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Report number HOF310 of the Leader of the Council and the Portfolio Holder for Good Housing.                                                                                                                  (Enclosure)

Decision:

PART A

In relation to the General Fund - Revenue

a.    to set a General Fund budget requirement of £13.014M for 2015/16 shown at Appendix A of report number HOF310 (inclusive of special expenses) taking into consideration the savings and efficiencies shown at Appendix B

b.    to approve a Council Tax freeze (no increase) for 2015/16

c.    to note the indicative base estimates for 2016/17 and 2017/18 as detailed in the summary at Appendix A of report number HOF310

d.    To approve the fees and charges as shown at Appendix C of report number HOF310

In relation to the General Fund – Capital

e.    approve the General Fund Capital programme for 2015/16 to 2019/20 detailed at Appendix D page 1 of report number HOF310

f.     approve the Capital Financing statement detailed at Appendix D page 2 of report number HOF310

In relation to the General Fund - Reserves and Balances

g.    to approve the use of reserves as detailed at Appendix E of report number HOF310

Management and prudential indicators

h.    to approve the Treasury Management Strategy provided at Appendix F of report number HOF310

In relation to the Housing Revenue Account - Revenue

i.      to approve dwelling rent increases in accordance with Government guideline rent providing an average rent of £80.91 (an average rental increase of 3.56%)

j.      to approve an increase in garage rents of 2.3%

k.    to approve an increase in service charges by 2.3%

l.      to approve the Housing Revenue Account for the year 2015/16 (including the  items at Appendix H in the report) and indicative years 2016/17 and 2017/18 shown at Appendix G of report number HOF310

In relation to the Housing Revenue Account - Capital

m.  approve the indicative Housing Investment Programme for 2015/16 to 2019/20 detailed at Appendix I page 1 of report number HOF310

n.    approve the Capital Financing statement detailed at Appendix I page 2 of report number HOF310

In relation to the Housing Revenue Account - Reserves and balances

o.    to approve the use of the reserves as detailed at Appendix J of report number HOF310

Pay Policy Statement

p.    to approve the pay policy statement shown at Appendix K of report number HOF310

PART B

In accordance with paragraphs 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended, the Council adopts:

1)      That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for the year 2015/16 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended)

a)      £77,763,996 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 (including special expense and parish precepts).

b)        £63,605,236 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)        £14,158,760 being the amount by which the aggregate at a) above exceeds the aggregate at b) above, calculated by  the Council, in accordance  ...  view the full minutes text for item 60