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It was
moved by Councillor Fitter, seconded by Councillor Crabtree
and
 

RESOLVED
 
1.
 
That the Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to have regard to the following in
developing the 25/26 budget proposals:
 
(i)   That the
Committee expects to see impact assessments, including financial
and service delivery impacts, for the savings that are taken
forward to inform scrutiny by the Committee of the Cabinet’s
budget proposals;
 
(ii)
  The
whole of the Members’ Community Chest pot be retained and, to
counter that, consideration be given to how savings can be made by
reviewing the convening and operation of the Community Area
Partnerships;
 
(iii)
  The removal of
the £18k funding for domestic violence and sexual abuse
service is rejected and instead that £18k is funded from
other budget lines within the Neighbourhoods Directorate or from
the proposed £5m transfer to reserves of the anticipated
second homes council tax;
 
(iv)
  Consideration
be given to the level of capital and revenue spend associated with
net carbon zero and whether any savings can be made by adjusting
such spend;
 
(v)
 
Consideration be given to whether an additional £3 per year
(circa 6p per week) be added to the annual subscription for garden
waste collection;
 
(vi)
  Consideration
be given to whether garden waste subscriptions can be paid by
periodic instalments, with a view to making the subscriptions more
accessible to those who may not be able to afford an annual payment
at the beginning of the financial year;
 
(vii)
  That a fee of
£10.00 per passenger, for all passengers aged 17 years or
over departing Cornwall Airport, be introduced from 1 April 2025,
whether as a carbon reduction fee or whatever description is
appropriate, and the Cabinet request Cornwall Airport to commence
the necessary steps to implement this;
 
(viii)
  That exempt savings
proposals RI122 and RI197 be reviewed with a view to their
inclusion as savings, including as to whether they might be
partially implemented, but that saving proposal RI149 is not
progressed;
 
(ix)
  Consideration
is given as to whether saving RI158 is taken forward, given the
impacts there would be, including the wider strategic impacts for
Cornwall;
 
(x)
  Proposal
RI114 is not supported if related funding is allocated by
Government that negates the proposed saving;
 
(xi)
  Consideration
be given to the impacts of implementing saving proposal RI171, and
whether the wider impacts are so significant as to make the saving
unviable;
 
(xii)
  That consideration
be given to transferring more, or all, of the Council’s car
parks to Corserv, to reduce the
Council’s expenditure and realise an income share from
Corserv, subject to the lawfulness of
the proposal being taken forward being considered, acknowledging
that there are legal impediments related to this
proposal;
 
and
where the Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee has
not specifically commented on a savings proposal, the Committee may
wish to make further comment when receiving the detailed budget
proposals for consideration; and
 
2.
 
That Cabinet be urged to lobby Government for a fairer funding
settlement.