Policy And Resources Committee - 20/02/2007

At a MEETING of the FINANCE COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 20th February, 2007.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Fraser MACPHERSON, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 12th February, 2007 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I REVENUE BUDGET AND COUNCIL TAX 2007/08

On a reference to Article II of the minute of meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee of 20th February, 2007, there was submitted -

(i) a letter dated 13th February, 2007 by the Depute Chief Executive (Support Services) regarding restrictions on voting in terms of Section 112 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1992;

(ii) Report No 128-2007 by the Head of Finance.

The Committee gave consideration to the recommendations in Report No 128-2007 and as far as its interests were concerned -

(i) noted the procedure for setting the 2007/08 Revenue Budget and Council Tax, as previously agreed by the Policy and Resources Committee on 15th January, 2007 and as set out in Appendix A to this report;

(ii) noted the contents of the Provisional 2007-2010 Revenue Budget Volume;

(iii) approved the technical budget adjustment detailed in paragraph 6.2 of the report, and agreed to amend the Provisional 2007-2010 Revenue Budget accordingly;

(iv) noted those factors which required to be considered when setting the final Revenue Budget and Council Tax for 2007/08, as detailed in paragraphs 6.1 to 13.2 of the report.

At this stage of the proceedings the Chief Executive intimated that the Administration and SNP Group had submitted identical savings and Council Tax proposals.

Thereafter, the Committee:-

(i) noted the contents of Report 128-2007 by the Head of Finance, together with the estimates of revenue expenditure for the year from 1st April, 2007 to 31st March , 2008, as contained in the Provisional 2007-2010 Revenue Budget Volume.

(ii) approved the 2007/08 Revenue Budget as detailed in the Budget Volume, subject to the adjustment outlined in paragraphs (iii) and (v) below.

(iii) agreed that the budget adjustment detailed in paragraph 6.2 of Report 128-2007 by the Head of Finance, resulting in a budget reduction in 2007/08 of 388,000, be approved and included in the 2007/08 Revenue Budget.

(iv) approved the 2007/08 Review of Charges as detailed in the Review of Charges document totalling 207,000 which was already included in the Budget Volume.

(v) approved the savings totalling 1,666,000, as shown at items 1 and 2 in Appendix I to this minute.

(vi) approved the calculation of the Council Tax for 2007/08, as detailed in Appendix II to this minute.

(vii) agreed that the 2007/08 Band D Council Tax be determined at 1,211 and the Council Tax for each band be set as follows:-

2007/08 Council Tax Per Band

Fraser MACPHERSON, Convener.

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