Agenda, decisions and minutes

RESOLVED: that the minutes of the Cabinet Meeting of 21 January 2016 be approved.

RESOLVED: that

1.                   the Corporate Plan 2016-2018 as set out in Appendix A to the report be approved for consideration by Council on 25 February 2016;

2.            Authority be delegated to the Chief Executive to make any necessary amendments to the draft Corporate Plan, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to take account of the views expressed by the Council’s Scrutiny Committees; to correct any typographical errors and to include any additional performance data in the Appendix to the Plan, in order to finalise the document for consideration by Council on 25 February 2016.

3.            Council be recommended to delegate authority to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader of the Council to make any consequential amendments to the Corporate Plan following consideration by Council on 25 February 2016.

The Cabinet considered the draft Corporate Plan 2016-18.  The Corporate Plan forms part of the strategic policy framework set out within the Council’s constitution and is considered annually by Council.

The Corporate Plan captured the Council’s contribution to delivering Cardiff’s seven outcomes, setting out the organisation’s priorities and what will  ...  view the full minutes text for item 97.

RESOLVED: that the appointment of Councillor Caro Wild as the Assistant to Cabinet Member – Housing and Tackling Poverty be approved

Cabinet received a report proposing the appointment of an Assistant to Cabinet Member – Housing and Tackling Poverty.

RESOLVED: that the appointment of Councillor Caro Wild as the Assistant to Cabinet Member – Housing and Tackling Poverty be approved

RESOLVED: that

1.             the submission (Appendix A) to the Welsh Government on the Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill be approved; and

2.            authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to notify the Welsh Government of any subsequent amendments to the Council’s response.

Cabinet considered the proposed response to the Welsh Government consultation on the Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill.

As part of the development of the Council’s submission reports on the Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill had been considered by the Standards and Ethics Committee, Democratic Services Committee and Audit Committee, in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 99.

RESOLVED: that the current position regarding performance and the delivery of key commitments and priorities as at Quarter 3 and the action being taken to address areas of concern be noted

The Cabinet received the Council’s performance report for Quarter 3 (October to July) of 2015/16 financial year.  It was noted that across all Directorates 69% of Corporate Plan commitments are Green and 56.8% of Performance Indicators are Green.

RESOLVED: that the current position regarding performance and the delivery of key  ...  view the full minutes text for item 100.

RESOLVED: that

1.            the potential outturn position based on the first nine months of the financial year be noted

2.            it be noted that the requirement for all directorates currently reporting overspends as identified in this report to put in place actions to reduce their projected overspends be reinforced.

3.            Approval in principle be given to the projected surplus of £988,000 being transferred to the Council’s General Fund Balance at the year end.

4.            the budget virement of £1.0 million in the Housing Revenue Account be approved to reflect the transfer of funding from capital financing budgets to the Housing Repairs Account.  

The Cabinet received an update on the financial monitoring position of the authority as at month 9.  The report provided details of the projected outturn for 2015/16 compared with the budget approved at Council on 26 February 2015.

It was noted that the month 9 revenue position indicated a potential  ...  view the full minutes text for item 101.

RESOLVED: that, having taken account of the comments of the Corporate Director Resources in respect of the robustness of the budget and the adequacy of reserves as required under Section 25 of the Local Government Act 2003, and having considered the responses received to the Budget Consultation Council be recommended to:

1.0  Approve the Revenue, Capital and Housing Revenue Account budgets including all proposals and increasing the Council Tax by 3.7% as set out in this report and that the Council resolve the following terms.

2.0  Note that at the Cabinet meeting on 10 December 2015 the Council calculated the following amounts for the year 2016/17 in accordance with the regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

a)     141,288 being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, as amended, as its Council Tax base for the year.

b)     Lisvane           2,347

       Pentyrch         3,184

       Radyr              3,655

       St. Fagans       1,234

       Old St. Mellons     1,289

       Tongwynlais     812

       being the amounts calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which special items relate.

2.1  Agree that the following amounts be now calculated by the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:-

a)     Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (d) (including Community Council precepts totalling £296,100).                                                           £1,048,880,100

b)     Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for items set out in Section 32(3)(a) and (c).

                      £472,793,000

c)     Amount by which the aggregate at 2.1(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2.1(b) above calculated in accordance with Section 32(4) as the budget requirement for the year.

                     £576,087,100

d)     Aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its Council Fund in respect of Revenue Support Grant, its Council Tax Reduction Scheme, redistributed Non-Domestic Rates.

                         £426,284,786

e)     The amount at 2.1(c) above less the amount at 2.1(d) (net of the amount for discretionary relief of £300,000), all divided by the amount at 2.0(a) above, calculated in accordance with Section 33(1) as the basic amount of Council Tax for the year.                                                                                                                 

                           £1,062.39

f)      Aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1).                                               

                           £296,100

g)     Amount at 2.1(e) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 2.1(f) above by the amount at 2.0(a) above, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the area to which no special items relate.                                             

                               £1,060.29

h)            The amounts given by adding to the amount at 2.1(g) above the amounts of special items relating to dwellings in those part of the council's area mentioned below,  ...  view the full decision text for item 102.

The Cabinet considered the budget proposals for 2016/17 prior to recommending them to full Council.

RESOLVED: that, having taken account of the comments of the Corporate Director Resources in respect of the robustness of the budget and the adequacy of reserves as required under Section 25 of the Local  ...  view the full minutes text for item 102.