Agenda and decisions

Approved

RESOLVED that:

1.            the draft Corporate Plan 2024-27 (Appendix A), subject to any amendments authorised under recommendation 3, be approved for consideration by Council on 7 March 2024;

2.            the response to any recommendations made by any of the Scrutiny Committees (Appendix C) in relation to the draft Corporate Plan 2024-27be considered and agreed;

3.            authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make any consequential amendments to the draft Corporate Plan 2024-27 required to reflect the response to Scrutiny Committee recommendations (agreed under recommendation 2), prior to consideration by Council on 7 March 2024;

4.            Council be recommended to delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make any minor amendments as necessary to the Corporate Plan 2024-27 following consideration by the Council on 7 March 2024 and prior to publication by 1 April 2024.

Appendix 2 to this report has been redacted to remove personal information which is exempt from publication pursuant to paragraphs 12 and 13 of Schedule 12A, Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1972.

RESOLVED: that

(i)              the Cardiff Education: Collaboration and Federation Strategy be approved and adopted.

(ii)             responsibility for the development and implementation of operational plans to deliver the success measures set out in the strategy be delegated to the Director of Education and Lifelong Learning

AGREED: that

1.          the revenue financial outturn based on the projected position at Month 9 2023/24 be noted.

2.          the capital spend and projected position at Month 9 2023/24 be noted.

RESOLVED: that

Council be recommended to agree that, with effect from 1^st April 2024, the premium charge of 100% on long-term empty dwellings is increased to 200% for dwellings that have been unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for more than 24 months, and to 300% for dwellings that have been unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for more than 36 months.

Appendix 4 (b) is exempt from publication because it contains information of the kind described in paragraphs 14 and 21 of parts 4 and 5 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

RESOLVED: that having taken account of the comments of the Section 151 Officer in respect of the robustness of the budget and the adequacy of the reserves as required under Section 25 of the Local Government Act 2003, and having considered the responses to the Budget Consultation Council be recommended to:

1.0           Approve the Revenue, Capital and Housing Revenue Account budgets including all associated proposals and assumptions as set out in this report and increasing the Council Tax by 6.0% and that the Council resolve the following terms.

2.0     Note that at its meeting on 14 December 2023 Cabinet calculated the following amounts for the year 2024/25 in accordance with the regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

a)          151,372 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.

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 2024/25 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 £568,735).              £1,326,949,735

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

  £480,997,000

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.             £845,952,735

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.

£623,157,566

e)          The amount at 2.1(c) above less the amount at 2.1(d) (net of the amount for discretionary relief of £400,000), 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.                                      

£1,474.48

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

£568,735

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.                                                                                          

£1,470.72  ...  view the full decision text for item 6.

RESOLVED: that

1)    the Welsh Government White Paper and its proposals to change policy and law, to end homelessness in Wales be noted.

2)    the Council’s response to the Welsh Government consultation response to the ‘Ending Homelessness in Wales’ White Paper (Appendix A) be approved.