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General Fund Budget Proposals 2025/26

Meeting: 25/02/2025 - Council (Item 246)

246 Recommendations of the Cabinet Executive: General Fund Budget Proposals 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 173 KB

To consider the report of the Executive Director (Section 151 Officer) (enclosed).

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cllr. Dillan Shikotra left the meeting during the consideration of this item and did not return.

 

Considered – Report of the Executive Director (Section 151 Officer), presented by Cllr. Maggie Wright- Finance, People & Performance Portfolio Holder.

 

Cllr. Luke Cousin moved that the following additional recommendation be added to the report, which was seconded by Cllr. Antony Moseley:

 

£111,639 be allocated from the general fund to a new, earmarked, reserve for the purchase of additional housing to help reduce homelessness in the District.

 

Reason:

 

Earmarking funds to demonstrate this council’s agreement to continue investing in new properties to address homelessness in our district, with the aim to achieve this as future opportunities become available.

 

In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the vote was recorded as follows:

 

For

Against

Abstain

 

Cllr. Royston Bayliss

 

 

Cllr. Nick Brown

 

 

Cllr. Cheryl Cashmore

 

Cllr. Nick Chapman

 

 

Cllr. Luke Cousin

 

Cllr. Tony Deakin

 

 

Cllr. Roy Denney

 

 

Cllr. Susan Findlay

 

 

Cllr. Janet Forey

 

 

Cllr. Helen Gambardella

 

 

Cllr. Hannah Gill

 

 

 

Cllr. Nigel Grundy

 

Cllr. Paul Hartshorn

 

Cllr. Richard Holdridge

 

 

Cllr. Mark Jackson

 

Cllr. Rebecca Lunn

 

 

Cllr. Antony Moseley

 

Cllr. Les Phillimore

 

 

Cllr. Terry Richardson

 

 

Cllr. Ande Savage

 

Cllr. Tracey Shepherd

 

 

Cllr. Mike Shirley

 

 

Cllr. Roger Stead

 

 

Cllr. Ben Taylor

 

 

Cllr. Matt Tomeo

 

 

Cllr. Bob Waterton

 

 

Cllr. Bev Welsh

 

Cllr. Jane Wolfe

 

 

 

Cllr. Neil Wright

 

 

Cllr. Maggie Wright

 

 

 

The Chairman declared that the amendment had been lost.

 

Members then returned to vote on the recommendations as published in the

original report.

 

In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the vote was recorded as follows:

 

For

Against

Abstain

 

Cllr. Royston Bayliss

 

 

Cllr. Nick Brown

 

 

 

Cllr. Cheryl Cashmore

 

 

Cllr. Nick Chapman

 

 

 

Cllr. Luke Cousin

 

Cllr. Tony Deakin

 

 

 

Cllr. Roy Denney

 

 

 

Cllr. Susan Findlay

 

 

 

Cllr. Janet Forey

 

 

 

Cllr. Helen Gambardella

 

 

Cllr. Hannah Gill

 

 

Cllr. Nigel Grundy

 

 

Cllr. Paul Hartshorn

 

Cllr. Richard Holdridge

 

 

Cllr. Mark Jackson

 

 

Cllr. Rebecca Lunn

 

 

 

Cllr. Antony Moseley

 

Cllr. Les Phillimore

 

 

 

Cllr. Terry Richardson

 

 

 

Cllr. Ande Savage

 

Cllr. Tracey Shepherd

 

 

 

Cllr. Mike Shirley

 

 

Cllr. Roger Stead

 

 

 

Cllr. Ben Taylor

 

 

Cllr. Matt Tomeo

 

 

 

Cllr. Bob Waterton

 

 

 

Cllr. Bev Welsh

 

Cllr. Jane Wolfe

 

 

 

Cllr. Neil Wright

 

 

 

Cllr. Maggie Wright