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PAPER A
2024/25 General Fund Revenue
Budget & Capital Programme update
– see Paper A and its
appendices that the Executive considered and endorsed at its
meeting in 6 December 2023.
 
Councillor Liz Leyshon proposed
the recommendations which were seconded by Councillor Bill
Revans.
 
Having been duly proposed and
seconded, the Council RESOLVED to:
Note that the Council had
declared a financial emergency and accordingly endorsed the range
of actions and mitigations being taken forward. Furthermore, the
Council fully supported the Executive and Senior Officers to
continue its discussions with the Department for Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and formally requests a
capitalisation direction in order to set the 2024/25
budget.
 
PAPER B
Council Tax Reduction &
Exceptional Hardship Scheme for 2024/25 – see Paper B and its
appendices that the Executive considered and endorsed at its
meeting in 6 December 2023.
 
Councillor Liz Leyshon proposed
the recommendations which were seconded by Councillor David
Fothergill.
 
Having been duly proposed and
seconded, the Council RESOLVED to approve:

     
i.        
The Council Tax Reduction and Exceptional Hardship
schemes set out in Appendices 4 and 5 to this report;

    
ii.        
Option 3 in relation to the income band thresholds
used within Schedule 1 of the proposed Council Tax Reduction scheme
i.e. uprating in line with the 6.7% rise in state benefits
announced by Government in the November 2023 Autumn Statement;
and

  
iii.        
A full review of the Council Tax Reduction scheme
during the 2024/25 financial year to identify options for a revised
scheme in the 2025/26 financial year. 
(NB. the review and consultation exercise would require funding
which was anticipated to be in the region of
£60k).
 
PAPER C
Annual Treasury Management
Outturn Report 2022-23 / Annual Treasury Management Mid-Year Report
2023/24 – see Paper C1 and C2 that the Executive considered
and endorsed at its meetings on 4 October 2023 and 6 December
2023. 
 
Councillor Liz Leyshon proposed
the recommendations which were seconded by Councillor Bill
Revans.
 
Having been duly proposed and
seconded, the Council RESOLVED to approve the reports as being in
compliance with the CIPFA Code of Practice for Treasury
Management.
 
PAPER D
Harbour Management Advisory
Committee – see Paper D that the Executive considered and
endorsed at its meeting on 6 December 2023.
 
Councillor Bill Revans proposed
the recommendations which were seconded by Councillor Leigh
Redman.
 
Having been duly proposed and
seconded, the Council RESOLVED to approve:

     
i.        
that a Harbour Management Advisory Committee was
established as an advisory committee to the Executive under s102(4)
of the Local Government Act 1972;

    
ii.        
the Terms of Reference of the Harbour Management
Advisory Committee attached at Appendix 1;

  
iii.        
the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between
the Executive and the Harbour Management Advisory Committee
attached as Appendix 2;

   
iv.        
the appointment of 6 elected members be delegated to
the Monitoring Officer, as nominated by relevant political group
leaders, to the Harbour Management Advisory Committee in accordance
with the political balance requirements in section 15 of the Local
Government and Housing Act 1989.  

     
v.        
delegated authority be granted to the Service
Director Regulatory and Operational in consultation with the
Service Director Governance, Democratic and Legal Services to
conduct a skills audit for the Harbour Management Advisory
Committee and to conduct the process for the recruitment of
appropriately skilled co-opted members to the Committee and make
recommendations to Full Council for appointment of the co-opted
members
 
PAPER E
Proposed withdrawal and
dissolution of the Heart of the South West Joint Committee –
see paper E that the Executive considered and endorsed at its
meeting on 6 December 2023.
 
Councillor Bill Revans proposed
the recommendations which were seconded by Councillor David
Fothergill.
 
Having been duly proposed and
seconded, the Council RESOLVED to agree to serve notice of its
withdrawal and that the Heart of the South West Joint Committee be
dissolved on 31 December 2023.
 
PAPER F
2023/24 Housing Revenue Account
Q1 – see Paper F that the Executive considered and endorsed
at its meeting on 4 October 2023.
 
Councillor Federica
Smith-Roberts proposed the recommendations which were seconded by
Councillor Liz Leyshon.
 
Having been duly proposed and
seconded, the Council RESOLVED to approve a supplementary capital
budget of £3,313,829 for the in-house service to spend on
Fire Safety.