Voting record

Following consultation and testing the proposed changes to the Council Tax Reduction scheme originally presented to Council in July 2019 have been reviewed and reduced to one proposal recommended to Cabinet.

 

To agree this change to the Council Tax Reduction scheme as set out at section 30 in the conclusion of this report. If agreed the change will take effect from April 2020

Council is asked to note:

a) the contents of the Cabinet Report on Treasury Management Strategy 2019/2020 Half Year ended 30 September 2019

 

Council is asked to approve:

b) revised counter party limits of:

• £10.000 million with HSBC in respect of fixed term investments

• £10.000 million with HSBC in respect of balances held on an overnight basis

1) To agree the addition of £5.2m capital funding to the Councils 2020 to 2023 Capital Programme to deliver the Operational Property Energy Efficiency and Generation Programme as a step towards achieving carbon neutrality for its operational property portfolio.

 

2) To note that a full business case for canopy-based solar panels at all viable Park and Ride sites will be presented to Cabinet for subsequent approval and to approve a provisional capital allocation of £3.5m from Councils 2020 to 2023

Capital Programme.

a)            To agree the Housing revenue account business plan 2020/21-2050 to deliver 1000 new homes over the next 10 years

 

b)            To agree to Council house, build programme phases 3.1 and 3.2 at total cost of £18.717m and £ 18.754m respectively

 

That Full Council support an additional capital budget for the Community Campus Project of £3.000 million taking the total capital budget to £20.110 million

That Full council approve the allocation of capital finance towards the acquisition of third-party land holdings and fund further development as detailed in the October report.

That Full Council approve the homeless strategy 2019 – 2024 and agrees the implementation of the homeless strategy action plan.

That Council approves the Household Waste Management strategy as part of the Council’s Policy Framework

That Council adopt the Equality & Inclusion Objectives (The Corporate Equality Plan).

That Council approves the Statement of Licensing Policy (2019 -2024) (Appendix 1) under Licensing Act 2003.

That Council notes and approves the Air Quality Strategy.

That Full Council approve the proposed changes to Protocol 4 of the Constitution.

That Full Council approve the proposed changes to Part 4A of the Constitution.

 

That Full Council approve the recommendations from the Electoral Review Committee for adjustments to polling stations, polling places and polling districts as set out in the Appendices to the report.

 

That Full Council approve the proposed changes to the Terms of Reference of the Electoral Review Committee to delegate approval of future Polling District and Polling Place Reviews to the Committee.

To approve a grant of £0.050m to support the funding of the initial process to accreditation by the Financial Conduct Authority.

To make the amendment as below:

 

The unitary division member for the application will then be invited to make a representation for up to five minutes at Chairman’s discretion.

To approve the proposed changes to Part 3B and Protocol 12 of the

Constitution.

To approve the proposed changes to Part 2, Part 3C, Protocol 8 and Protocol 10 of the Constitution.

1)    That Council delegates the preparation and approval of a response to the latest consultation of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to the Electoral Review Committee, to include approval of any final consequential changes to the submission documentation to the Director of Legal, Electoral and Registration Services after consultation with the Chairman of the Electoral Review Committee.

 

2)    To approve amendments to the Terms of Reference of the Electoral Review Committee as detailed in Appendix A, and include them within Part 3B of the Constitution.

To approve additional capital budget for £11.100m to create a capital

budget for the replacement of line of business applications and various

technological equipment not normally covered by ICT budgets;

 

To note that the capital financing costs for this budget based on a 5-year

annuity at 2.53% would be £2.391 million per annum. This would need to

be built into 2020/2021 budget setting and corresponding savings

identified.

 

a)    To note the report and the legal requirements.

 

b)   To re-appoint the following committees in accordance with their Terms of Reference:

 

Appeals Committee

Area Planning Committees: Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western

Audit Committee

Children’s Select Committee

Electoral Review Committee

Environment Select Committee

Health Select Committee

Health and Wellbeing Board

Investment Sub Committee

Licensing Committee

Officer Appointments Committee

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee

Pension Fund Committee

Police and Crime Panel

Staffing Policy Committee

Standards Committee

Strategic Planning Committee

 

c)    To re-appoint those Area Boards, constituted as area committees as set out in paragraphs 13 to 15 and Appendix 1 of the report presented and within the Constitution, to comprise the Unitary Councillors for that area.

 

d)   To re-appoint the Local Pension Board established under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and consequent amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 with the terms of reference as set out in the Constitution.

