16/2/09 NOTED 1 The Cabinet noted the
recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny Committees, as
summarised in Section 7 and detailed in Appendix 2 of the main
report.
16/2/10 NOTED 2 The Cabinet noted the decision of Employment
Matters Committee, set out in paragraph 2.2. of the addendum
report, insofar as the council will not meet the additional cost of
the ISA registration fee.
19/2010 The Cabinet recommended to Council the capital budget
proposals as set out in the revised Appendix 1, as attached to the
addendum report, and recommended that Council consider the
inclusion of the additional regeneration scheme referred to in
paragraph 3.10 of the main report.
20/2010 The Cabinet recommended that Council consider the addition
to the revenue budget of £52,500 for disabled parking bays
referred to in paragraph 8.4 of the main report.
21/2010 The Cabinet recommended to Council that the net revenue
budget summarised at Table 7 in the main report, amounting to
£378.8 million, should be adopted and that this be partly
financed by a 2.95% increase in Council Tax, equivalent to a Band D
figure of £1,124.55.
22/2010 The Cabinet authorised the Chief Executive to request that
the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families varies
the level of the Central Expenditure Limit to accommodate the
planned £700,000 addition for the recovery of costs arising
from schools closures and agreed that this matter be dealt with in
accordance with urgency provisions and therefore not subject to
call-in.
23/2010 The Cabinet recommended to Council the fees and charges set
out at Appendix 5 (circulated separately) incorporating the items
referred to in Section 5 of the addendum report.
24/2010 The Cabinet agreed that the Chief Finance Officer be
requested to calculate the formal requirements under Sections 32
and 33 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for resolution by
special Council on 25 February 2010.
25/2010 The Cabinet, in respect of the Housing Revenue Account,
recommended the following to Council on 25 February 2010 for
approval:
a) The proposed Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2010/2011,
inclusive of an average rent increase of £0.99 per week
(based upon 50 collection weeks and equating to an increase of
1.46%);
b) That service charges for 2010/2011 reflect the costs incurred in
providing that service, where possible, and that costs increase by
no more than 5.0% over that charged in 2009/2010. The average
increase will be 1.72% and
c) That garage rent charges are held at 2009/2010 levels.
26/2010 The Cabinet noted the comments of MeRGe summarised in
Section 1 of the addendum report and requested the Assistant
Director of Housing and Corporate Services to consider ways to
deliver efficiencies in the costs of the Housing Revenue
Account.