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Home > Council & democracy > Council meetings > Agenda for Council on Wednesday, 19th February, 2020, 7.00 p.m.

Agenda, decisions and minutes

Budget Council, Council - Wednesday, 19th February, 2020 7.00 p.m.

  • Attendance details
  • Agenda frontsheet PDF 163 KB
  • Agenda reports pack
  • Budget Ammendments Pack PDF 1 MB
  • Mayor's Response to the Overview and Scrutiny Budget Report PDF 413 KB
  • Printed decisions PDF 341 KB
  • Printed minutes PDF 395 KB

Venue: The Council Chamber, 1st Floor, Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BG

Contact: Matthew Mannion, Head of Democratic Services  Tel: 020 7364 4651, E-mail: matthew.mannion@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received on behalf of:

 

•           Councillor Mufeedah Bustin

•           Councillor Mohammed Ahbab Hossain and

•           Councillor Abdal Ullah.

The Speaker of the Council, Councillor Victoria Obaze in the Chair

2.

DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS pdf icon PDF 117 KB

To note any declarations of interest made by Members, including those restricting Members from voting on the questions detailed in Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act, 1992.  See attached note from the Monitoring Officer.

 

Minutes:

The Divisional Director Legal Services advised that the Standards (Advisory) Committee on 30 January 2020 agreed a general dispensation to all Councillors in respect of matters relating to the Council Tax. Members did not therefore have to declare a DPI in respect of this matter.

 

Councillor Kahar Chowdhury declared a Non Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in agenda item 5, Budget and Council Tax 2020/21, in relation to any budget proposals that affected care services. This was on the basis of his wife’s employment in the care sector.

 

Councillor Abdul Mukit MBE declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in agenda items 4.1, and 4.2, Petitions regarding the Community Language Service. This was on the basis that his wife was an employee of the LBTH Community language service. He left the meeting for the consideration of these items.

 

3.

TO RECEIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS (IF ANY) FROM THE SPEAKER OF THE COUNCIL OR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Minutes:

In respect of International Mother Language Day, the Speaker paid tribute to the memories of the martyrs of the Language Movement who were killed as they sought to protect their mother language.

4.

TO RECEIVE PETITIONS pdf icon PDF 307 KB

The Council Procedure Rules provide for a maximum of four petitions to be discussed at a Budget Meeting of the Council.

 

The attached report presents the received petition to be discussed. Should any further petitions have been received they would have been listed to be noted but not discussed. No further petitions were received.

 

Minutes:

The Speaker agreed to vary the order of business for hearing these Petitions. To aid clarity, the minutes are presented in the order that the items originally appeared on the agenda and follow the standard minute format.

 

4.1 Petition Debate regarding the Community Language Service

 

Cyras Kabir and others addressed the meeting on behalf of the petitioners and responded to questions from Members. Following this, the Council debated the matters raised in the Petition and the Mayor John Biggs responded to the issues raised.

 

The Mayor gave assurances that the Council valued the Community Language service and welcomed the feedback on the proposals. He urged the community to support the next phase in the development of the service.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.         That the petition be referred to the Corporate Director, Children and Culture, for a written response within 28 days.

 

 

4.2 Petition for presentation regarding the Community Language Service

 

Mohammad Abu Hussain and others addressed the meeting on behalf of the petitioners, and responded to questions from Members. Mayor John Biggs responded to the issues raised in the Petition as summarised at Petition 4.1 above.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.         That the petition be referred to the Corporate Director, Children and Culture, for a written response within 28 days.

 

 

5.

BUDGET AND COUNCIL TAX 2020/21 pdf icon PDF 249 KB

  • View the background to item 5.

To consider the proposals of the Mayor and Executive for the Council’s Budget and Council Tax 2020-21, as agreed at the Cabinet Meeting on 29th January 2020.

 

To also consider the Treasury Management Strategy Statement, Investment Strategy Report and Capital Strategy Report for 2020-21, approved for recommendation to Council by the Audit Committee on 30th January 2020.

 

Additional documents:

