Agenda, decisions and minutes
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Apologies for absence Minutes: None. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: None. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 286 KB Decision: Noted. Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the Minutes of the meeting on 4 January 2018 be confirmed as a correct record and the Chair be authorised to sign them. |
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Budget Proposals 2018-19 PDF 173 KB Additional documents:
Decision: ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION TO
READ:
Reason for decision – as specified in the report. Other options considered - none. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none. Minutes:
RESOLVED: 2.1 That the 2018-19 net Council cash limits as set out in Table 1, paragraph 3.1.4 of the report, and the MTFS at Appendix A of the report, which include the revenue savings at Appendix B of the report, be agreed. 2.2 That the growth of £0.8m on supporting over-5s childcare, after-school childcare and holiday childcare, plus tackling holiday hunger, paragraph 3.1.5 - 3.1.7 of the report, be agreed. 2.3 That the fees and charges policy be noted and the 2018-19 fees and charges, paragraphs 3.2.4 - 3.2.5 and Appendices C1 - C3 of the report, be agreed. 2.4 That the Council’s policy on the level of General Fund balances be agreed and that the estimated level of earmarked reserves and general balance available for use in 2018-19, paragraphs 3.2.6 - 3.2.8 and Table 2 of the report, be noted. HRA Budget 2018-19 and MTFS (Section 4 of the Main Report) 2.5 That the balanced HRA 2018-19 budget within the HRA MTFS, at Appendix D1 of the report, be agreed. 2.6 That the 2018-19 HRA rents and other fees and charges, Tables 4 - 7 and Appendix D2 of the report, be noted. Capital Programme 2018-21 (Section 5 of the Main Report) 2.7 That the 2018-19 capital programme, paragraph 5.1, Table 8 and Appendix E1 of the report, be agreed and the provisional programme for 2019-21, paragraph 5.1, Table 8 and Appendix E1 of the report, be noted. 2.8 That the Corporate Director Resources applies capital resources to fund the capital programme in the most cost-effective way, paragraph 5.2 of the report, be agreed. 2.9 That the schedule of planned Traffic and Transportation schemes in 2018-19, paragraph 5.3 and Appendix E2 of the report, be noted and that the related decision making responsibilities for these schemes, paragraph 5.3 and Appendix E2 of the report, be agreed. Treasury Management Strategy (Section 6 of the Main Report) 2.10 That the Annual Treasury Management and Investment Strategy 2018-19 (including external debt and treasury management Prudential Indicators), as considered by Audit Committee on 23rd January 2018, paragraph 6.1 and Appendix F1 of the report, be agreed. 2.11 That the additional capital Prudential Indicators (paragraph 6.1 and Appendix F2 of the report, be agreed. 2.12 That the minimum revenue provision (MRP) policy, paragraphs 6.2 to 6.7 of the report, be agreed. Council Tax and Retained Business Rates 2018-19 (Section 7 of the Main Report) 2.13 That the calculations required for the determination of the 2018-19 council tax requirement and the level of council tax as detailed in Section 7 of the report and summarised below, be agreed: 1) The 2018-19 council tax requirement of £88,763,542.91, paragraph 7.9 of the report. 2) The relevant basic amount of Islington Band D council tax of £1,135.44, a 5.99% increase (comprising a 3.00% adult social care precept and a 2.99% core council tax increase) compared to 2017-18, and to determine that this is not ‘excessive’, ... view the full minutes text for item 487. |
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Minutes: RESOLVED:
2.1 That the comments of the Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee outlined in point 3 below and the committee’s support of the budget proposals be noted.
2.2 That an investigation of
the position with regard to the rent-raising powers of
Reason for decision – to allow Councillors to consider the comments of the Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee in setting the budget. Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none.
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Financial Position as at 31 December 2017 PDF 71 KB Additional documents:
Decision: RECOMMENDATIONS
AGREED: Reason for decision – as specified in the report. Other options considered - none. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none Minutes: RESOLVED:
2.1 That the forecast revenue outturn for the General Fund (Table 1) of a gross overspend of £6.2m, including corporate items, paragraph 3.1 of the report, be noted.
2.2 That the actions to reduce
the forecast gross General Fund overspend, and that any remaining
overspend at year-end will be covered by drawing down from
corporate contingency budgets in the first instance, Section 4,
paragraph 3.3 of the report, be noted. 2.3 That the breakdown of the forecast General Fund outturn by individual variance at Appendix 1 and by service area at Appendix 2 of the report, be noted.
