Meeting documents

Date:

24 Jan 2017

Time:

2pm

Venue:

Shimkent Room, Daneshill House, Stevenage SG1 1HN

Contact:

Jackie Cansick

Tel:

01438 242216

Email:

committees@stevenage.gov.uk

Members:

Councillors: S Taylor OBE CC (Chair), J Gardner (Vice-Chair), R Henry CC, Mrs J Lloyd, R Raynor, S Speller and J Thomas.

Agenda

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Notice of Decisions
PART 1

1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

2. MINUTES - WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER 2016
To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Executive held on Wednesday 14 December 2016.
Minutes attached

3. MINUTES OF OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
To note the Minutes of the meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee held on 15 December 2016.
Minutes attached

4. COUNCIL TAX BASE 2017/18
To consider a report that seeks approval of the Council Tax Base for 2017/18.
Report and Appendix attached

Appendix

• Appendix A - 2017/18 Council Tax Base

Background documents

• BD1 - Council Tax Support Scheme (December 2016 Executive)

5. HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT FINAL BUDGET PROPOSALS 2017/18 AND RENT SETTING
To consider a report that provides an update on the draft proposals on the HRA budgets and rent setting for 2017/18, to be considered by Council on 31 January 2017.
Report attached

Appendices

• Appendix A - 2016/17 HRA budget
• Appendix B - Fees and Charges
• Appendix C - HRA saving options
• Appendix D - HRA Growth bids
• Appendix E - Risk Assessment of balances
• Appendix F - HRA EQIA  including rent and service charges
• Appendix G1 - Rent and Service Charge Policy
• Appendix G2 - Equality Impact Assessment

Background documents

• BD1 - November 2016 Agenda Item 7 - Housing Revenue Account Business Plan
• BD2 - December 2016 Agenda Item 4- Draft HRA budget and rent Setting

6. DRAFT 2017/2018 COUNCIL TAX SETTING AND GENERAL FUND BUDGET
To consider a report that sets out proposals for the Council's draft General Fund Budget for 2017/18 and projected 2016/17 General Fund Budget and draft proposals for the 2017/18 Council Tax.
Report attached

Appendices

• Appendix A - Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS)
• Appendix B - Risk Assessments of General Fund Balances
• Appendix C - Fees and Charges Increases
• Appendix D - Concessions Policy
• Appendix E - 2017/18 Concessions
• Appendix F - 2017/18 Budget Options
• Appendix G - 2017/18 Growth Options
• Appendix H - General Fund and HRA EQIA
• Appendix I - Council wide staffing EQIA

7. 2017/18 DRAFT CAPITAL FORWARD PLAN & 5 YEAR CAPITAL STRATEGY UPDATE
To consider a report concerning revisions to the 2016/17 General Fund and Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme and that seeks approval to  the draft Capital Programmes for 2017/18 for consideration by the Overview & Scrutiny Committee.
Report attached

Appendices

• Appendix A - General Fund 5 Year Capital Strategy
• Appendix B - General Fund Capital Bids
• Appendix C - HRA 5 Year Strategy
• Appendix D - HRA Capital Bids

Background documents

• BD1 - Capital strategy Update November 2016 (Executive)
• BD2 - HRA Business Plan November 2016 (Executive)

8. NATIONAL NON DOMESTIC RATES (NNDR) 2017/18 TAX BASE
To consider a report that seeks approval to the National and Non Domestic Rates (NNDR) tax base for 2017/18 and to update Members on the 2016/17 projections for NNDR.
TO FOLLOW AS AN URGENT REPORT

9. URGENT PART 1 BUSINESS
To consider any Part I business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

10. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
To consider the following motions that:

1. Under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs 1-7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006.
2. That Members consider the reasons for the following item being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

11. PART II MINUTES - WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER 2016
To approve as a correct record the Part II section of the Minutes of the Executive held on Wednesday 14 December 2016.

12. URGENT PART II BUSINESS
To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

Published:

16 January 2017