  • 5.1 Annex 1 Budget Motion and Council Tax Resolution 2020-21 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 70 KB
  • 5.2 Annex 2 Budget Report and MTFS 2020-23 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 640 KB
  • 5.3 Annex 2 A1a MTFS Summary , item 5. pdf icon PDF 27 KB
  • 5.4 Annex 2 A1b MTFS Detail by Service Area , item 5. pdf icon PDF 32 KB
  • 5.5 Annex 2 A2 Core Spending Power , item 5. pdf icon PDF 35 KB
  • 5.6 Annex 2 A3 New Growth Proposals 2020-21 to 2022-23 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 274 KB
  • 5.7 Annex 2 A4 New Savings Proposals 2020-21 to 2022-23 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 373 KB
  • 5.8 Annex 2 A5 Reserves Policy , item 5. pdf icon PDF 38 KB
  • 5.9 Annex 2 A6 Projected Movement in Reserves , item 5. pdf icon PDF 28 KB
  • 5.10 Annex 2 A7 Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget Summary , item 5. pdf icon PDF 28 KB
  • 5.11 Annex 2 A8a Provisional Capital Programme Summary , item 5. pdf icon PDF 32 KB
  • 5.12 Annex 2 A8b Provisional Capital Programme , item 5. pdf icon PDF 40 KB
  • 5.13 Annex 2 A9 Budget Consultation 2020-21 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 741 KB
  • 5.14 Annex 3 TMSS Investment Strategy and Capital Strategy Report for 2020-21 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 85 KB
  • 5.15 Annex 3 App A Treasury Management Strategy Statement , item 5. pdf icon PDF 144 KB
  • 5.16 Annex 3 App B Investment Strategy Report , item 5. pdf icon PDF 50 KB
  • 5.17 Annex 3 App C Capital Strategy Report , item 5. pdf icon PDF 70 KB
  • 5.18 Annex 3 Apps D to H for Treasury Management Strategies , item 5. pdf icon PDF 84 KB
  • Conservative Budget Amendments 2020 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 276 KB
  • There are a further 4 documents.View the full list of documents for item 5.

Minutes:

Mayor John Biggs moved, the budget proposals of the Mayor and Executive as set out in the agenda pack. Councillor Candida Ronald seconded the proposals.

 

 

Councillor Peter Golds then moved and Councillor Andrew Wood seconded an amendment as set out in the supplementary agenda.

 

Councillor Rabina Khan then moved and Councillor Harun Miah seconded an amendment as set out in the supplementary agenda.

 

Following debate, the amendment proposed by Councillor  Peter Golds was put to a recorded vote and was defeated.

 

The amendment proposed by Councillor  Rabina Khan was put to a recorded vote and was defeated.

 

The substantive budget proposals were then put to a recorded vote and were agreed.

 

 

 

RESOLVED:

 

General Fund Revenue Budget and Council Tax Requirement 2020-21

 

1.    Approve the Council Tax Resolution, detailed in Appendix A to this motion attached to the minutes.

 

2.    Agree a General Fund revenue budget of £354.496m and a total Council Tax Requirement for Tower Hamlets in 2020-21 of £108.438m as set out in the table below.

2019-20

Savings

Growth

One Off Adjustments

2020-21

Total

Approved

New

Approved

New

Approved

New

Total

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

Services

 

 

Health, Adults & Community

106,726

(1,190)

(132)

3,499

2,388

(2,804)

-

108,487

Public Health

34,124

-

-

-

921

-

-

35,045

Children & Culture

98,329

(1,500)

(44)

(2,032)

10,596

(120)

-

105,229

Place

68,382

(3,380)

379

(1,578)

1,464

(1,716)

-

63,551

Governance

15,377

-

-

-

-

-

-

15,377

Resources

15,307

(2,120)

(80)

-

1,285

(300)

-

14,092

Net Service Costs

338,245

(8,190)

123

(111)

16,654

(4,939)

-

341,781

Corporate Costs

 

 

Capital Charges

6,839

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,839

Levies

1,892

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,892

Pensions

12,790

-

-

-

-

-

-

12,790

Corporate Contingency

3,150

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,150

Other Corporate Costs

(25,324)

(6,400)

3,725

-

2,841

-

-

(25,158)

Net Corporate Costs

(653)

(6,400)

3,725

-

2,841

-

-

(487)

Inflation

4,969

-

-

7,500

-

733

-

13,202

Total Funding Requirement

342,560

(14,590)

3,848

7,389

19,495

(4,206)

-

354,496

 

 

 

Revenue Support Grant

(33,281)

-

-

-

(542)

-

-

(33,823)

Retained Business Rates

(139,555)

-

-

-

(2,791)

-

-

(142,346)

Business Rates (London Pilot)

(4,000)

-

-

-

2,561

-

-

(1,439)

BR Collection Fund Deficit

 

-

-

-

-

-

17,920

17,920

Collection Fund funding (Reserves)

 

-

-

-

-

-

(17,920)

(17,920)

Council Tax

(100,331)

-

-

-

(8,106)

-

-

(108,438)

Core Grants

 

 

-Public Health Grant

(34,124)

-

-

-

(921)

-

-

(35,045)

-New Homes Bonus

(3,182)

-

-

-

(2,800)

-

-

(5,982)

-Improved Better Care Fund

(16,351)

-

-

-

35

-

-

(16,316)

-Social Care Support Grant

(2,500)

-

-

-

(6,867)

-

-

(9,367)

Core Grants

(56,393)

-

-

-

(10,317)

-

-

(66,710)

Total Funding

(333,561)

-

-

-

(19,195)

-

-

(352,756)

General Fund Reserve Drawdown

(8,999)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,740)

 

 

3.         Agree a Council Tax for Tower Hamlets in 2020-21 of £1,060.35 at Band D resulting in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Recorded Vote
TitleTypeRecorded Vote textResult
Conservative Group Amendment to Budget Motion Amendment Rejected
Councillor Rabina Khan's Amendment to Budget Motion Amendment Rejected
Substantive Budget Motion Motion Carried
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