheltered housing delivery.

e) An increase to the Resources budget of £49k to undertake a feasibility study regarding Community Devolution Commission.

f) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £1,406k to reflect the contribution to West Yorkshire Police to re-introduce 37 additional PCSOs in Leeds, sufficient for at least 1 additional PCSO for every ward in the city.’

AMENDMENT 27

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £30k in respect of a contribution from the Investment / Innovation earmarked reserve.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £30k to undertake a review of the Grounds Maintenance Contract before the contract comes to an end in December 2026:

i) To establish if local community areas could be considered with different delivery model approaches being taken rather than a city-wide approach.

i) To enable Community Groups to take over areas to be maintained.

ii) The review to include the work on behalf of Highways and Housing ground maintenance.’

AMENDMENT 28

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £196k through the use of Section 106 funding.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £141k to undertake a backlog of works in relation to Street Trees.

c) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £55k to provide funding to enable a Tree Strategy to be developed for the City.’

AMENDMENT 29

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Resources budget of £67k in relation to the Lettings Team supporting lettings in community buildings.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget within Community Committees of £67k in relation to the Lettings Team supporting lettings in community buildings.’

AMENDMENT 30

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the City Development budget of £30k through the use of Section 106 funding.

b) A reduction in the City Development budget of £30k in respect of a contribution from the Investment / Innovation earmarked reserve.

c) A reduction in the City Development budget of £155k to reflect the additional income to be generated from the new Traffic Enforcement Powers once established.

d) An increase to the City Development budget of £30k to fund a feasibility study regarding provision of charging points for electric cars in terraced properties with a priority focus on houses with no off-street parking.

e) An increase to the City Development budget of £30k to develop a business case for the implementation of a scheme for the new Traffic Regulations, starting with yellow boxes violations.

f) An increase to the City Development budget of £155k to establish capacity for schemes in regard of Local 20-minute Neighbourhood Transport Plans within Wards.’

AMENDMENT 31

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a)A reduction in the Strategic budget of £197k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Strategic Contingency earmarked reserve. The ongoing cost to be funded from the additional Council Tax Premium from 1st April 2024.

b) An increase to the City Development budget of £166k in respect of the reversal of the saving proposal to dim streetlights through adaptive lighting proposed within the Revenue Budget Savings.

c) An increase to the Strategic budget of £31k to fund the prudential borrowing costs associated with repaying the £500k of Capital Levelling Up Funding earmarked for match funding.’

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a)A reduction in the Capital Programme of £500k in respect of the release from contingency of Capital Levelling Up Funding earmarked for match funding.

b)An injection into the Capital Programme of £500k to provide for lighting and other safety enhancement measures within council run parks, in agreement with local communities, following the report by Leeds University that Parks should be a safe place for Women and children.’

AMENDMENT 32

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Housing Revenue Account of £250k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Housing Revenue Account general reserve.

b) An increase to the Housing Revenue Account prudential borrowing budget of £250k for the costs associated with the purchase of 40 open Private Market houses at an annual borrowing cost of £400k less potential rents of £150k, to be added to the Council Housing Growth Fund.’

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme of £7,000k in respect of the purchase of 40 open Private Market houses.’

AMENDMENT 33

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £1,000k of Section 106 balances in respect of the acquisition of unadopted roads which present a Health and Wellbeing issue for the residents of the city region.’

The following amendments were moved by Councillor Finnigan, seconded by Councillor Hutchison

AMENDMENT 34

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the City Development budget of £1,406k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to Leeds City of Culture 2023.

AMENDMENT 35

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Resources budget of £288k through reducing Members Special Responsibility Allowances by 31%.

b) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £356k to reflect the part year savings from a reduction in the cost of full time trade union convenors.

c) An increase to the Strategic budget of £411k for the Council's MICE (Members Improvement in the Community and Environment) scheme.

d) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £133k for an increase in the Wellbeing budget.

e) An increase to the Children and Families budget of £100k for an additional contribution to the Child Employment and Performance Team.’

AMENDMENT 36

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Housing Revenue Account budget of £918k in respect of a reduction in the revenue contribution to the Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme.

b) An increase to the Housing Revenue Account prudential borrowing budget of £918k for the costs associated with a council house new build programme in Morley.’

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme of £30,250k, funded £18,150k by prudential borrowing and £12,100k use of Right to Buy receipts, to build 100 council houses for a mixture of social and affordable rent in Morley.’

AMENDMENT 37

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Housing Revenue Account budget of £250k through the application of the Housing Revenue Account general reserve.

b) An increase to the Housing Revenue Account budget of £250k, for 2023/24 only, for the costs associated with a special voids team to clear the backlog of voids in housing.’

AMENDMENT 38

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £200k to fund school safety programmes in Morley, to be funded from the rephasing of the Capital Programme.’

The following amendments were moved by Councillor Blackburn, seconded by Councillor Carlisle

AMENDMENT 39

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Resources budget of £170k through reducing basic allowances for members by 9%.

b) A reduction in the Resources budget of £260k through reducing Special Responsibility Allowances for members by 28%.

c) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £835k to reflect the impact of a 5% reduction in salaries above PO6 or equivalent.

d) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £220k to fund the cessation of charges to residents for replacement black and brown bins.

e) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £240k to fund the cessation of charges for the disposal of inert waste.

f) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £133k for an increase in the Wellbeing budget.

g) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £332k to fund additional maintenance of Community Parks.

h) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £180k to be equally split between the nine Priority Estates, paid through Community Committees.

i) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £160k to fund the prudential borrowing costs associated with the delivery of a new reuse shop.’

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £2,400k in respect of the provision of a new reuse shop, funded by prudential borrowing.’

AMENDMENT 40

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £20k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Strategic Contingency earmarked reserve.

b) An increase to the City Development budget of £20k to fund a feasibility study into the introduction of a hotel bed tax in Leeds.’

AMENDMENT 41

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £1,000k for additional works on collapsed gullies to be funded from the rephasing of the Capital Programme.’

AMENDMENT 42

In 9(iii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) An injection into the Capital Programme of £1,000k for additional works on community parks to be funded from the rephasing of the Capital Programme.’

The following amendments were moved by Councillor Dobson, seconded by Councillor Field

AMENDMENT 43

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £3,000k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Council's general reserve.

b) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £750k in respect of a reduction in the contribution to the Strategic Contingency earmarked reserve.’

a) In 9(ii) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/24 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

A reduction of 1% in the proposed 2023/24 Council Tax increase which represents a decrease of £3,750k in the Council Tax Requirement.’

AMENDMENT 44

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Strategic budget of £170k in respect of a reduction in Agency and Overtime staff costs.

b) An increase to the Communities, Housing and Environment budget of £170k for the reintroduction of community bonfires and firework displays.

AMENDMENT 45

In 9(i) after the words ‘be approved’ add ‘subject to amendment to the Council’s budget for 2023/2024 as set out below and adjustments to the accompanying tables as appropriate;

a) A reduction in the Housing Revenue Account budget of £3,714k to reflect a reduced contribution to the Housing Revenue Account capital programme.

b) An increase to the Housing Revenue Account budget of £2,163k to fund a 1% reduction in council house rents for all tenants.

c) An increase to the Housing Revenue Account budget of £1,551k to keep service charges at 2022/23 levels (excluding the reduction in Retirement Life support charges).’

Amendments 1 to 45 were declared lost and upon being put to the vote it was

RESOLVED –

i) Revenue Budget

b) As recommended by the Executive Board, this report asks Council to adopt the following resolutions:

ii. That grants totalling £69.6k be allocated to parishes as shown at Appendix 5;

iii. Approval of the strategy at Appendix 9 in respect of the flexible use of capital receipts, specifically the additional planned use in 2022/23 of £2.7m and planned use in 2023/24 of £19.0m;

iv. In respect of the Housing Revenue Account that the budget be approved with:

• An increase of 7% in dwelling rents;

• An increase of 7% in garage and travellers site rent;

• An increase of 12.6% (RPI) for the standing charges in district heating schemes and the district heating unit rate will increase to 10p per kwh;

• A 30% increase in heat consumption charges in sheltered complexes;

• An increase in service charges for low/medium rise flats to £4.83 per week and for multi-storey flats £11.40 per week;

• A decrease in the charge for tenants who benefit from the sheltered support

service to £8.51 per week;

