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Council Plan and Budget 2022/23

Meeting: 28/02/2022 - County Council (Item 69)

69 Council Plan and Budget 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 63 KB

The Council is asked to consider and approve the Council Plan and budget for 2022/23, the Capital Strategy 2022-27 and the Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2022/23, in the light of a report pack by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Property which is enclosed with the agenda.

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Minutes:

69.1     The Cabinet Member for Finance and Property moved the report on the Council Plan and budget for 2022/23, the Capital Strategy 2022-27 and the Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2022/23 (budget pack pages 1 to 187).

 

69.2     An amendment was moved by Cllr Lord and seconded by Cllr O’Kellyas set out below.

 

Proposed changes to the Revenue Budget

 

Growth

 

Ongoing changes to the revenue budget

2022/23

£m

Resource 2 additional officer posts (2 FTE) within the highways team - one to accelerate the active travel programme and one to develop proposals on improving bus services as highlighted in the Levelling Up White Paper

0.081

Increase the Occupational Therapist resource to deliver reablement at home to support independence (3 FTE)

0.135

Enhance support to carers through additional Carers Support Officers (2 FTE) to allow people who are acting as carers to continue caring for as long as possible and prevent carer breakdown

0.080

Increase the current climate change administration of 1 FTE by an additional officer resource to administer the climate emergency fund

0.040

Additional Mental Health Support Team for Schools

0.370

Specialist team focused on preventative and educational work on disordered eating working within schools and supporting families (6 early help workers plus team manager)

0.267

Additional resource to Highways for road safety maintenance

0.500

Total

1.473

 

Reduction options

 

Ongoing changes to the revenue budget

2022/23

£m

Increased discretionary fees and charges by 2.5% over RPI

0.500

Commission a review by the Independent Remuneration Panel to endorse the 25% reduction to the Special Responsibility Allowances for members (excluding Foster Panel)

0.086

Removal of Advisers to Cabinet Members

0.026

Communications (20% reduction to budget)

0.291

Policy Team (20% reduction to budget)

0.060

HR & Organisational Change (3% reduction to budget)

0.210

Executive PAs (16% reduction to budget)

0.100

Customer experience (5% reduction to budget)

0.080

Intelligence & Performance (9% reduction to budget)

0.120

Total

1.473

 

Proposed changes to the Capital Programme

 

Growth

 

Ongoing changes to the Capital Programme

2022/23

£m

Fund a Climate Emergency fund to encourage innovative community projects that will reduce carbon levels locally and improve our environment

1.000

Additional funding for Public Rights of Way capital improvements, pedestrian and cycling infrastructure

1.000

Total

2.000

 

Funding

 

Ongoing changes to the Capital Programme

2022/23

£m

Capital Improvement budget already included within Capital Programme. The 2022/23 budget is £0.475 and £1.525 will be re-profiled (brought forward) from 2023/24

1.525

0.475

Total

2.000

 

69.3     The amendment was put to a recorded vote under Standing Order 3.36.

 

(a)         For the amendment – 20

 

Cllr Baxter, Cllr Cherry, Cllr Chowdhury, Cllr B Cooper, Cllr Cornell, Cllr Gibson, Cllr Johnson, Cllr Joy, Cllr Kerry-Bedell, Cllr Lord, Cllr Mercer, Cllr Milne, Cllr O’Kelly, Cllr Oppler, Cllr Oxlade, Cllr Pudaloff, Cllr Quinn, Cllr Sharp, Cllr Turley and Cllr Walsh.

 

(b)         Against the amendment – 40

 

Cllr Albury, Cllr Ali, Cllr Atkins, Cllr Baldwin, Cllr Bennett, Cllr Boram, Cllr Bradbury, Cllr Britton, Cllr Burgess, Cllr Burrett, Cllr Charles, Cllr A Cooper, Cllr Crow, Cllr J Dennis,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 69


Meeting: 18/02/2022 - County Council (Item 8.)

8. Council Plan and Budget 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 63 KB

The Council is asked to consider and approve the County Council budget for 2022/23, the Capital Strategy 2022-27 and the Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2022/23, in the light of a report pack by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Property which is enclosed with the agenda.

Additional documents: