Agenda and minutes
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: There were no apologies made at the meeting. |
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Declarations of Interest PDF 113 KB To receive any declarations of interest. Members are advised to consider the advice contained within the Declaration of Interest advice attached to this Agenda. If a Member declares an interest, they should complete the Declaration of Interest Form Minutes: Councillor Yates made a declaration of interest on Agenda Item 8 (Replacement of Berth 4/5 (Port of Ramsgate) and Provision of Commercial Berth (Ramsgate Harbour). |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 63 KB To approve the summary of recommendations and decisions of the Cabinet meeting held on 17 October 2019, copy attached. Minutes: Councillor Everitt proposed, Councillor Albon seconded and Members agreed the minutes as a correct record of the meeting held on 22 October 2019. |
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2019-20 Quarter 2 Budget Monitoring PDF 197 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The overall General Fund revenue position was forecast to be an overspend of £729,000 at the year-end. Marginal improvement was reported for Quarter 2 in comparison to the position reported at Quarter 1. However the report also showed that some of the in-year pressures had been difficult to quantify due to the volatility of these budgets. The Housing Revenue Account was forecast to underspend by £8,000.
Councillor Yates proposed, Councillor Albon seconded and Cabinet agreed the following:
1. To note the 2019-20 Quarter 2 forecast position for:
a) The General Fund; b) The Housing Revenue Account; c) The General Fund and Housing Revenue Account Capital Programmes;
2. To the updated General Fund and Housing Revenue Account capital programmes as set out in Annex 1 and 2 to the Cabinet report. |
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2019-20 Mid-Year Treasury Management Review PDF 618 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Cabinet was advised that during the first half of 2019-20 the council complied with its annual investment strategy and stayed within approved investment limits. In addition, no additional external borrowing was undertaken during the first half of 2019-20 and the council had operated within the statutory borrowing limit.
Councillor Yates proposed, Councillor Everitt seconded and Cabinet agreed the following:
1. To approve the report and the prudential and treasury indicators that are shown;
2. To approve the proposed changes to the 2019-20 Treasury Management Strategy Statement;
3. To recommend the report to Council. |
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Fees and Charges for 2020/21 PDF 291 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Members considered the proposed fees and charges that would subsequently be presented to Council on 5th December for approval. The proposed overall increase was in the region of 2.5% and would generate an additional £208,000 to help reduce the 2020-21 budget gap. The report summarised the main proposed changes to fees and charges, with the details set out in annex 1 to the cabinet report.
These proposals for the forthcoming year had been reviewed by the Fees and Charges Cabinet Advisory Group on 10th October and by OSP on 22nd October. The proposed fees and charges presented to Cabinet reflected and included the recommendations from these meetings.
Officers were requested to look at best practice from other councils, to see whether new creative ideas could be developed that would provide a range of options that could potentially meet council budget objectives in the medium term.
Councillor Yates proposed, Councillor Albon seconded and Members agreed the following:
1. To approve the fees and charges as listed in Annex 1 (to the Cabinet report);
2. To recommend the agreed fees and charges to Full Council for final decision. |
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Executive Appointed Outside Bodies for 2019/20 PDF 166 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Due to in-year changes to the Council administration, Cabinet agreed to make changes to the council representation on executive appointed outside bodies.
Councillor Everitt proposed, Councillor Duckworth seconded and Cabinet agreed the following nominations on executive appointed outside bodies for the remaining part of 2019/20:
List of Executive Appointed Outside Bodies – for 2019/20
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Report to follow. Additional documents: Minutes: Having made his declaration of interest earlier on this item, Councillor Yates left the meeting room.
Councillor Everitt, Leader of Council advised the meeting that Cabinet was not going to make a substantive decision on the matter. However Members agreed to discuss the report that requested Cabinet to replace berths 4/5 which had reached the end of its operational life. These berths were for the delivery of Bretts aggregate.
The meeting was advised that there were opportunities in the proposals to address current and long term shortages of berthing places at the Ramsgate Port and Harbour for the windfarm support vessels. A budget for the procurement process to deliver both these projects was in the 2019/20 capital budget allocation. Cabinet had carefully considered a number of options that were presented to them in the officer report and thanked the Head of Maritime & Technical Services and Director of Operational Services for the detailed work done to produce the report.
Cabinet felt that this decision was evenly balanced. Members had listened to the views from the local communities. Cabinet indicated that they were in support of Option 4 in the report.
The following Members spoke under Council Procedure 20.1:
Councillor S. Piper; Councillor Wing; Councillor Campbell.
Members noted the report. |