 

e)    To approve a scheme of committee places which sets out the number of seats available to members of the Council and to political groups as set out below:

 

Committee	Total Number of Places for Elected Members	Conservative Group Allocation     (66 seats)*	Liberal Democrat Group Allocation   (20 seats)	Labour Group Allocation       (3 seats)	Independent Group Allocation     (9 seats)
Strategic Planning	11	8	2	0	1
Area Planning Committees   North	11	8	3	0	0
South	11	7	1	1	2
East	8	7	0	0	1
West	11	7	3	0	1
Licensing	12	8	3	0	1
Electoral Review	10	6	2	1	1
Overview and Scrutiny Management	15	10	3	1	1
Children’s Select	13	9	3	0	1
Environment Select	13	8	3	1	1
Health Select	13	8	3	0	2
Standards	11	8	2	0	1
Police and Crime Panel	7	5	1	0	1
Audit	11	7	2	1	1
Appeals	8	5	2	0	1
Staffing Policy	9	6	2	1	0
Officer Appointments	5	4	1	0	0
Pension Fund	5	3	1	0	1
TOTALS:	184	124 (123.918)	37 (37.551)	6 (5.663)	17 (16.898)

 

 

f)     To appoint councillors to serve on those committees in accordance with the agreed scheme of committee places, until the next occasion membership is reviewed under the provisions of the Local Government & Housing Act 1989.

 

g)   To appoint substitute members (to a maximum of four per group) to the committees referred to in (b) above.

 

h)   To appoint those councillors representing electoral divisions to their respective area boards as set out in the report

 

 

i)     To re-appoint four non-voting co-opted members until May 2021 as follows:

 

Mr Richard Baxter

Mr Philip Gill MBE

Mr Michael Lockhart

Miss Pam Turner

 

j)     Re-appoint the following persons as Independent Persons each for a four-year term (until 2021):

 

                        Mr Tony Drew

                        Mrs Caroline Baynes

                        Mr Stuart Middleton

 

k)    To reappoint the following non-elected members to the Children’s Select Committee:

 

Non-Elected Voting Members	Representing
Vacancy	Church of England
Dr Mike Thompson	Clifton Diocese Roman Catholic Church
Vacancy	Parent Governor (Secondary- maintained)
Vacancy	Parent Governor (Secondary – academy)
Vacancy	Parent Governor (Special Educational Needs)
Vacancy	Parent Governor (Primary)
Non-Elected Non-Voting Members	Representing
Maisy Humphrey (Sub Declan Kiely)	School, Children and Young People representatives
Ms Jen Jones	Further Education Representative
Miss Sarah Busby	Secondary Schools Head Teacher Representative
Miss Tracy Cornelius	Primary School Head Teacher Representative
Mr John Hawkins	School Teacher Representative

 

l)     To re-appoint the following co-opted members to the Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee:

 

Name	Representing
Cllr Brian Ford	Swindon Borough Councillor (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Cllr Steve Allsopp.	Swindon Borough Councillor (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Chris Moore	Employer Representative
Diane Hall	Employer Representative
Stuart Dark	Scheme Member Observer- appointed by Unison
Mike Pankiewicz	Scheme Member Observer- appointed by Unison

 

To reappoint the Investment Sub Committee in accordance with its Terms of reference with the following co-opted members:

 

Name	Representing
Cllr Brian Ford	Swindon Borough (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Cllr Gordon King	Wiltshire Council member of Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee.

 

 

m)  To re-appoint the Local Pension Board under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 until the expiry of the 4 year term and to re-appoint the Chairman for a further 1 year term.

 

Name	Representing
Howard Pearce	Independent Chairman
David Bowater	Scheme Member Representative
Barry Reed	Scheme Member Representative
Mike Pankiewicz	Scheme Member Representative
Sarah Holbrook	Employer Member Representative
Cllr Richard Britton	Employer Member Representative
Vacancy	Employer Member Representative

 

 

n)   To re-appoint the following co-opted members to the Police and Crime Panel:

 

Name	Representing
Cllr Alan Bishtop	Swindon Borough Council (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Cllr Caryl Sydney Smith	Swindon Borough Council (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Cllr Junab Ali	Swindon Borough Council (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Cllr Abdul Amin	Swindon Borough Council (as determined by Swindon Borough Council)
Mamie Beasant	Independent co-optee
Anna Richardson	Independent co-optee

 

o)   To appoint Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the following meetings:

Committee	Chairman	Vice-Chairman
Area Planning Committee – Eastern	Mark Connolly	Paul Oatway
Area Planning Committee – Northern	Tony Trotman	Peter Hutton
Area Planning Committee – Southern	Fred Westmoreland	Richard Britton
Area Planning Committee – Western	Christopher Newbury	Jonathon Seed
Audit Committee	Richard Britton	Stewart Dobson
Health and Wellbeing Board (Chairman only)	Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE	NA
Licensing Committee	Peter Hutton	Jose Green
Officer Appointments	Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE	John Thomson
Pension Fund Committee	Tony Deane	Roy While
Staffing Policy Committee	Allison Bucknell	Tony Jackson
Standards Committee	Paul Oatway	Howard Greenman
Strategic Planning Committee	Fleur de Rhé-Philipe	Derek Brown

 

p)   To note that the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, the Scrutiny Select Committees, the Police and Crime Panel and the Area Boards will be asked to elect their respective Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen at their first meeting following the annual meeting of council.

