Councillor

Interest

Reason

Councillor Mrs Beer

Private

Employee of Devon and Cornwall Police

Councillor Sam Leaves

Private

Employee of the NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group

Councillor Stevens

Private

Employee of Devon and Cornwall Police

Councillor Jon Taylor 

Private

Employee of the NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group

(1)

that a monthly account fee of 80p per month is applied to all TamarTag accounts with effect from 1 April 2014; 

(2)

the proposed Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry revenue budget  for 2014/15 as set out in Appendix 2 of the Cabinet report; 

(3) 

the proposed Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry capital programme as set out in Appendix 2 of the Cabinet report; and

(4)

that the longer term revenue forecast to 2017/18 is noted, as set out in Appendix 2 Cabinet report.

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consider the updated report of the Chief Executive on delivering the co-operative vision within a three year sustainable balanced  budget update and the proposed Council Tax levels 2014/15; 

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adopt the Co-operative Council Finance Plan 2014-17 (Appendix 1 refers);

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approve the proposed net revenue budget requirement for 2014/15;

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approve the capital budget 2013/17;

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approve delegation arrangements for approval of capital funding and schemes;

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approve the Treasury Management Strategy and Annual  Investment Strategy 2014/15;

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approve the Council Tax for 2014/15.

Appendix 2

Minute 106

Delivering the co-operative vision within a three year sustainable balanced budget.   

Appendix 3

For information: Cabinet’s response to the scrutiny recommendations and the scrutiny report.

Appendix 4

Minute 107

Treasury Management Strategy and Annual Investment Strategy 2014/15.

(a)

the draft Co-operative Council Finance Plan 2014 – 2017;

(b)

Cabinet minute 106 (of 11 February 2014) and the Cabinet report on delivering the co-operative vision within a three year sustainable balanced budget;

(c)

Cabinet minute 102 (of 11 February 2014) on the Scrutiny Report following scrutiny of the delivery the co-operative vision within a three year sustainable balanced budget including Cabinet’s response to the recommendations and the Scrutiny Report;

(d)

Cabinet minute 107 (of 11 February 2014) on the Treasury Management Strategy and Annual Investment Strategy.

(e)

expressed concern that the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority were meeting to agree their precept on the same day as the City Council to set the Council Tax and asked the Chief Executive to write to the authority to try and prevent similar circumstances in future years; 

(f)

asked that recorded votes were taken on any amendments to and the final decision on the budget and Council Tax rates;      

(g)

moved the recommendations in the written report of the Chief Executive to the City Council, including the 2014/15 Council Tax rates.

(h)

the scale of the cuts made by the Coalition Government which had resulted in a real terms funding reduction of nine point five per cent (9.5%) amounting to £12m;

(i)

the Council’s reduction in costs of over £30m in the last three years and the need to reduce costs by a further £33m over the next three years;

(j)

the projected shortfall of £64.5m over three years;

(k)

the proposal to set an indicative three year budget for the first time, from 2014/15 to 2017;

(l)

the three year transformation programme to provide a fundamental rethink about how services were provided, joining services up with partners and running services in new ways;

(m)

the initiatives to deliver growth including -

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investing in jobs with the Plan for Jobs; 

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supporting new homes with the Plan for Homes, the Get Plymouth Building programme and the affordable housing loan facility;

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the Plymouth and South West Peninsula City Deal;

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the Council’s commitment to roads with £2m extra each year for ongoing road resurfacing;

(n)

the Council’s priority to be a caring city, to promote a fairer, more equal city by investing in communities, putting citizens at the heart of decision making, promoting independence and reducing health and social inequality;   

(o)

the adult social services gross budget of £90m with £77m dedicated to care packages;

(p)

the budget of £26m for children’s social care services next year with the majority being spent on placements in foster care and residential and secure placements.  He also thanked all the Council’s foster carers for the incredible work that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 100.

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Recent events have again highlighted the inadequacies of the South West Peninsula rail network. 

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The South West is “Connectivity Poor” with longer direct journey times than most other areas of the country which are a similar distance from London. 

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The extreme weather events of the last two years and the resulting disruption to services, has demonstrated that the far south west is also “resilience weak”.

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The economic impact, based on previous events and our current economic analysis, when the road and rail infrastructure shut down for ten days in 2012 was estimated to be that Devon and Cornwall took a hit of £20 million per day. An on-going survey of Plymouth businesses will reveal the current impacts of the rail closure next week, with £4-5 million being predicted as the direct daily consequence on the Plymouth economy.

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The network is not fit for purpose for Plymouth as the 15^th largest city in England with an ambitious growth agenda and which is delivering a City Deal.  We are founding members of the Key Cities Group and are committed to ambitious regeneration plans to grow the city to over 300,000 by 2031.

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The commitment to complete a rail study needs to extend to a commitment to act on the outcomes of the study and the delivery of an additional route (known as the Dawlish Avoiding Line or GW2) to serve Plymouth, Torbay and Cornwall and the parts of Devon, west of Exeter. 

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All government agencies should be working co-operatively together to deliver the objectives of faster trains to the south west and a more resilient rail network overall: as opposed to agency-specific solutions that seek to protect some population centres whilst potentially prejudicing long-term rail resilience into the south west.

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a reliable and resilient railway that is able to meet the needs of Plymouth’s and the wider peninsula economy.

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increased train capacity to cater for the increasing demand for rail travel.

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better connectivity with the rest of the UK through faster trains and higher frequencies.

(1)

call on the Prime Minister to expedite the study into the delivery of a fast and resilient additional rail connection to the south west and Plymouth and for this to be completed and published before the end of 2014.

(2)

call on the Prime Minster to instruct the Department of Transport to immediately put Plymouth on the Department for Transport Strategic National Corridor. 

(3) 

call on all residents across the peninsula to write to their MP to get them to support the provision of fast and reliable trains to the south west and for them to attend the parliamentary meeting of the Peninsula Rail Task ForceRail Resilience Task Groupon 25 February 2014.

(4) 

call on the Department for Transport to work with Network Rail, Train Operators, local authorities  ...  view the full minutes text for item 102.