2.4 That the HRA forecast is a break-even position, Section 5, Table 1 of the report, be noted.
2.5 That the latest capital
position with forecast capital expenditure of £105.6m
in
Reason for decision – to allow Councillors to monitor the budget. Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none |
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Business Rates - the determination of the Revaluation Relief awards for 2018/2019 PDF 221 KB Additional documents:
Decision: RECOMMENDATIONS
AGREED: Reason for decision – as specified in the report. Other options considered - none. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none
Minutes: RESOLVED: 2.1
That the award of Revaluation Relief in 2018/2019, by applying a
discount to businesses’ bills that is broadly equivalent to
forward capping the increases in businesses’ notional 2019/20
bills (after transitional relief) to no more than 5% for micro
businesses and 10% for small businesses and that no further capping
for medium sized businesses (i.e. no further relief offered for
this size of business), be agreed. 2.3
That the Corporate Director of Resources, in consultation with the
Executive
2.5 That the award of Pub Relief of up to £1,000 to qualifying public houses in
occupation of premises which have a Rateable Value of less than
£100,000
Reason for decision – To enable the distribution of Rate Revaluation Relief. Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none
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Carbon Offset Fund Allocations PDF 252 KB Additional documents:
Decision: RECOMMENDATIONS
AGREED: Reason for decision – as specified in the report. Other options considered - none. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none
Minutes: RESOLVED:
2.1 That the allocations
of Section 106 Carbon Offset funds as detailed in
Reason for decision – to allocate the fund and therefore mitigate the impacts of new development by reducing carbon emissions and contributing to tackling fuel poverty. Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none
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Additional documents: Decision: RECOMMENDATIONS
AGREED: Reason for decision – as specified in the report. Other options considered - none. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none
Minutes:
RESOLVED: 2.1
That the
Corporate Director for Resources, in consultation with theExecutive
Member for Housing and Development and the Corporate Director for
Housing and Adult Social Services, be authorised to take all
necessary steps, includingthe making of Compulsory Purchase Orders
(CPO) under section 226(1)(a) of the Town andCountry Planning Act
1990, General Vesting Declarations or Notices to Treat, to ensure
that the leaseholdand any other interests in the properties
described in Table 2.1 below, where attempts to negotiatea
voluntary acquisition of the leasehold interest in accordance with
the development timetablehave failed, be agreed. Table 2.1
2.2 That
where the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources approves the
making of a CPO, the Acting Director of Law and Governance be
authorised to take all necessary steps to secure the making,
confirmation and implementation of the CPO including the approval
of agreements with the owners and any objectors for the withdrawal
of objections to the CPO, the settling of compensation and the
acquisition of all interests in the properties on terms recommended
by the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources, be
agreed. 2.3
That the use of CPO powers in respect of the properties identified
in this report is being exercised after balancing the rights of the
individual property owners with the requirement to obtain
possession of the properties in the public interest, be
agreed. 2.4 That the interference with the human rights of the property owners affected by the proposals in this report, and in particular their rights to a home and to the ownership of property, is proportionate, given their rights to object and to compensation, and the benefit to the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the areas of Islington affected by these proposals, be agreed.
Reason for decision – to enable the development of 54 new homes, 27 of which will be for social rent. Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none
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School admission arrangements 2019/2020 PDF 536 KB Additional documents: Decision: RECOMMENDATIONS
AGREED: Reason for decision – as specified in the report. Other options considered - none. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none
Minutes:
RESOLVED: 2.1 That the co-ordinated schemes and timetables for admission to Islington primary and secondary schools and academies in 2019/20, and in-year admission protocols for 2019/20, as set out in Appendices 1, 4 and 7 of the report be agreed.
2.2 That the policy and oversubscription criteria for admission to community primary and secondary schools and Islington Sixth Form Consortium for admission in 2019/20, as set out in Appendices 2, 5, 8 and 9 of the report be agreed.
2.3 That the proposed admission numbers for Islington community primary and secondary schools, and for external applicants to the Islington Sixth Form Consortium in 2019/20, as set out in Appendices 3, 6 and 10 of the report be agreed.
Reason for decision – to meet the requirements of the Schools Admission Code 2014. Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report. Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none
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