Agenda item

Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/17

To consider so much of the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 17th February 2016 arising from its consideration of (a) a joint report of the Chief Executive and the Interim Executive Director, Resources on the Revenue Budget 2016/17 and (b) a report of the Interim Executive Director, Resources on the Capital Programme 2016/17, and to pass resolutions thereon as appropriate.

 

 

Minutes:

8.1

It was formally moved by Councillor Pat Midgley and formally seconded by Councillor Peter Rippon, that the following decisions taken by the Cabinet at its meeting on 17th February, 2016, arising from its consideration of (a) a joint report of the Chief Executive and the Interim Executive Director, Resources on the Revenue Budget 2015/16 and (b) a report of the Interim Executive Director, Resources on the Capital Programme 2015/16, be approved:

 

 

 

REVENUE BUDGET 2016/17

 

 

 

“RESOLVED: That the Cabinet recommends to the meeting of the City Council on 4th March 2016 that:-

 

 

 

(a)

a net Revenue Budget for 2016/17 amounting to £406.492m is approved;

 

 

 

 

(b)

a Band D equivalent Council Tax of £1,360.48 for City Council services, i.e. an increase of 3.99% (1.99% City Council increase and 2% national arrangement for the social care precept) is approved;

 

 

 

 

(c)

the Revenue Budget allocations and Budget Implementation Plans for each of the services, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report are approved;

 

 

 

 

(d)

based on the estimated expenditure level set out in Appendix 3 to this report, it be noted that the amounts shown in part B of Appendix 6 would be calculated by the City Council for the year 2016/17, in accordance with sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

 

 

 

 

(e)

it be noted that the section 151 officer has reviewed the robustness of the estimates and the adequacy of the proposed financial reserves, in accordance with Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2003, as outlined in Appendix 4 of the report;

 

 

 

 

(f)

the information on the precepts issued by the South Yorkshire and Crime Commissioner and the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority, together with the impact of these on the overall amount of Council Tax to be charged in the City Council’s area be noted;

 

 

 

 

(g)

the proposed amount of compensation to Parish Councils for the loss of council tax income in 2016/17 at the levels shown in the table below paragraph 168 be approved;

 

 

 

 

(h)

the latest 2015/16 budget monitoring position be noted;

 

 

 

 

(i)

the Treasury Management and Annual Investment Strategies set out in Appendix 7 of the report and the recommendations contained therein be approved;

 

 

 

 

(j)

the Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Statement set out in Appendix 7 of the report be approved;

 

 

 

 

(k)

authority is delegated to the Director of Finance to undertake Treasury Management activity, to create and amend appropriate Treasury Management Practice Statements and to report on the operation of Treasury Management activity on the terms set out in these documents;

 

 

 

 

(l)

the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2013/14 and onwards, approved on 15 May 2013, and implemented for 2014/15 and 2015/16, be also implemented for 2016/17;

 

 

 

 

(m)

foregoing an annual increase in the Members’ allowances in 2016/17 is approved;

 

 

 

 

(n)

a Pay Policy for 2016/17 as set out in Appendix 8 of the report is approved;

 

 

 

 

(o)

authority be delegated to the Director of Public Health and the Interim Executive Director, Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, to approve the final allocation of Public Health grant to portfolios in 2016/17;

 

 

 

 

(p)

authority be delegated to the Executive Director, Communities to set – subject to budgetary constraints – a framework of care home & home care fee increases with effect from 1 April 2016; and

 

 

 

 

(q)

the resolution of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, at its meeting held on 17 February 2016, in consideration of the Revenue Budget 2016/17 report, be supported and this be referred to all Sheffield Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords.”

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2016/17

 

 

 

“RESOLVED: That Cabinet recommends to the meeting of the City Council on 4th March 2016 that:-

 

 

 

(a)

it notes the specific projects included in the years 2016-17 to 2021-22 programmes included in Appendix 9 to the report, and that Block allocations were included within the programme for noting at this stage and detailed proposals would be brought back for separate Member approval as part of the monthly monitoring procedures;

 

 

 

 

(b)

it notes the proposed Capital Programme for the 5 years to 2021-22 as at Appendix 9 to the report; and

 

 

 

 

(c)

it approves the Corporate Resource Pool (CRP) policy, outlined in Appendix 4 of the report, such that the commitment from the CRP is limited to one year and no CRP supported schemes are approved beyond 2016-17 unless explicitly stated, and that further reports would be brought to Members as part of the monthly approval process should the receipts position improve.”