 

q)    To note that the Appeals Committee does not meet as a formal committee.However, three members who have undergone appropriate training are drawn from its membership to form Appeal Panels to consider and determine various types of appeals. No appointment of chairman or vice-chairman to the committee is therefore necessary. Each panel when convened will elect its own chairman.

 

r)    That Council appoint the following 6 members to serve as Council representatives on the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority:

 

Conservatives (4)	Liberal Democrat (1)	Independent (1)
Peter Hutton	Bob Jones	Ernie Clark
Christopher Newbury
Paul Oatway QPM
Pip Ridout

 

 

To approve the revised Contract and Procurement Regulations at Part 10 of the Constitution.

To amend the boundaries of the proposed Chippenham Monkton Division to be included within the Council’s submission to the LGBCE, to include the areas of Station Hill, St Mary’s Place and Monkton Hill.

That Council approves the draft response to the Local Government

Boundary Commission for England as set out in report, subject to any

necessary consequential changes and any additional supporting

evidence, with the final wording of the response to be delegated to the

Director of Legal and Democratic Services after consultation with the

Chairman of the Electoral Review Committee.

For inclusion with the submission to the LGBCE:

 

Melksham Bowerhill to be changed to Bowerhill

Melksham East to be changed to Melksham Sandridge

Melksham South to be changed to Melksham Spa

Melksham North to be changed to Whitley, Shaw and Shurnhold

That Council approves the proposed names of the divisions as

recommended in Appendix A, with the following amendments:

 

‘Bowerhill’ to replace ‘Melksham Bowerhill’;

‘Melksham Sandridge’ to replace ‘Melksham East’;

‘Melksham Spa’ to replace ‘Melksham South’;

‘Whitley Shaw and Shurnhold’ to replace ‘Melksham North’;

‘Tidworth North and West’ to replace ‘Tidworth West’;

‘Seend, Potterne and Poulshot’ to replace ‘Seend and Potterne’;

‘Fovant and Chalke Valley’ to replace ‘Chalke Valley’;

‘Aldbourne and Ramsbury’ to replace ‘Ramsbury’;

‘Salisbury Bemerton’ to replace ‘Salisbury Bemerton Heath’;

‘Salisbury Fisherton and Lower Bemerton’ to replace ‘Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton’.

That Council:

a) Adopt the Minimum Revenue Provision Policy (paragraph 32 – 34);

b) Adopt the Prudential and Treasury Indicators (paragraphs 24 – 31, 40 – 49 and Appendix A);

c) Adopt the Annual Investment Strategy (paragraph 77 onwards), including the ratification of the adjustment of the minimum requirement for high credit quality, the limits for certain counterparties and the ability to invest in the CCLA property fund;

d) Delegate to the Director of Finance and Procurement the authority to vary the amount of borrowing and other long-term liabilities within the Treasury Indicators for the Authorised Limit and the Operational Boundary;

e) Authorise the Director of Finance and Procurement to agree the restructuring of existing long-term loans where savings are achievable or to enhance the long-term portfolio;

f) Agree that short term cash surpluses and deficits continue to be managed through temporary loans and deposits;

g) Agree that any surplus cash balances not required to cover borrowing are placed in authorised money-market funds, particularly where this is more cost effective than short term deposits and delegate to the Interim Director of Finance and Procurement the authority to select such funds.

That Council:

A. Endorses the update of the Financial Plan for 2019/20;

B. Approve the growth and savings proposals summarised in the report to provide a net revenue budget for 2019/20 of £332.378 million

C(i). Set the Council’s total net expenditure budget for 2019/20 at £332.378 million;

C(ii). Set a Council Tax increase of 2.99%;

C(iii). Agree delegated changes in fees and charges as set out in Section 41;

D Endorse the Medium Term Financial Strategy and receive regular updates

on delivery against strategy to Cabinet.

And notes the Section 25 report and consider this as part of the budget

setting process.

That Council:

C(iv). Set a 1% reduction for social dwelling rents;

C(v). Set the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget for 2019/20 as set out at Appendix D of this report; and

C(vi). That all service charges related to the HRA be increased to recover costs, capped at increase of £5 for those not on housing benefits and garage rents increased by 3%.