• An increase in the Retirement Life charge for the provision of additional

community facilities to £11.40 per week for services within complexes and £4.83 per week where they are within a standalone community centre;

• An increase in the service charges for Wharfedale extra care scheme to £47.41 per week, in addition the support charge will increase by 9%.

ii) Council Tax

1 That it be noted that, at the meeting on 18^th January 2023, Council agreed the following amounts for the year 2023/24, in accordance with regulations made under Sections 31B(3) and 34(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992: -

b) Table 1: Tax base Numbers 2023/24

2 That the following resolutions be adopted:-

a)that the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2023/24 in accordance with Sections 31A to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992: -

(i) £2,451,293,675	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.
(ii) £2,055,209,932	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.
(iii) £396,083,743	being the amount by which the aggregate at 2(a)(i) above exceeds the aggregate at 2(a)(ii) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its council tax requirement for the year.
(iv) £1,654.915115	being the amount at 2(a)(iii) 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.
(v) £2,389,224.00	being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.
(vi) £1,644.93	being the amount at 2(a)(iv) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at 2(a)(v) 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.

b) Table 2: Band D Precept by Parish

c)Table 3: Leeds and Parish Precepts Excluding Police and Fire 2023/24

That being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 2(a)(vi) and 1(c) 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.

3) Note that for the year 2023/24 the West Yorkshire Mayor, in her role as the Police and Crime Commissioner, has issued the following precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. Also, that the Council have, under Section 30(2) of that Act, indicated the following Fire and Rescue Authority precepts and that this reconciles to the precept to be considered by the Fire and Rescue Authority on 23^rd February 2023. These are shown for each of the categories of dwellings below.

Table 4: Police and Fire Precepts 2023/24

4)Members adopted the resolution that, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2(c) and 3 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of council tax for the year 2023/24 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:

Table 5: Leeds and Parish Precepts Including Police and Fire 2023/24

5)To adopt the resolution that, in accordance with Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, following the principles set out by the Secretary of State and in the Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2023/24, it be determined that the Leeds City Council relevant amount of council tax for the year 2023/24 is not excessive.

6)Members are requested to note that the schedule of instalments for 2023/24 for transfers to Leeds City Council and payments to the West Yorkshire Mayor in her role as the Police and Crime Commissioner and to the Fire & Rescue Authority out of the Collection Fund be determined as set out in Appendix 2 of this report.

7)To adopt the resolution that, in accordance with section 11A of the Local Government Act 1992, the discounts under section 11(2) (a) of that Act for prescribed Class C and D properties, shall not apply, removing the present 100% discount for the purposes of council tax for unfurnished and unoccupied dwellings for up to seven days after a property is first vacated.

iii)Capital Programme Update 2023-2027

a) To approve the capital programme for 2023-2027 totalling £1,978.5m, including the revised projected position for 2022/23, as presented in Appendix A;

b) To approve the MRP policy statements for 2023/24 as set out in Appendix C and

c) To approve the Capital and Investment Strategy as set out in Appendix D. As part of the Capital and Investment Strategy, the Council is required to set prudential limits for the total value of its non treasury investments and, specifically, limits for the total value of service investments and the total value of commercial investments that it holds. Appendix D recommends:

• the prudential limit for service investments be set at £80m.

• that a limit of £200m should be set for the carrying value of assets which are classed as commercial investments.

d) To note that Executive Board have approved the following net injections totalling £420.7m, as set out in Appendix A(iii), into the capital programme:

• £95.6m of Corporate Borrowing to address Capital Programme Review budget pressures as listed at Appendix A(iv);

• £92.5m of annual programme injections (£45.4m of Corporate Borrowing, £11.9m of Flexible Use of Capital Receipts and £35.2m of External Funding) as listed at Appendix A(v);

• £9.8m of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Strategic Fund monies;

• £7.8m of Flexible Use of Capital Receipts injection for the Core Business Transformation Programme; and

• £215.0m of other injections, primarily relating to the roll forward of the HRA Programme, annual capital grant allocations and other secured external grant funding.

The above decision to inject funding of £420.7m will be implemented by the Chief Officer - Financial Services.

iv)Treasury Management Strategy 2023/24

Council are asked to note that:

a)To note that Executive Board have approved the treasury strategy for 2023/24 as set out in Section 8.5 of the submitted report and noted the review of the 2022/23 strategy and operations set out in Sections 8.3 and 8.4.

Council are asked to agree that:

b)To approve the borrowing limits for the Authorised Limit and Operational Boundary for 2022/23,2023/24 and 2024/25 be confirmed as set in February 2022 and new limits for 2025/26 be approved at £3,200m for Borrowing and £530m for other Long term liabilities for the Authorised Limit. For 2025/26 the Operational Boundary is recommended to be approved at £2,950m for Borrowing and £510m for Other Long-term Liabilities. These are explained in detail in Section 8.6 of the submitted report.

c)To approve the treasury management indicator for the maturity structure of the Council’s borrowing is recommended to be approved as detailed in Section 8.7 and Appendix B. The only change to this Indicator is to increase the maximum percentage of debt maturing within 12 months from the previous 15% to 25% in response to the change required to the underlying calculation of this indicator, from being based on fixed rate debt only to being based on all debt including short term and variable rate debt.

d)To approve the investment limits for periods greater than 364 days for 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 is recommended to be confirmed at £150m and a new limit is recommended to be set for 2025/26 at £150m. It is also recommended that the limit of £15m that can be placed with the Debt Management Account Deposit Facility (an arm of the Debt Management Office of HM Treasury) be removed, and that all other Investment limits remain as set in February 2022. These are explained in Section 8.8.9 of the submitted report.

e)To approve that the Treasury Management Policy Statement be updated in line with the revised Codes of practice as shown at Appendix E. Council is requested to note that updated Treasury Management Practices and new Investment Management Practices (a new requirement, relating to non-treasury management investments), which are detailed operational documents, will be approved before the start of the 2023/24 financial year by the Chief Officer Financial Services as required under the CIPFA Codes.

On the requisition of Councillor Lennox and Councillor Cohen the voting on all amendments and the Budget Motion were recorded as set out below:

It should also be noted that due to a technical fault Councillor Kidger’s voting preference vote did not register electronically, to correct this Councillor Kidger’s voting preference is set out for information below;

Amendment 1 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES – Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Dobson, Field, McCormack and Dixon

ABSTAIN – Blackburn, Carlisle,

Amendment 2 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

NO - Akhtar, Almass, Arif, Bithell, Bowden, Brooks, Burke, Carlill, Coupar, Dowson, Dye, Farley, Flint, France-Mir, Garthwaite, Garvani, Gibson, Grahame, Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, A Hussain, Z Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Khan, Lennox, Lewis, Maloney, Marshall-Katung, Martin, McKenna, Midgley, Mulherin, Pryor, Rafique, Renshaw, Ritchie, Scopes, Sewards, Shahzad, Sharpe, Smart, Taylor, Thomson, Truswell, Tudor, Venner, Wilson, Wray, Blackburn, Carlisle.

ABSTAIN – None

Amendment 3 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

ABSTAIN – None

Amendment 4 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Dobson and Dixon

ABSTAIN - Blackburn, Carlisle and Field

Amendment 5 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES – Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Dobson, Field, McCormack, Blackburn and Dixon

ABSTAIN – Carlisle, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay,

Amendment 6 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

ABSTAIN - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior

Amendment 7 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior and Dixon

ABSTAIN - Field and Lay

Amendment 8 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, McCormack, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay and Dixon

ABSTAIN – Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn and Carlisle.

Amendment 9 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dixon

ABSTAIN – None

Amendment 10 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, McCormack Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn and Dixon

ABSTAIN - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay and Carlisle

Amendment 11 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

ABSTAIN – Campbell and McCormack

Amendment 12 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dixon

ABSTAIN – None

Amendment 13 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dixon

ABSTAIN – None

Amendment 14 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Field, McCormack, Blackburn and Carlisle

Amendment 15 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior and Dixon

ABSTAIN - None

Amendment 16 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dixon

ABSTAIN - None

Amendment 17 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, and Dixon

ABSTAIN – Carlisle and McCormack.

Amendment 18 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dixon

ABSTAIN – None

Amendment 19 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dixon

ABSTAIN - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton and Senior.

Amendment 20 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, and Dixon

ABSTAIN – Carlisle and McCormack.

