Agenda and decisions

To receive any declaration of interest from a Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

No urgent matters at the time of dispatch of this agenda.

To submit a report  by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved –

·        To note the position set out in Appendices A and B to the report in respect of the Authority’s performance to date and expected outturn for 2020/21.

·        To note the summary of Contingency budgets for 2020/21 as detailed in Appendix C to the report.

·        To note the position of the invest to save programmes in Appendix CH to the report.

·        To note the position of the efficiency savings for 2020/21 in Appendix D to the report.

·        To note the monitoring of agency and consultancy cost for 2020/21 in Appendices DD, E and F to the report.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved to note the progress of expenditure and receipts against the capital budget 2020/21 at Quarter 3.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved to note the following –

·        The position set out in respect of the financial performance of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) for Quarter 3 2020/21.

·        The forecast outturn for 2020/21.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved –

·        To accept and note the Treasury Management Strategy for 2021/22 and to forward the Strategy to the Full Council without further comment.

·        To note the increase in transaction limits in Appendix 8 (point 4 of the report).

To submit a report by the Interim Head of Adults’ Services.

It was resolved to approve the following –

·        Charges for Telecare services as outlined in Table A of the report.

Tier 1 everyone to pay £49.41

Tiers 2 and 3 everyone to pay £98.42

·        Telecare Annual Charges as outlined in Table B of the report

Services and Maintenance £117.54

Services only £75.97

One off installation £47.00

·        Rate of Direct Payments at £11.89/hour

·        To maintain a charge of £10.00 for the administration of Blue Badge requests and replacements as outlined in the report.

·        To increase the fee for purchasing day care services in independent residential homes by 3% to £35.21

To submit a report by the Interim Head of Adults’ Services.

It was resolved –

·         That the standard charge for the Authority’s care homes for the financial year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 be set at £786.50 per week.

·         To defer increasing fees to the full cost of the service for a further year and,

·         That the full fee per resident per week for the Authority’s homes is set at £754.36 per week.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved to approve the schedule of fees and charges for 2021/22 as outlined in the booklet presented.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved –

·        To note the formal consultation meetings on the budget and the resulting feedback as outlined in Section 3 of Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 to the report.

·        To agree the final details of the Council’s proposed budget as shown in Section 9 of Appendix 1 and Appendix 3 to the report.

·        To note the Section 151 Officer’s recommendation that the Council should be working towards achieving a minimum of £7.3m general balances.

·        To note the comments made by the Section 151 Officer on the robustness of the estimates made, as set out in section 7 of Appendix 1 to the report.

·        To recommend a net budget for the County Council of £147.420m and resulting increase in the level of Council Tax of 2.75% (£35.91 – Band D) to the Full Council, noting that a formal resolution, including the North Wales Police and Community Council precepts, will be presented to the Council on 9 March, 2021.

·        That any differences between the provisional settlement and the final settlement will be adjusted for by using the general contingency which is included in the 2021/22 budget, or by making a contribution to/from the Council’s general reserves in order to set a balanced budget.

·        To authorise the Section 151 Officer to make such changes as may be necessary before the submission of the final proposals to the Council.

·        To agree that any unforeseen pressures on demand led budgets during the financial year will be able to draw upon funding from the general contingencies budget.

·        To request the Council to authorise the Executive to release up to £250k from general balances if the general contingencies budget is fully committed during the year.

·        To delegate to the Section 151 Officer the power to release funding from the general contingency up to £50k for any single item. Any item in excess of £50k not to be approved without the prior consent of the Executive.

·        To confirm that the level of Council Tax Premium for second homes remains at 35% and for empty homes remains at 100%. 

(Councillor Ieuan Williams declared a personal interest in the item and did not take part in the voting thereon)

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved to endorse and to recommend that Full Council approve the Capital Strategy for 2021/22 – 2023/24 as detailed in Appendices 1 and 2 to the report.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved to recommend to the Full Council the following capital programme for 2021/22 –

                                                                                                £

2020/21 Schemes Brought Forward                                   4.000m

Refurbishment/Replacement of assets                              4.137m

New one-off capital projects (Priority Projects)                0.780m

New one-off capital projects (Subject to funding

being made available)                                                          0.325m

21^st Century Schools                                                            6.600m

Housing Revenue Account                                               20.313m

Total Recommended Capital Programme

2021/22                                                                                36.155m

Funded by –

General Capital Grant                                                          2.163m

Supported Borrowing General                                            2.158m

General Balances                                                                 0.291m

General Balances (if sufficient funding available)            0.325m

21^st Century Schools Supported Borrowing                     2.897m

21^st Century Schools Unsupported Borrowing                 0.498m

HRA Reserve and In Year Surplus                                   15.639m           

HRA Unsupported Borrowing                                             2.000m

External Grants                                                                     6.184m

2021/21 Schemes Brought Forwards

(External Grants)                                                                  4.000m

2021/22 Total Capital Funding                                         36.155m