 

 

 

8.2

Whereupon, it was moved by Councillor Ben Curran, seconded by Councillor Julie Dore, that the recommendations of the Cabinet held on 17th February, 2016, as relates to the City Council's Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/17, be replaced by the following resolution:-

 

 

 

RESOLVED: That this Council:

 

 

 

(1)

regrets that since 2010, the previous coalition government and the current government have decimated central government funding to Sheffield City Council, and notes that the Council’s funding from central government has been cut by around a half and the Council has had to make cuts of over £300 million;

 

 

 

 

(2)

recalls that in the original 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review, the Coalition Government committed to eliminating the deficit within four years, meaning that the Council’s 2016/17 budget was estimated to be the second year that the cuts were over;

 

 

 

 

(3)

believes that the fact that the Council now faces further cuts over coming years is a damning indictment of the failure of the previous coalition government who failed to eliminate the deficit despite inflicting unprecedented cuts to public services;

 

 

 

 

(4)

regrets that the current government are continuing the previous coalition government’s policy of cutting local government services to the bone at the same time as giving tax cuts benefiting millionaires;

 

 

 

 

(5)

recalls the comments of the former Liberal Democrat MP and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, that local government had “borne the brunt of deficit reduction” under the previous coalition government;

 

 

 

 

(6)

notes that last year’s Comprehensive Spending Review outlined plans to virtually eradicate central government grant funding for local authorities and believes that leaving only Council Tax and business rates to fill the gap is completely inadequate to fund the services local people need, particularly given ever escalating costs of services such as social care;

 

 

 

 

(7)

regrets that like the previous coalition government, who gave some of the wealthiest areas of the country virtually no cuts at the same time as hitting northern towns and cities the hardest, the current government at the last minute introduced a fund to bail out the wealthy Conservative-controlled councils to appease backbench Conservative MPs;

 

 

 

 

(8)

notes that out of the £300 million relief fund, of which Sheffield will receive nothing, the largest beneficiary will be Surrey, which will get £24m, with £19m going to Hampshire, £16m to Hertfordshire, £14m to Essex, £12m to West Sussex, £11m to Kent and £9m to Buckinghamshire, and in total 83% of the funding has been given to Conservative-controlled councils, typically in the most affluent areas of the country, whilst councils in more deprived areas with the greatest level of need are not being supported despite receiving much greater cuts over the last five years;

 

 

 

 

(9)

believes this politically motivated fund  to bail out wealthy Conservative-controlled councils is a disgrace, especially given the fact that they were given relative protection from cuts under the previous coalition government;

 

 

 

 

(10)

fully opposes the reported Government plans to abolish attendance allowance as part of business rate localisation as a further cynical ploy to devolve cuts and supports the petition to Government on the 38 Degrees website “Don’t abolish attendance allowance” which has received over 100,000 signatures and notes the legitimate concerns expressed in the petition “The government claims that local authorities will step in to fill the gap in provision created by scrapping attendance allowance. But in the face of sweeping cuts imposed on their budgets, local authorities may find that administering such an allowance is beyond their means. What guarantees will there be that local authorities will have sufficient funds to match the current rates?”;

 

 

 

 

(11)

believes that given the dreadful financial settlement given to the Council and the terrible legacy of the Coalition Government on local government finance, the present Administration have protected front line services as far as possible and focused on protecting services for the most vulnerable;

 

 

 

 

(12)

believes that due to the magnitude of government cuts over the past six years and increased pressure on services, it is unavoidable to increase Council Tax by 1.99 percent, which equates to 33p a week for most households;

 

 

 

 

(13)

further believes it is unavoidable to implement the Chancellor’s social care “precept” of two per cent; the new national policy announced in last year’s spending review and believes this is just another example of a cynical ploy by the Government who promised not to increase taxes but are forcing the increases on local authorities;

 

 

 

 

(14)

notes that the precept fails to address the increased cost of providing social care alone and believes that the real issues that the Government must address is the funding of local authorities and tackling the social care crisis, however, believes it would be irresponsible not to use this funding to protect care services as far as possible;

 

 

 

 