Amendment 21 in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior and Dixon

ABSTAIN - McCormack

Amendment 22 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES -Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley and Lay.

ABSTAIN - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Carlisle and Blackburn.

Amendment 23 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES -Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Blackburn and Carlisle

ABSTAIN - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior and Dixon.

Amendment 24 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Blackburn, Carlisle, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, McCormack and Dixon.

ABSTAIN – Alderson, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Richards, Smith, Wadsworth and Dobson.

Amendment 25 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Dobson and Dixon.

ABSTAIN – Blackburn and Carlisle.

Amendment 26 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle, Field and Dixon.

ABSTAIN – Dobson and McCormack.

Amendment 27 in the name of Councillor Golton2

YES -Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dobson.

Amendment 28 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, McCormack, Blackburn and Carlisle.

ABSTAIN - Dobson

Amendment 29 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Dixon, Blackburn and Carlisle.

ABSTAIN – B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Flynn, Harrington, Lamb, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth and Dobson.

Amendment 30 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Blackburn and Carlisle.

ABSTAIN - Alderson, Amanda Carter, Firth, Foster, Richards, Dobson, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior.

Amendment 31 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay and Field.

ABSTAIN - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, McCormack, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn and Carlisle.

Amendment 32 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Dobson and Blackburn.

Amendment 33 in the name of Councillor Golton

YES - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn and Dixon.

ABSTAIN – Carlisle, Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth and Dobson.

Amendment 34 in the name of Councillor Finnigan

YES - Alderson, B Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Field, McCormack and Dixon.

ABSTAIN – Blackburn, Carlisle, Dobson, C Anderson and Wadsworth.

Amendment 35 in the name of Councillor Finnigan

YES - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, S Seary and Dixon.

ABSTAIN – Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Blackburn, Carlisle, Dobson, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay.

Amendment 36 in the name of Councillor Finnigan

YES - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson, Field, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay.

Amendment 37 in the name of Councillor Finnigan

YES - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle, Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Field, McCormack, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Dobson

Amendment 38 in the name of Councillor Finnigan

YES - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Dobson and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Blackburn, Carlisle, S Seary, Field and McCormack.

Amendment 39 in the name of Councillor Blackburn

YES - Blackburn, Carlisle, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior and Dixon.

ABSTAIN – Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth.

Amendment 40 in the name of Councillor Blackburn

YES - Blackburn, Carlisle, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior and Dobson.

Amendment 41 in the name of Councillor Blackburn

YES - Blackburn, Carlisle, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Field and McCormack.

ABSTAIN – Dobson.

Amendment 42 in the name of Councillor Blackburn

ABSTAIN – Dobson.

Amendment 43 in the name of Councillor Dobson

YES - Dobson, Field, McCormack, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Blackburn, Carlisle, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay,

Amendment 44 in the name of Councillor Dobson

YES - Dobson, Field, McCormack, Hutchison, Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Finnigan, Kidger, Newton, Senior.

Amendment 45 in the name of Councillor Dobson

YES - Dobson, Field, McCormack, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dixon.

ABSTAIN - Alderson, B Anderson, C Anderson, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Firth, Flynn, Foster, Harrington, Lamb, Richards, Robinson, D Seary, S Seary, Smith, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Campbell, Chapman, Downes, Golton, Hart-Brooke, Howley, Lay

The Budget Motion in the name of Councillor Lewis

YES - Akhtar, Almass, Arif, Bithell, Bowden, Brooks, Burke, Carlill, Coupar, Dowson, Dye, Farley, Flint, France-Mir, Garthwaite, Garvani, Gibson, Grahame, Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, A Hussain, Z Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Khan, Lennox, Lewis, Maloney, Marshall-Katung, Martin, McKenna, Midgley, Mulherin, Pryor, Rafique, Renshaw, Ritchie, Scopes, Sewards, Shahzad, Sharpe, Smart, Taylor, Thomson, Truswell, Tudor, Venner, Wilson, Wray,

NO - Dobson and Field.

ABSTAIN - McCormack, Finnigan, Hutchison, Kidger, Newton, Senior, Blackburn, Carlisle and Dixon.

During consideration of this item Council adjourned from 3.16 to 3.28pm.

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