That Council:

a) Adopt the Capital Strategy 2019/2020;

b) Approve the Capital Programme 2019/2020-2023/2024

c) Adopt the non-financial investment indicators (as set out in paragraph 46)

That the Council approves the resolutions as set out within Appendix A of the report.

 

1.    It be noted that on 11 December 2018 the Council calculated:

 

(a)  the Council Tax Base 2019/2020 for the whole Wiltshire Council area as 186,013.00 [Item T in the formula in Section 31B(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the "Act")] and,

 

(b)  for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates as in the attached Appendix.

 

2.    Calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2019/2020 (excluding precepts) is £270,996,759.

 

3.    That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2019/2020 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

(a) £852,038,751 (Gross Revenue Expenditure including transfers to reserves, parish precepts and any collection fund deficit) being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils).

 

(b) £573,784,806 (Gross Revenue Income including transfers from reserves, General Government Grants and any collection fund surplus) being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

(c) £278,253,945 (Net Revenue Expenditure including parish precepts) being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year. (Item R in the formula in Section 31A(4) of the Act).

 

(d) £1,573.54 (Wiltshire Council band D tax plus average Town & Parish Councils Band D Council Tax) being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (2 above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts), as shown below:

 

(e) £21,702,097.02 (Aggregate of Town & Parish Council Precepts) being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the attached Appendix C).

 

(f) £1,456.87 (band D Council Tax for Wiltshire Council purposes only) being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by Item T (2 above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no Parish precept relates, as shown below:

 

 

 

 

To approve the updated Pay Policy Statement set out in Appendix 1 of the report.

That Wiltshire Council builds on its achievements in caring for vulnerable unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children by supporting the Safe Passage ‘Our Turn’ campaign, recognising the historical legacy of the Kindertransport; and pledges to welcome directly from affected regions (including Europe) a target of 10 at-risk refugee children per year for the next 10 years taking into consideration Wiltshire Council’s foster carer capacity to meet the need, as part of a fully funded government vulnerable children’s resettlement scheme. Furthermore, that officers should work with the government to examine the detail of how this scheme should operate, and work with local campaigners and faith groups to highlight the need for more Wiltshire Council foster carers in the county.

1.    Acknowledge that there is a ‘Climate Emergency’.

 

2.    Seek to make the County of Wiltshire carbon neutral by 2030.

 

3.    Requests and supports the work of Overview and Scrutiny to set up a task group of the Environment Select Committee to develop recommendations and a plan to achieve this pledge along with undertaking a carbon / renewables audit.

 

4.    Call on Westminster to provide the powers and resources to make the 2030 target possible.

 

5.    Work with other local government authorities (both within the UK and internationally) to determine and implement best practice methods to limit Global Warming to less than 1.5°C.

 

6.    Continue to work with partners in the private sector and civil society across the County and region to deliver this new goal through all relevant strategies and plans.

 

7.    Report to Full Council on a six-monthly basis with the actions the Council is taking and will take to address this emergency and reporting these against the Carbon / Renewables Baseline audit.

 

 

 

 

 

Wiltshire Council acknowledges the public concern in respect of the environment and global warming and proposes that Wiltshire Council implement the following this year:

 

To refer to the Leader to consider the establishment of a portfolio holder or cabinet member with responsibility for environmental issues with a remit to:

 

1.    Agree parameters with Overview and Scrutiny that represent the council impact on the environment and can be accurately reported to council on a regular period, to potentially include

a.    Carbon generation/use by the council.

b.    Energy use year on year by the council.

c.    Reports on the use of vehicles by the council in respect of their environmental impact.

d.    Report on the use of the council’s car share system particularly in respect of methods to increase its use.

e.    Monitor and report on air quality across the county to inform future decision

f.     Monitor and report on any major development and technology used for the management of waste in Wiltshire to report on any local impact.

 

2.    Investigate and report on the viability of purchasing our power from “Green Suppliers”

 

3.    Investigate the adoption of building and planning recommendations to allow for electric charging points on new build property to facilitate future use of electric vehicles.

 

4.    Investigate the potential adoption of renewable energy generation for Council property

 

5.    Investigate the adoption of building and planning recommendations to allow for sustainable systems to be compulsory on new build property.

 

6.    Investigate the commercial viability of installing electric car chargers across Wiltshire to encourage and enable the use of electric vehicles in Wiltshire.

 

7.    To enhance the current air quality strategy and request that any air pollution responsibilities that are passed to Wiltshire Council are fully funded by central government.

 

8.    Instigate a Green Campaign to support and stimulate the generation of sustainable ideas across Wiltshire

That Full Council approve the proposed changes as detailed at Appendix 2 and 3 of the report.

 

Note: In relation to Part 4 and Protocol 1 of the Constitution.