(15)

welcomes the commitment of the present Administration to increase the Council Tax Hardship fund by an extra £200,000 this year to help those who struggle to be able to pay their bills;

 

 

 

 

(16)

welcomes the action taken by the present Administration to ensure the introduction of the Living Wage for all Council staff and the progress that has been made over the past year which has seen more of the Council’s contractors pay the Living Wage, and believes it should be a priority to work across the city with partners over the next year to ensure that substantive action is taken to encourage and support more employers throughout the city in the public, private and voluntary sector to pay the Living Wage;

 

 

 

 

(17)

therefore welcomes the innovative new scheme developed by the Administration to incentivise a number of local employers to pay the Living Wage through offering business rate discounts to employers who choose to do so as a means of supporting them with the extra costs as a transitional arrangement and welcomes that the Administration proposes to make £250,000 of the projected revenue underspend available to achieve this, meaning the fund becomes £500,000 with the other 50% being funded from the collection fund;

 

 

 

 

(18)

believes the Sheffield approach is in stark contrast to the Chancellor who, as reported, simply believes it is adequate to re-brand the National Minimum Wage as the National Living Wage, which does not meet the cost of living as calculated by the Living Wage Foundation;

 

 

 

 

(19)

recalls that the Council Tax Hardship Fund was a scheme developed and implemented by the present Administration as a means of protecting those hardest hit by the Coalition Government’s cuts to Council Tax Support;

 

 

 

 

(20)

welcomes the action taken by the Administration to give greatest protection to frontline services by focusing savings to accommodation costs, IT and corporate services to ensure these functions are operating as efficiently as possible;

 

 

 

 

(21)

notes that over the past four years, the Council has made £6.8 million in management savings, which includes savings to the Housing Revenue Account, and asks the Chief Executive to undertake a further review to make further savings as the Council faces further cuts in the coming years;

 

 

 

 

(22)

recalls that in addition to decimating local government funding, the Government is also hitting small businesses hard through the abolition of the Retail Rate Relief;

 

 

 

 

(23)

believes that the proposal will have a damaging impact on Sheffield and could hinder attempts to bring empty shops back into use, and therefore proposes to use £185,000 of the projected revenue underspend to develop a local rate relief scheme targeted at bringing empty shops back into use and believes that this proposal will have a positive impact on neighbourhoods who suffer when local shops in their community are empty;

 

 

 

 

(24)

regrets the impact that the cuts to local government funding have had on communities across the city and welcomes the commitment of the present Administration to allocate £137,000 of the projected revenue underspend to fund community projects, responding to requests that have been made from local communities to improve their areas;

 

 

 

 

(25)

notes that as a result of budget cuts, there could be up to 400 Council posts affected during the financial year 2016/17, including job roles that could be lost through voluntary severance or voluntary early retirement, as well as any vacancies that have not been filled;

 

 

 

 

(26)

expresses sincere and heartfelt sympathy to those members of staff who are losing their jobs through compulsory redundancy and regrets that the Government’s cuts agenda has made compulsory redundancies unavoidable;

 

 

 

 

(27)

places on record its thanks to the staff who continue to serve the Council in these incredibly difficult times, which year on year leads to uncertainty about their own futures and that of their colleagues, many of whom are left to pick up an increased workload as a result of the cuts to staff numbers;

 

 

 

 

(28)

requests the Interim Executive Director, Resources to implement the City Council’s Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/2017 in accordance with the details set out in the reports on the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme now submitted, but with the following amendments:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use of 2015/16 projected revenue underspend

 

 

 

 

 

Savings proposals

(£'000)

Spending proposals

(£'000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temporary reductions in spending:

 

Temporary additions to budget:

 

 

 

 

 

Use of 2015/16 projected revenue underspend

(The carry forward from the 2015/16 budget is subject to approval by Cabinet at its meeting on 9 March 2016. If this carry forward is not approved by Cabinet the amount will be met from Reserves)

523

Bringing Empty Shops Back Into use - business rate relief to bring empty properties into use

185

 

 

 

 

Remainder of 2014/15 underspend available

(This was approved by Cabinet as part of the 2014/15 outturn report)

49

Living Wage Business Rate Relief - to encourage local businesses to pay Living Wage

250

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Investments - working with local communities to improve their area

137

 

 

 

 

