Venue: Committee Room A, Town Hall, Blackpool
Contact: Lennox Beattie
Executive and Regulatory Manager
Items
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are asked to declare any
interests in the items under consideration and in doing so
state:
(1) the
type of interest concerned; and
(2) the
nature of the interest concerned
If any member requires advice on
declarations of interests, they are advised to contact the Head of
Democratic Governance in advance of the meeting.
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COUNCIL TAX 2017/2018 PDF 386 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive resolved as
follows:
- To
note all information received since the meeting of the Executive on
6 February 2017 including that the Final Settlement Funding
Assessment will now not be announced until after the meeting and
therefore request the Director of Resources to provide a further
update, if necessary, in advance of the budget Council
meeting.
- To
note the minutes of the Tourism, Economy and Resources Scrutiny
Committee meeting with Non-Domestic Ratepayers and Trade Union
representatives held on 10 February 2017.
- To
confirm the Executive’s recommendations to Council regarding
the General Fund Revenue Budget 2017/18 subject to decisions 4 and
5 below.
- To
note that line B5.8 of the budget savings proposals outlined in
Appendix 2 to the General Fund Revenue Budget considered by the
Executive at its meeting on 6 February 2017, includes a saving
identified for the disestablishment of the Political Assistant
posts and to recommend the Council accordingly to rescind its
decision of 8 July 2015 which established the principle of
appointing Political Assistants within the framework of the Local
Government and Housing Act 1989.
- To approve a level of
budget savings of £18.7m (reference paragraph 7.1 and 7.2 and
Appendix 2, of the report to the Executive on 6 February 2017),
with the exception of the following:
- Remove the saving of
£250,000 proposed at line B4.2, which proposed the
introduction of a charge for concessionary fares on the
tramway,
- Remove the saving of
£26,000 contained within line B5.3 in relation to ending
community based stroke service funding
- Increase the saving
at line B5.8 (Residual target to be allocated to services) by
£276,000.
- To
recommend to Council approval of a level of Blackpool
Council’s Council Tax for the year 2017/18 of £1,425.75
at valuation band D equivalent which includes the additional 3%
Adult Social Care Precept.
- To
recommend to Council the level of net expenditure for the General
Fund Revenue Budget 2017/18 of £120,248,000 and agree that
any change in the final notification of Settlement Funding
Assessment compared to the Provisional Settlement Funding
Assessment will either be met from or added to
Reserves.
- To
note that the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire’s
precept for the financial year 2017/18 at valuation band D
equivalent had been agreed on 13 February 2017 and was
reported verbally at this meeting as
£165.45 (an increase of 1.99%).
- To
note that the Lancashire Combined Fire Authority met on the morning
of 20 February 2017 to set its precept for the financial year
2017/18. This was reported verbally at the meeting as £65.50 for a
Band D Tax equivalent (no increase).
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3. |
SELECTIVE LICENSING FOR THE CENTRAL AREA PDF 277 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
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To request the Director of Place to submit the
Selective Licensing scheme for the Central area to the Secretary of
State for confirmation.
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To request the Director of Place to advertise the
scheme in accordance with the regulations.
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That following the implementation of decision 1 and
2, and subject to the Secretary of State’s confirmation, to
designate a Selective Licensing scheme for the Central area as set
out in the report including the amendments proposed to the scheme
as a result of the public consultation, with effect from at least 3
months after the published decision date in accordance with the
regulations.
- To
agree in principle to the Council supporting a co-regulation scheme
for Selective Licensing in the Central area and to receive a
further report on the details of the scheme, the scheme provider,
and the legal agreement before the scheme comes into
effect.
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4. |
VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FOR BEACH PATROL - VISITOR SERVICES PDF 294 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendation as outlined above namely:
To approve the replacement
purchase of a new Beach Patrol Land Rover for Visitor Services
funded through Prudential Borrowing.
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