Decisions

It was resolved to recommend to the Full Council at its meeting on 11 December, 2018 –

·        That its current local Council Tax Reduction Scheme should not be revised or replaced with another scheme.

·        That it formally adopts the current Council Tax Reduction Scheme for the financial year 2019/20.

·        That it authorises the Head of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer to make administrative arrangements so that all annual changes for uprating of financial figures or technical revisions in any amending regulation or regulations are reflected in the Council’s Council Tax Reduction Scheme along with any required procedural changes as regards the scheme that may be required after the Full Digital Service for Universal Credit has been introduced in the Authority’s area from 4 December, 2018.

It was resolved to note the progress of expenditure and receipts against the Capital Budget 2018/19 at Quarter 2.

It was resolved -

·        That Children and Families’ Services proceed to offer a more attractive package for the Local Authority’s Foster Carers to include the following –

· An increase of 10% in the Fostering Allowance

· A 50% discount in Council Tax

· Free Isle of Anglesey Leisure Services Membership cards

· Free Council car parking tickets

·        To authorise an amendment to the Council Tax Discretionary Relief Policy to reflect the discount granted to Foster Carers.

·        To authorise the necessary transfer of budgets from Children and Families’ Services to cover the cost of providing the additional benefits which fall on other services or budgets.

It was resolved that Children and Families’ Services proceed to seek appropriate accommodation and to complete Care Inspectorate Wales registration requirements in order to open a Small Group Home provision on the Island for local children who are looked after.

It was resolved –

•           To note the calculation of the Council Tax Base by the Head of Function (Resources) and Section 151 Officer – this will be used by the Welsh Government in the calculation of the Revenue Support Grant for the Isle of Anglesey County Council for the 2019/20 financial year, being 30,876.09. (Part E6 of Appendix A to the report)

•           To approve the calculation by the Head of Function (Resources) and Section 151 Officer for the purpose of setting the Council Tax Base for the whole and parts of the area for the year 2019/20 (Part E5 of Appendix A to the report)

•           That, in accordance with the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995 (SI19956/2561) as amended by SI1999/2935 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) and Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, and the Local Authority (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, the amounts calculated by the Isle of Anglesey County Council as its tax base for the year 2019/20 shall be 31,571.46 and for the parts of the area as listed in the table at paragraph 3 of the report.

It was resolved to the note following –

·        The position set out in respect of the financial performance of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) for Quarter 2 2018/19.

·        The forecast outturn for 2018/19.

It was resolved to recommend that the Full Council adopts the Statement of Gambling Policy 2019-2022.

It was resolved –

·        To note the position set out in appendices A and B of the report in respect of the Authority’s financial performance to date and expected outturn for 2018/19.

·        To note the summary of Contingency budgets for 2018/19 detailed in Appendix C to the report.

·        To note the position of the Invest to Save programmes in Appendix CH of the report.

·        To note the position of the efficiency savings for 2018/19 set out in Appendix D to the report.

·        To note the monitoring of agency and consultancy costs for 2018/19 detailed in Appendices DD and E of the report.

·        To approve the usage of the Equal Pay reserve to fund the redundancies shortfall for the financial year 2018/19.

It was resolved –

·        To note the areas where the Senior Leadership Team is managing to secure improvements into the future as those are set out in paragraphs 3.1.1 to 3.1.5 of the report and to accept the mitigation measures as outlined therein.

·        To accept the recommendation of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee that a performance indicator for Planning Enforcement be considered for inclusion in the next Corporate Scorecard for the 2019/20 financial year.

It was resolved to approve the updated Forward Work Programme for the period December, 2018 to July, 2019 as presented.

It was resolved that the minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 29 October, 2018 be confirmed as correct.