Agenda and minutes

Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary or affected interests in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting.

Any Member with a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer in attendance that they are withdrawing as they have such an interest. If the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days.

Any Member with an affected Interest in a matter must disclose the interest to the meeting and must not participate in discussion of the matter or vote on the matter unless granted a dispensation by the Monitoring officer or by the Governance and Audit Committee.  There is no requirement to withdraw from the meeting when the interest is only an affected interest, but the Monitoring Officer should be notified of the interest, if not previously notified of it, within 28 days of the meeting.

To consider and approve the minutes of the meeting of the Special Executive held on 12 July 2017. (to follow)

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Special Executive on 12 July 2017 together with the accompanying decision records be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The Executive considered the following items. The decisions are recorded in the decision sheets attached to these minutes and summarised below:

To note the Capital Expenditure outturn 2016/17 and to approve the carry forward.

RESOLVED that;

i)             the outturn capital expenditure and in particular the key variances identified in paragraph 5.4 of the Borough Treasurer’s report be noted.

ii)            the carry forward of £50.602m from the 2016/17 capital programme to 2017/18 including £0.236m relating to projects approved in 2015/16 be approved (see paragraph 5.5 of the Borough Treasurer’s report).

iii)           the financing of capital expenditure as shown in Table 2 of the Borough Treasurer’s report be noted.

To note the Revenue Expenditure Outturn 2016/17.

RESOLVED that:

i)              the outturn expenditure for 2016/17, subject to audit, of £66.763m, which represents an under spend of -£3.515m compared with the approved budget be noted.

ii)             the budget carry forwards of £0.221m (see paragraph 5.9 and Annexe C of the Borough Treasurer’s report) be noted.

iii)            The Executive recommends that Council note the Treasury Management performance in 2016/17 as set out in Annexe B of the Borough Treasurer’s report.

iv)           the earmarked reserves as set out in Annexe D of the Borough Treasurer’s report be approved.

v)            the virements relating to the 2016/17 budget between £0.050m and £0.100m be approved and recommend those that are over £0.100m for approval by Council (see Annexe E of the Borough Treasurer’s report).

To approve a change to the financial assessment undertaken when calculating what people can afford to contribute towards their care.

RESOLVED that;

i)              the responses that have been received during the consultation period be noted.

ii)             the following change to the financial assessment when calculating what people can afford to contribute towards their care be agreed:

That the Council when financially assessing someone in receipt of Adult Social Care fully takes account of the income received by people receiving the higher rate of benefit from Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payments.

iii)           a protection period for people negatively impacted by the proposals be agreed.

To note the performance of the Council over the period from January to March 2017 and progress against the Council Plan.

RESOLVED that the performance of the Council over the period from January-March 2017 and progress against the Council Plan highlighted in the Overview Report be noted.

To seek approval to confirm a non-immediate Article 4 Direction to remove the permitted development right to change offices to residential use within three defined business areas in the Borough without the need for planning permission.

RESOLVED that:

(i)         the results of the consultation on the draft Article 4(1) Direction set out at Paragraph 5.15 of the Director of Environment, Culture & Communities report be noted;

(ii)        the compensation risks set out in the Director of Environment, Culture & Communities report be acknowledged; and

(iii)       the Article 4 Direction on the 27 February 2018 be agreed.