Use of projected revenue underspend sub-total

572

One-off spending proposals sub-total

572

 

 

 

 

 

(29)

notes those specific projects included in the years 2016/17 to 2021/22 Capital Programmes at Appendix 9 of the report on the Capital Programme, and that block allocations are included within the Programme for noting at this stage and detailed proposals will be brought back for separate Member approval as part of the monthly monitoring procedures;

 

 

 

 

(30)

notes the proposed Capital Programme for the 5 years to 2021/22 as per Appendix 9 of the report on the Capital Programme;

 

 

 

 

(31)

approves the Corporate Resource Pool (CRP) policy outlined in Appendix 4 of the report on the Capital Programme such that the commitment from the CRP is limited to one year and no CRP supported schemes are approved beyond 2016-17 unless explicitly stated, and that further reports will be brought to Members as part of the monthly approval process should the receipts position improve;

 

 

 

 

(32)

after noting the joint report of the Chief Executive and the Interim Executive Director, Resources now submitted on the Revenue Budget 2016/17, approves and adopts a net Revenue Budget for 2016/17 amounting to £406.057m, as set out in Appendix 3 of that report, and subsequently amended in the light of paragraph (28) above, as follows:-

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 3

Summary Revenue Budget

Original

Original

Budget

Budget

2015/16

2016/17

£000

£000

Portfolio budgets:

65,980

Children Young People and Families

66,423

156,215

Communities

153,902

126,520

Place

129,101

2,292

Policy Performance and Communications

1,900

54,135

Resources

52,224

405,142

403,550

Corporate Budgets:

Specific Grants

-12,399

NHS Funding

-12,399

-73,442

PFI Grant

-74,601

-7,738

New Homes Bonus (LGF)

-9,323

-1,916

Business Rates Transitional Grant

-1,490

-2,500

Small Business Rates Relief

-2,880

-100

Empty New Build Relief (ENBR)

0

-500

Retail Relief (RR)

0

-53

Local Support Services Grant

0

-2,216

Independent Living Fund

-2,216

Corporate Items

8,200

Redundancy Provision

8,200

-17,289

Pension Costs

-18,846

6,391

New Homes Bonus (LGF)

8,405

-2,000

Public Health Savings / re-investments

-698

3,000

Contingency - Adults Social Care Pressures

4,555

24,913

Schools and Howden PFI

25,094

1,400

Infrastructure Investment in NRQ / St Pauls Place

600

34

Payment to Parish Councils

27

300

ICT Refresh

300

-1,783

CAPITA Contract Savings*

0

0

Better Care Fund

-9,300

0

Pension Deficit Payment

80,100

3,327

Other

1,067

37,184

Capital Financing costs

31,995

28,073

MSF capital financing costs

28,199

28,032

Contribution to Reserves

-54,282

424,060

Total Expenditure

406,057

Financing of Net Expenditure

-115,837

Revenue Support Grant

-90,592

-105,661

NNDR/Business Rates Income

-106,131

-28,883

Business Rates Top Up Grant

-29,124

-170,379

Council Tax income

-176,467

-3,300

Collection Fund surplus

-283

0

Social Care Precept

-3,460

-424,060

Total Financing

-406,057

* The total Capita savings for 2016/17 are £3.4m but are reflected as a budget reduction within the Resources portfolio instead of a Corporate Saving.

** The Communities portfolio budget includes £131.1m for Adult Social Care (ASC) in 2015/16. The ASC budget will increase by £3.5m in 2016/17, funded by the social care precept.

 

 

 

 

 

(33)

approves a Band D equivalent Council Tax of £1,360.48 for City Council services, i.e. an increase of 3.99% (1.99% City Council increase and 2% national arrangement for the social care precept);

 

 

 

 

(34)

approves the Revenue Budget allocations and Budget Implementation Plans for each of the services, as set out in Appendix 2 of the Revenue Budget report, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (28) above;

 

 

 

 

(35)

notes the latest 2015/16 budget monitoring position;

 

 

 

 

(36)

approves the Treasury Management and Annual Investment Strategies set out in Appendix 7 of the Revenue Budget reportand the recommendations contained therein;

 

 

 

 

(37)

approves the Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Statement set out in Appendix 7 of the Revenue Budget report;

 

 

 

 

