(a)

the Corporate Plan 2011/14 (appendix A);

(b)

the Corporate Asset Management Plan 2005 -15 (incorporating the capital programme for 2010/11 – 2014/15) (appendix B);

(c)

the medium term capital programme 2010 – 15 (appendix C);

(d)

Audit Committee minute 65 of 21 January 2011 -  Treasury Management Strategy Statement and Annual Investment Strategy 2011/12 (appendix D);

(e)

Prudential Indicators and updated Treasury Management Strategy Statement and Annual Investment Strategy 2011/12 (appendix E);

(f)

Cabinet minute 108 of 8 February 2011 – Budget and Corporate Plan Scrutiny Report 2011, including –

·      Cabinet’s response to Budget Scrutiny recommendations;

·      Overview and Scrutiny Management Board minute 95 of 26 January 2011;

·      scrutiny review report on the Budget and Corporate Plan Scrutiny 2011 (appendix F);

(g)

Cabinet minute 109 of 8 February 2011 – Budget and Corporate Plan (appendix G);

(h)

gross expenditure and income (appendix H);

(i)

proposed Council tax levels (appendix I);

(j)

proposed fees and charges (appendix J).

(a)

the development of two invest to save projects relating to intensive support for families of young people with autism and intensive parent and child assessments within the community to avoid making costly out of city placements;  

(b)

the preparation of options to be brought forward during the coming financial year, to enable the implementation of kerbside glass collection as soon as possible;

(c)

the creation of a ring fenced growth fund which would maximise opportunities from new funding streams such as the New Homes Bonus, income from the Council’s assets and those of the Council’s partners; 

(d)

the government’s allocation of additional money for pothole repairs this year and she reported that the Council would be looking at opportunities to add to this allocation. 

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the proposals attacked low paid workers, part time workers and the most vulnerable; adults and children in care 

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the awards received by the City Council were in relation to buildings funded by the Labour government

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£21m of section 106 monies were owing to the City Council

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there was a need to consider alternative forms of energy

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the anticipated reductions in police had come to fruition

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there was no evidence to support the proposed extension of shared services

To approve the proposed net revenue budget requirement of £208.237m for 2011-2012 subject to the following changes - 

A.

Bring forward the senior management restructuring from 2012 -2013 to 2011-12 (£250,000 saving). 

B.

Bring forward the budget savings on printing/publicity and advertising (£100,000 per department – totaling £400,000) from 2013-2014 to 2011-2012.  

Reallocated as follows:

To support library and bus services across the City to prevent their loss or closure

and

To approve the five year Capital Programme (2010/11 – 2014/15) of £192.635m subject to the following change.

A

 An additional £1m per year to be allocated for the Programme period to road maintenance, this to be funded from Capital Receipts;

B

An additional £500k to West Hoe Pier repair, funded from Capital receipts.

(1)

the Corporate Plan 2011-14 is adopted, subject to minor amendments and editorial design changes being delegated to the Chief Executive and the relevant portfolio holder;

(2)

the Corporate Asset Management Plan 2011-15 is adopted, subject to minor amendments and editorial design changes being delegated to the Director for Corporate Support and the relevant portfolio holder;

(3)

approval is given to the proposed net revenue budget requirement of £208.237m for 2011/12 and five year Capital Programme (2010/11 – 2014/15) of £192.635m;

(4)

approval is given to the increases to fees and charges, as outlined in the revised Appendix J circulated, with the  amendment of the Leaving Care Grant to a one off payment of £1,193;

(5)

approval is given to the revised Prudential Indicators outlined in Appendix E;

(6)

approval is given to the Treasury Management Strategy Statement and Annual Investment Strategy 2011/12 included at Appendix D;

(7)

approval is given to the Council Tax for 2011/12 as set out in (8) to (13) below, which freezes the levels at the 2010/11 levels;

(8)

with a net budget of £208.237m, the Band D Council Tax for Plymouth City Council purposes will be £1,244.67. The total Band D Council Tax after taking account of the precept from the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority of £156.60 and of the precept from the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority of £71.77 will be £1,473.04 for the year 2011/12;

(9)

it is noted that at its meeting on 14 December 2010, the Cabinet calculated the amount of 77,066 as its Council Tax Base for the year 2011/12, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992, made under Section 33 (5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended by the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 and the Council Tax (Prescribed

Classes of Dwellings) (England) Regulations 2003, made under Section 11A of the Local Government Finance Act, 1992, as inserted by Section 75 of the Local Government Act 2003, and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Amendment) (England) (No.2) Regulations 2003;

(10)

the following amounts are now calculated by the Council for the year 2011/12 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act, 1992 (referred to hereafter as ‘the Act’) –

(a)

£630.034m

Being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (e) of the Act;

(b)

£421.797m

Being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3) (a) to (c) of the Act;

(c)

£208.237m

Being the amount by which the aggregate at 10(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 10(b) above calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act, as its budget requirement for the year;

(d)

£112.315m

Being the aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its General Fund in respect of redistributed non domestic rates and revenue support grant, increased by the amount of the sums which the Council estimates will be transferred in the year from its Collection Fund to its General Fund in accordance with Section 97(3) of the Local Government Finance Act, 1988, and increased by the amount of the sums calculated in accordance with the Local Government Changes for England (Collection Fund Surpluses & Deficits) Regulations, 1995;

(e)

£95.922m

Being the amount at 10(c) above less the amount at 10(d) above, all divided by the amount at 9 above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year;

(f)

Valuation Bands

£

A

829.78

B

968.08

C

1,106.37

D

1,244.67

E

1,521.26

F

1,797.86

G

2,074.45

H

2,489.34

Being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at 10 (e) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in

different valuation bands;

(11)

it is noted that for the year 2011/12, the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority have stated the following amounts in precept issued to the Council, in accordance with section 40 of the Act, for each of the categories of dwellings shown below –

Valuation Bands

Police Authority

£

A

104.40

B

121.80

C

139.20

D

156.60

E

191.40

F

226.20

G

261.00

H

313.20

(12)

it is noted that for the year 2011/12, the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority have stated the following amounts in precept issued to the Council, in accordance with section 40 of the Act for each of the categories of dwellings shown below -

Valuation Bands

Fire Authority

£

A

47.85

B

55.82

C

63.80

D

71.77

E

87.72

F

103.67

G

119.62

H

143.54

(13)

having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 10(f), (11) and (12) above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Act, sets out the following amounts of Council Tax for the year 2011/12 for each of the categories shown below –

Valuation Bands

£

A

982.03

B

1,145.70

C

1,309.37

D

1,473.04

E

1,800.38

F

2,127.73

G

2,455.07

H

2,946.08