Agenda and minutes

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.

The Chair reminded all Members of the Council about the position with regard to interests in 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 C56/20):

Item 3 – 2020-2024 Financial Planning and Budget Process: Elected Mayor and Cabinet Budget and Council Tax Requirement Resolution for 2020/21

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

Councillor B Burdis – 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.

Councillor J Cruddas – non- registerable personal interest – family member is employed by employed by North Tyneside Partner Engie.Registerable personal interest – employed by an organisation that receives funding from the Authority.

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

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

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

Councillor K Lee – registerable personal interest – family member has bid for a project with the Authority. Non-registerable personal interest – family member is on Tynemouth Station Committee.

Councillor G Madden - non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by the Authority.

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

Councillor T Mulvenna – non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by Kier North Tyneside.

Councillor A Newman - – non-registerable personal interest – family member is employed by North Tyneside Partner Engie.

Councillor P Oliver - non-registerable personal interest – family member receives support provided 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.

To receive a report of the Authority’s 2020-2024 Our North Tyneside Plan, the 2020/21 General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax Requirement and Council Tax Level, the 2020-2025 Investment Plan and the Treasury Management Strategy Annual Investment Strategy for 2020/21 and to consider any objections  

The Chair explained the procedure for the meeting following the change to the Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules that had taken place at the 28 November 2019 Council meeting.

The Chair would request Councillor Glindon 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.

It was moved by Councillor R Glindon and seconded by Councillor B Pickard that:

Council agree:

(a)  the Our North Tyneside Plan 2020-2024;

(b)  the recommendations and delegations set down in paragraph 1.5.29 of the report in relation to the 2020/21 General Fund Revenue Account Budget, the 2020/21 Council Tax Requirement and Council Tax Level for 2020/21 being the Elected Mayor and Cabinet’s Budget and Council Tax Requirement Resolution (as set out below);

(c)  the Elected Mayor and Cabinet’s proposals for the 2020-2025 Investment Plan, including the Capital Investment Strategy and proposed prudential indicators for 2020/21; and

(d)  the Elected Mayor and Cabinet’s proposals for the Treasury Management Strategy and Annual Investment Strategy for 2020/21.

2020/21 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 £165.721m in Dedicated Schools Grant, for 2020/21:

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

3.            The contingency be set as follows:

4.    Note that at its meeting held on 20 January 2020, Cabinet agreed the

Council Tax base for 2020/21 for the whole Authority area as 61,870 (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 2020/21 is £100,885,840 (as set down in paragraph 1.5.28, Table 4).

6.    Agree that the following amounts now calculated by the Authority for the year 2020/21 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the Act):

(a)              £368,036,610     Being the aggregate of the amounts which the        Authority estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2)of the Act.

(b)              £267,150,770     Being the aggregate of the amounts which the Authority estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)               £100,885,840     Being the amount by which the aggregate at 6(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 6(b) above, calculated by the Authority in accordance with Section 31(A)(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax Requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act).

(d)              £1,630.61           Being the amount at 6(c) above (Item R), all divided by  ...  view the full minutes text for item C56/20