Meeting documents

To All Members of the County Council

 

 

Notice of a Meeting of the Council

 

Tuesday 10 February 2009 at 10.00 am

 

County Hall, Oxford

 

Joanna Simons

Chief Executive                                                                                                                                  

2 February 2009

 

 

AGENDA

 (Schedule of Business - download as .doc file)

1.                 Minutes

 

To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 13 January 2009 (CC1) and to receive for information any matters arising from them.

 

2.                 Apologies for Absence

 

3.                 Declarations of Interest – see guidance note

Members are reminded that they must declare their interests orally at the meeting and specify (a) the nature of the interest and (b) which items on the agenda are the relevant items.  This applies also to items where members have interests by virtue of their membership of a district council in Oxfordshire.

4.                 Official Communications

 

5.                 Appointments

 

(a)               To appoint the Parent Governor Representative (Primary) on the Children’s Services Scrutiny Committee (name to be advised);

 

(b)               To make any changes to the membership of the Cabinet, scrutiny and other committees on the nomination of political groups.

 

6.                 Petitions and Public Address

 

7.                 Medium Term Corporate Plan 2009/10-2013/14 (CC7) (download as .doc file)

 

The Council's proposed Medium Term Corporate Plan 2009/10-2013/14 is one of the plans and strategies that forms the policy framework and requires full Council approval. The Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee submitted comments to the Cabinet, who approved the draft on 20 January 2009.

 

The Corporate Plan provides a medium-term focus on achieving the Council's priorities.  It establishes the context in which the Council operates and the strategic challenges that it faces.  It describes the role and structure of the Council, including its role as a community leader.  It outlines the rationale for the priorities we have set across five themes and identifies the areas on which we will focus.  Each priority is supported by Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-sound (SMART) targets, against which we will measure progress.  The plan goes on to explain our strategic planning and performance management framework.  A summary of the key elements of the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) is to be included and the MTFP will form an annex to the plan.  A separate Annual Report will be produced in the summer, which will provide a review of the previous year, highlighting achievements and challenges faced and commenting on our performance.

 

The Cabinet RECOMMENDS Council to approve the Medium Term Corporate Plan 2009/10-2013/14 subject to the inclusion of consequential and editorial changes in the text as agreed by the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader of the Council.

 

8.                 Service and Resource Planning 2009/10 to 2013/14

 

Report of the Cabinet (CC8) (download as .doc file) and Supplementary Report by the Assistant Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer (CC8 Supplementary) (download as .doc file).  The recommendations set out below (and in the report) are made subject to the Commentary on the Budget Proposals by the Head of Finance & Procurement, as the Council’s Section 151 Officer, to be circulated separately.

(Commentary by Assistant Chief Executive & Chief Finance Officer - download as .doc file)
(Green Group Budget Amendments - download as .doc file)
(Green Group Amendment Proposals - download as .xls file)
(Supplementary Report – Green Group and Further Amendments to Labour Proposals - download as .doc file)
(Amendments to Labour Group’s Budget - download as .doc file)

The Labour Group and the Liberal Democrat Group have submitted their own budget proposals (CC8 (Labour) (download as .doc file)

(Annex 1 - download as .pdf file)
(Annex 2(a) & 2(b) - download as .pdf file)
(Annex 3 - download as .pdf file)
(Annex 4(a) - download as .pdf file)
(Annex 4(b) - download as .doc file)
(Annex 5 - download as .doc file)
(Annex 7 - download as .doc file)
(Annex 12 - download as .pdf file)
(Annex 14 - download as .doc file)

and CC8 (Liberal Democrat) (download as .doc file) respectively). 

 

(Annex 1 - download as .pdf file)

(Annex 2(a) & 2(b) - download as .pdf file)
(Annex 2(c) - download as .pdf file)
(Annex 3 - download as .pdf file)
(Annex 4(a) - download as .pdf file)
(Annex 14 - download as .doc file)

 

The Green Group proposes to submit amendments to the budget proposals (CC8 (Green)) and these will be circulated separately.

 

The Cabinet: (a)      (in respect of revenue) RECOMMENDS Council to approve: (1)           a budget for 2009/10 as set out in Annex 4a and a medium term plan to 2013/14 as set out in Annex 1; (2)           a budget requirement for 2009/10 of £379.170m; (3)           the Council Tax and Precept calculations for 2009/10 set out in Annex 5 to the report and in particular: (i)             a precept of £272.398m; and (ii)           a Council Tax for Band D equivalent properties of £1,130.62; (4)           the allocation of £34.674m proposed in paragraph 28 and Annex 4b for the Older Persons Pooled Budget (5)           the allocation of £5.269m proposed in paragraph 29 and Annex 4c for the Mental Health Commissioning Pooled Budget. (6)           the creation of a reserve from 2008/09 for LABGI and the use of the LABGI funding as set out in Annex 2c; (7)           the disposition of Dedicated Schools Grant as set out in Annex 6 to the report; (8)           virement arrangements for 2009/10 as set out in Annex 7 to the report; (b)      (in respect of treasury management) RECOMMENDS Council to approve: (1)  the Treasury Management Strategy Statement as at Annex 8 including: (i)             the Prudential Indicators; (ii)           the use of internal funds instead of external borrowing up to a maximum of 25% of the portfolio; (2)  that in relation to the 2009/10 strategy any further changes required to the credit matrix be delegated to the Chief Finance Officer in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and leaders of the Opposition and other groups. (c)       RECOMMENDS Council to approve the Minimum Revenue Provision Methodology Statement as set out in paragraphs 10 to 13 of Annex 9. (d)      (in respect of Capital) RECOMMENDS Council to approve: (1)  the Capital Strategy at Annex 10 and Corporate Asset Management Plan at Annex 11 (2)    the Capital Programme for 2009/10 to 2013/14 as set out in the capital programme at Annex 13; (3)   the prudential indicators for capital set out in Annex 14 to the report.

 

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