Agenda and minutes

Budget, Council - Thursday, 27th February 2014 6.00 pm

Venue: Civic Suite, North Warehouse, The Docks, Gloucester, GL1 2EP. View directions

Contact: Penny Williams  Democratic & Electoral Services Manager (Interim)

Items
No. Item

75.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 230 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 23 January 2014.

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76.

Declarations of Interest

To receive from Members, declarations of the existence of any disclosable pecuniary, or non-pecuniary, interests and the nature of those interests in relation to any agenda item. Please see Agenda Notes.

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77.

Public Question Time (15 Minutes)

The opportunity is given to members of the public to put questions to Cabinet Members or Committee Chairs provided that a question does not relate to:

 

·               Matters which are the subject of current or pending legal proceedings or

·               Matters relating to employees or former employees of the Council or comments in respect of individual Council Officers.

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78.

Petitions and Deputations (15 Minutes)

A period not exceeding three minutes is allowed for the presentation of a petition or deputation provided that no such petition is in relation to:

 

·               Matters relating to individual Council Officers, or

·               Matters relating to current or pending legal proceedings

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79.

Announcements (Council Procedure Rule 2(vii))

To receive announcements from:

 

a)           The Mayor

b)           Leader of the Council

c)            Members of the Cabinet

d)           Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee

e)           Chief Executive

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80.

Suspension of Council Procedure Rules

To waive Council Procedure Rules to allow the relevant officersto address the Council in respect of items 8 and 9 on the agenda.

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81.

Money Plan 2014-19 and Budget Proposals for 2014/15 pdf icon PDF 225 KB

To receive the joint report of the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources which seeks approval for the proposed 2014/15 budget for Gloucester City Council.

 

Amendments moved by the Labour Group and Liberal Democrats Group at the meeting on 27 February 2014 are attached.

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82.

Council Tax setting 2014/15 pdf icon PDF 93 KB

To receive the report of the Leader of the Council which asks Council to pass the resolution as set out in the Appendix relating to the setting of Council Tax for 2014/15.   This document will be published as a supplementary pack when it is available.

 

The special circumstances for non-compliance with Access to Information Rule 5 and Section 100B(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) (items not considered unless the agenda is open to inspection at least five clear working days in advance of the meeting) were that some of the required precept levels from the other precepting authorities were not available at the time of publication.

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83.

Notices of Motion

(1)       COUNCILLOR HILTON TO MOVE:

 

            "This Council notes that the Department for Transport has allocated a total of £9.8m to the Gloucestershire Local Transport Board (GLTB) for major transport projects in the county and that the funding is available for the period April 2015 to March 2019.

 

            This Council notes that both Network Rail and First Great Western have declined to support the £19.3m project to build extra platforms at Cheltenham Spa railway station (number 4 on GLTB's priority list).

 

            This Council notes that a proposal promoted by Stanhope PLC and Gloucester City Council to build a new bus station for Gloucester is number six on the GLTB's priority list, though at present unfunded.

 

            This Council notes that the next meeting of the GLTB is to be held on the 9th of April 2014.

 

            This Council agrees to write to the Chairperson of the Gloucestershire Local Transport Board requesting that the £3.3m currently allocated to the Cheltenham Spa railway station scheme is now transferred to the project to build a new bus station for Gloucester."

 

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