(38)

agrees that authority be delegated to the Director of Finance to undertake Treasury Management activity, to create and amend appropriate Treasury Management Practice Statements and to report on the operation of Treasury Management activity on the terms set out in these documents;

 

 

 

 

(39)

agrees that the Members' Allowances Scheme for 2013/14 and onwards, approved on 15th May, 2013, and implemented for 2014/15 and for 2015/16, be also implemented for 2016/17;

 

 

 

 

(40)

agrees to forego an annual increase in the Members’ Allowances in 2016/17;

 

 

 

 

(41)

approves a Pay Policy for 2016/17 as set out in Appendix 8 of the Revenue Budget report;

 

 

 

 

(42)

delegates authority to the Director of Public Health and the Interim Executive Director, Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, to approve the final allocation of Public Health grant to portfolios in 2016/17;

 

 

 

 

(43)

approves the proposed amount of compensation to Parish Councils for the loss of council tax income in 2016/17 at the levels shown in the table below paragraph 168 of the Revenue Budget report;

 

 

 

 

(44)

notes the precepts issued by local parish councils which add £503,423 to the calculation of the budget requirement in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

 

 

 

 

(45)

notes the information on the precepts issued by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority, together with the impact of these on the overall amount of Council Tax to be charged in the City Council’s area;

 

 

 

 

(46)

notes that, based on the estimated expenditure level of £406.057m set out in paragraph (32) above, the amounts shown in Appendix 6b below would be calculated by the City Council for the year 2016/17, in accordance with Sections30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

 

 

 

 

Appendix 6a

 

CITY OF SHEFFIELD

CALCULATION OF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL TAX FOR 2016/17 REVENUE BUDGET

 

The Council is recommended to resolve as follows:

 

1.

It be noted that on 15th January 2016, the Council calculated the Council Tax Base 2016/17

 

 

 

(a)

for the whole Council area as:

 

 

132,253.72

(item T in the formula in Section 31B 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 6c.

 

 

 

2.

Calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council's own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish precepts) is:

 

£          179,927,895.

 

 

3.

That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

 

(a)

£1,370,154,044

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)

£1,189,722,727

 

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

 

 

(c)

£180,431,317

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 31B of the Act).

 

 

 

(d)

£1,364.2816

being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish Precepts).

 

 

 

(e)

£503,423

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the attached Appendix 6b).

 

 

 

(f)

£1,360.4751

being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by Item T (1(a) 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.

 

 

 

4.

To note that the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Fire and Rescue Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the Council's area as indicated in the table below.

 

 

5.

£3,460,485

The amount set by the authority at 2 above, under Section 30 of the Act, includes an amount attributable to the adult social care precept.

 

 

6.

That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2016/17 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

 

 

 

Sheffield City Council (non-parish areas)

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,054.18

1,229.87

1,405.57

1,581.27

1,932.66

2,284.05

2,635.45

3,162.53

 

 

Bradfield Parish Council

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

Bradfield Parish Council

26.32

30.71

35.10

39.48

48.26

57.03

65.81

78.97

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,080.50

1,260.58

1,440.67

1,620.75

1,980.92

2,341.08

2,701.26

3,241.50

 

 

Ecclesfield Parish Council

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

Ecclesfield Parish Council

10.36

12.09

13.81

15.54

18.99

22.45

25.90

31.08

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,064.54

1,241.96

1,419.38

1,596.81

1,951.65

2,306.50

2,661.35

3,193.61

 

 

Stocksbridge Town Council

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

Stocksbridge Town Council

20.24

23.62

26.99

30.37

37.11

43.86

50.61

60.73

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,074.42

1,253.49

1,432.56

1,611.64

1,969.77

2,327.91

2,686.06

3,223.26

 

 

 

7.

The Council's basic amount of Council Tax is not excessive in accordance with the principles approved under Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, therefore no referendum is required.

