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C71/21

To receive any Declarations of Interest

You are invited to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda, and the nature of that interest.

 

Please complete the Declarations of Interests card available at the meeting and return it to the Democratic Services Officer before leaving the meeting.

 

You are also invited to disclose any dispensation from the requirement to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests that have been granted to you in respect of any matters appearing on the agenda.

 

Minutes:

The Chair reminded all Members of the Council about the position with regard to interests in Council meetings of the Council that dealt with the Budget proposals.

 

In relation to a Registerable Personal Interest held where a Member had been appointed by the Authority to an outside body or bodies, dispensations had been granted to allow them to participate and vote at any meeting. Where Members had been granted such dispensations, they were not required to declare these registerable personal interests or the grant of dispensations at this meeting.

 

A list of the appointments to the Authority’s Outside Bodies and dispensations granted to Members in respect to appointments had been circulated to all Members.

 

Members who had any further interests were invited to declare them.

 

The following additional declarations of interest were made in relation to the item below (Minute C71/21):

 

Item 3 – 2022-2026 Financial Planning and Budget Process: Elected Mayor and Cabinet Budget and Council Tax Requirement Resolution for 2022/23

 

Councillor L Bones - non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by the Authority.

 

Councillor K Clark – Registerable personal interest - employed by an organisation that receives funding from the Authority and indicated would withdraw from the meeting.

 

Councillor J Cruddas – Registerable personal interest - employed by an organisation that receives funding from the Authority and indicated would withdraw from the meeting.

 

Councillor C Davis – non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by the Authority.

 

Councillor D Drummond – non-registerable personal interest – and is employed by the Tyne & Wear Fire Authority and a family member is employed by North Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau.

 

Councillor P Earley - registerable personal interest – is a trustee of North Tyneside Carers Centre.

 

Councillor J Harrison – registerable personal interest - a public governor on Northumbria NHS Foundation and indicated would withdraw from the meeting.

 

Councillor Christopher Johnston - registerable personal interest – a member of the Cullercoats Education Trust

 

Councillor F Lott - non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by the Authority.

 

Councillor W Lott - non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by the Authority.

 

Councillor M Rankin - non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by the Authority.

 

Councillor W Samuel - non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by the Authority.

 

Councillor M Thirlaway - non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by the Authority and a registerable personal interest - works for a company that has contracts with the Authority.

 

Councillor M Wilson - registerable personal interest – His company has contracts with VODA who receives funding from the Authority.

 

C72/21

Arrangements for the Appointment of the Local Auditor (External Auditor) pdf icon PDF 327 KB

To receive a report seeking Council approval to opt-in to the Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA) Limited arrangements from 1 April 2023 for the five financial years commencing 2023/24 to 2027/28.

Minutes:

The Chair informed the meeting that the agenda Item in relation to Public Sector Audit Appointments would be considered first and Council received a report seeking approval to opt-in to the Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA) Limited arrangements from 1 April 2023 for the five financial years commencing 2023/24 to 2027/28.

 

It was moved by Councillor M Rankin and seconded by Councillor C Johnson that Council:

 

(1)        agree to accept the invitation to become an opted-in authority to the national scheme for the appointment of local auditors, which is managed by Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA) Limited;

 

(2)        agree that the Section 151 Officer (or Deputy Section 151 Officer) completes the required paperwork in order to make the necessary arrangements; and

 

(3)        note that the length of the compulsory appointing period covers the audits of the five consecutive financial years commencing 1 April 2023 (2023/24 to 2027/28).

 

The motion, on being put to the meeting, was unanimously approved.

C73/21

2022-2026 Financial Planning and Budget Process: Elected Mayor and Cabinet Budget and Council Tax Requirement Resolution for 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 508 KB

To receive a report on the Elected Mayor and Cabinet’s Proposals for the 2022/23 General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax Requirement and Council Tax Level, the 2022-2027 Investment Plan including the Capital Investment Strategy and proposed prudential indicators for 2022-2026, and the Treasury Management Strategy Annual Investment Strategy for 2022/23 and to consider any objections.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

(Councillors K Clark, J Cruddas and JLL Harrison withdrew from the meeting and took no part in the discussion or voting on this item).

 

The Chair explained the procedure for the meeting and indicated that he would first request Councillor M Rankin to move the Elected Mayor and Cabinet Proposals. Once those proposals were seconded, Members would then have the opportunity to ask questions relating to matters of principle.

 

The following additional documents had been also circulated to all Members of the Council:

·          Notification of Final Amendments made under Delegated Authority of the Mayor

·          Conservative Group Notice of Objection

·          List of the Authority’s appointments to outside bodies and dispensations granted

It was moved by Councillor M Rankin and seconded by Councillor C Johnson that:

 

Council agree:

 

(a)    the recommendations and delegations set down in paragraph 1.5.23 of this report in relation to the 2022/23 General Fund Revenue Account Budget, the 2022/23 Council Tax Requirement and Council Tax Level for 2022/23, being the Elected Mayor and Cabinet’s Budget and Council Tax Requirement Resolution.

 

(b)    the Elected Mayor and Cabinet’s proposals for the 2022-2027 Investment Plan, including the Capital Investment Strategy and proposed prudential indicators for 2022-2026, previously agreed at Cabinet on 31 January 2022, attached in the General Fund Annex 1, Appendix D (i), (iii) and (iv) of Appendix A to this report; and

 

(c)    the Elected Mayor and Cabinet’s proposals for the Treasury Management Strategy, Annual Investment Statement for 2022/23, attached in the General Fund Annex 1, Appendix E (i), (ii) of Appendix A to this report.

 

2022/23 Council Tax Requirement Resolution

 

1.     The recommended Budgets of the Authority be approved as noted below, subject to the variations listed in paragraphs 2 and 3 below and noting the estimated allocation of £184.788m in Dedicated Schools Grant, for 2022/23:

 

 

 

 

£

General Fund Revenue Budget

166,368,628

Total

166,368,628

 

2.   The following levies be included in the Budget Requirement:

 

                       

£

The Tyne and Wear element of the Durham,

Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside,

Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland

Combined Authority Transport Levy

 

 

 

11,881,498

Environment Agency

207,371

Total

12,088,869

 

3.     The contingency be set as follows:

                                                 

£

Contingency

7,848,371

Total

7,848,371

 

4.     Note that at its meeting held on 24 January 2022, Cabinet agreed the

Council Tax base for 2022/23 for the whole Authority area as 62,229 (Item T), in the Formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”) and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

 

5.     Agree that the Council Tax Requirement for the Authority’s own purposes for 2022/23 is £109,720,306 (as set down in paragraph 1.5.22, Table 4).

       

6.     Agrees that the following amounts now calculated by the Authority for the year 2022/23 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the Act):

 

(a)      £359,434,767   Being the aggregate of the amounts which the Authority estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2)of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item C73/21