To seek approval to introduce a disabled residents’ permit parking space on Wilson Street, Gorse Hill, Stretford

1.     That the introduction of a disabled residents’ permit parking space on Wilson Street, Gorse Hill, Stretford be approved.

2.     That authorisation be given to advertise the intention of making the Traffic Regulation Order referred to in the schedule to the report and, if no objections are maintained, that the Order be made, in whole or in part, and the proposal implemented.

3.     That a consultation be carried out with nearby residents.

Approval is sought from the Executive Member, for the Council to proceed with granting a 25 year lease to TCABC to enable them to construct a much needed sports facility on the Broomwood Estate.

(1)        That the grant of a 25 year lease of land at Mainwood Road, Timperley to TCABC be approved subject to the heads of terms included in the report.

(2)        That the Corporate Director for Place be delegated authority to agree any minor amendments that may be required to be made to the heads of terms in order to facilitate the grant of a lease. 

That the Executive’s response to Scrutiny be approved.

That it be recommended that Council approve the following:

·         The Fees and Charges for 2019/20 and those relating to Registration of Births, Death & Marriages also shown for 2020/21, as set out in the booklet available on the Council’s web site;

·         That approval be delegated jointly to each Corporate Director with the Corporate Director of Finance and Systems to amend fees and charges during 2019/20 in the event of any change in the rate of VAT, as appropriate;

·         That approval be delegated jointly to each Corporate Director with the Corporate Director of Finance and Systems to amend fees and charges during 2019/20  under delegated powers where the economics of the charge levels have changed (e.g. costs have risen unexpectedly), or for commercial reasons.

That the Executive note the report and recommend that Council approves the Treasury Management Strategy 2019/20 – 2021/22 including the:

·           policy on debt strategy as set out in section 3;

·           investment strategy as set out in section 5;

·           Prudential Indicators and limits including the Authorised Limit (as required by section 3(1) of the Local Government Act 2003), Operational Boundary, Minimum Revenue Provision Statement and Investment criteria as detailed in Appendix 3.

1. That the Capital Programme as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report be approved.

2. That approval be given to the Schemes to be undertaken from the “block” budget allocations reported in paragraph 21 and detailed Appendix 4 to the report.

3. That it be recommended that Council approve:

a) The Capital Strategy included in Appendix 1 to the report;

b) the overall Capital Programme in the sum of £212.28m for the period 2019/22, comprising £112.28m in respect of the General Programme and £100m for the Asset Investment Fund;

c) additional prudential borrowing of £6.91m to support revenue generating investment opportunities as detailed in Paragraph 13 and a further £100m which will be added to the Asset Investment Fund as detailed in Paragraph 33 of the report;

d) the Prudential and Local Indicators as set out at Appendix 3 of the report.

That it be recommended that Council approve the following:-

a)    The 2019/20 net Revenue Budget of £169.94 million.

b)    The 2020/21 to 2021/22 Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) including the income and savings proposals.

c)    The calculation of the Council Tax Requirement as summarised in Section 9.1 and set out in the Formal Council Tax Resolution in Annex I to the report;

d)    To increase Council Tax by 3.99% in 2019/20:

o   2.99% general increase in the ‘relevant basic amount’ in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22, and

o   1% for the ‘Adult Social Care’ precept in 2019/20.

e)    The Fees and Charges for 2019/20 and those relating to Registration of Births, Death & Marriages also shown for 2020/21, as set out in the Fees & Charges booklet.

f)     That approval be delegated jointly to each Corporate Director with the Corporate Director of Finance and Systems to amend fees and charges during 2019/20 in the event of any change in VAT rate, as appropriate.

g)    That approval be delegated jointly to each Corporate Director with the Corporate Director of Finance and Systems to amend fees and charges during 2019/20 under delegated powers where the economics of the charge levels have changed (e.g. costs have risen unexpectedly), or for commercial reasons.

h)    That the minimum level of General Reserve for 2019/20 be increased to £7.0 million, an increase of £1m from 2018/19 (Section 7.2 of the report).

i)      The Capital Strategy, Prudential and Local Indicators and overall level of the Capital Programme and Asset Investment Fund of £212.28 million (as detailed in the Capital Strategy, Capital Programme & Prudential Indicators 2019/22) of which £167.93 million relates to 2019/20; this includes £106.91million of new prudential borrowing.

j)      The Treasury Management Strategy 2019/20 to 2021/22, including the debt strategy (Section 3), the investment strategy (Section 5) and the Prudential Indicators, including the Authorised Limit (as required by Section 3(1) of the Local Government Act 2003, Operational Boundary, Minimum Revenue Provision and investment criteria as set out in Appendix 3 of the report.

k)    The distribution of Dedicated Schools Grant as recommended by the School Funding Forum and Executive as summarised in Section 8 and detailed in Annex H.

and in recommending approval of the above, has taken into consideration :

a)    The objective assessment by the Corporate Director of Finance and Systems of the robustness of budget estimates and adequacy of the financial reserves (Section 7 and Annex G).

b)    The Executive’s response to the Scrutiny Committee’s recommendations to the budget proposals as included in a separate report on the agenda.

c)    The Council’s Public Sector Equality duty.

d)    The results of the consultation on the budget proposals.

In addition, that it be recommended that Council notes the following:

a)    The approval on 23 January 2019 under delegated powers by the Corporate Director of Finance and Systems of the Council Tax Base for 2019/20 at 76,999 Band D equivalents.

b)    Along with the calculation of the estimated Council Tax surplus, sufficient to release £(1.324)million to support the Council’s 2019/20 revenue budget and a distribution of £(187)k and £(74)k representing the respective shares of the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept and Mayoral General Precept (including Fire Services). 

c)    The base budget assumptions as set out in the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) as detailed in Annex A.

d)    The budget gap for the two years 2020/21, £15.71m and 2021/22, £12.81m.

e)    That the Capital Programme for 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 is to be set at an indicative £167.93 million, £32.99 million and £11.36 million respectively (indicative at this stage as a number of capital grants not yet known).

f)       That the Council Tax figures included in the report for the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept and Mayoral General Precept (including Fire Services) are the recommended provisional amounts pending their formal approval.

That approval be given to the inflationary uplift of 4.27% to the hourly rate for homecare: an increase from £14.63 per hour to £15.25 per hour.

That an inflationary uplift be approved for Residential and Nursing Home beds of 3.96% for 2019/20.

A resident of Langshaw Street, Old Trafford, who is a blue badge holder, has

made a request for an advisory disabled persons’ parking space.

Following a consultation with nearby residents and an assessment of the applicant’s needs by the One Stop Resource Centre, it is proposed that an Advisory Disabled Bay be implemented.

1      That the results of the consultation be noted.

2.     That following careful consideration of the objections and comments received, authorisation be given to implement an Advisory Disabled Bay as proposed.

3.     That the objector be informed of the outcome, following consideration of the objection received.