 

 

 

Appendix 6b

Council Tax Schedule 2016/17

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

Band F

Band G

Band H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total charge for non-parish areas of Sheffield

1,054.18

1,229.87

1,405.57

1,581.27

1,932.66

2,284.05

2,635.45

3,162.53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bradfield Parish Council

1,080.50

1,260.58

1,440.67

1,620.75

1,980.92

2,341.08

2,701.26

3,241.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecclesfield Parish Council

1,064.54

1,241.96

1,419.38

1,596.81

1,951.65

2,306.50

2,661.35

3,193.61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stocksbridge Town Council

1,074.42

1,253.49

1,432.56

1,611.64

1,969.77

2,327.91

2,686.06

3,223.26

 

 

Appendix 6c

Parish Council Precepts

 

 

2015/16

2016/17

 

 

 

Parish Council

 

 

Tax Base

Council Tax Income (£)

Council Tax Band D(£)

 

 

CTS Grant

 

 

Total Precept

 

 

Tax Base

Council Tax Income (£)

Council Tax Band D (£)

 

 

CTS Grants

 

 

Total Precepts

 

Council Tax Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bradfield

 

5,590.09

216,386

38.7089

12,506

228,892

5,663.47

223,611

39,4831

10,005

233,616

2.00%

Ecclesfield

 

9,031.42

136,269

15.0884

12,551

148,821

9,088.35

141,242

15.5410

10.041

151,283

3.00%

Stocksbridge

 

3,595.35

105,993

29.4806

9,030

115,024

3,665.37

111,299

30.3651

7,224

118.524

3.00%

Total/average

 

18,216.86

458,649

25,1772

34,088

492,737

18,417.19

476,153

25.8537

27,270

503,423

2.69%

 

 

(NOTE: That Deputy Lord Mayor took the Chair for part of this item of business).

 

 

 

Motion to move to next business

 

RESOLVED: On the Motion of Councillor Pat Midgley, seconded by Councillor Peter Rippon, that (in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 17.13) the Council does now move to the next item of business and that the question be now put.

 

 

 

On being put to the vote the amendment was carried.

 

 

 

The votes on the amendment were ordered to be recorded and were as follows:-

 

 

 

For the amendment  (55)

-

The Lord Mayor (Councillor Talib Hussain), The Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Denise Fox), Counciillors Julie Dore, Mike Drabble, Jack Scott, Julie Gledhill, Roy Munn, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Chris Rosling-Josephs, Ian Saunders, Bryan Lodge, Karen McGowan, Jayne Dunn, Jackie Drayton, Ibrar Hussain, Lewis Dagnall, Anne Murphy, Geoff Smith, Diane Hurst, Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea, Steve Wilson, Joyce Wright, Garry Weatherall, Steve Jones, Cate McDonald, Chris Peace, Bob Johnson, George Lindars-Hammond, Josie Paszek, Terry Fox, Pat Midgley, David Barker, Tony Downing, Nasima Akther, Nikki Bond, Mohammad Maroof, John Campbell, Lynn Rooney, Paul Wood, Peter Price, Sioned-Mair Richards, Peter Rippon, Leigh Bramall, Tony Damms, Richard Crowther, Olivia Blake, Ben Curran, Neale Gibson, Adam Hurst, Zoe Sykes, Mick Rooney, Jackie Satur and Ray Satur

 

 

 

 

 

Against the amendment (24)

-

Councillors Richard Shaw, Aodan Marken, Brian Webster, Robert Murphy, Sarah Jane Smalley, Rob Frost, Joe Otten, Colin Ross, Martin Smith, Pauline Andrews, penny Baker, Roger Davison, Shaffaq Mohammed, Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar, Cliff Woodcraft, Ian Auckland, Steve Ayris, Denise Reaney, David Baker, Katie Condliffe, Jack Clarkson, Keith Davis and John Booker

 

 

 

 

 

Abstained on the amendment (0)

-

Nil

 

 

 

 

8.3

It was then moved by Councillor Andrew Sangar, seconded by Councillor Colin Ross, as an amendment, that the recommendations of the Cabinet held on 17th February, 2016, as relates to the City Council's Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/17, be replaced by the following resolution:-

 

That the recommendations of the Cabinet held on 17th February, 2016, as relates to the City Council's Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/17, be replaced by the following resolution:-

 

RESOLVED: That this Council:

 

(1)

notes that the people of Sheffield deserve a City Council that provides good value for money, is open for business, is responsive and listens to its residents, and protects both our environment and our heritage which makes Sheffield such a special place to live;

 

 

(2)

believes that for too long the people of Sheffield have been taken for granted by this Administration who refuse to listen and continues to allow poor and unpopular decisions such as:-

 

 

 

(i)

the recent disastrous cuts to Sheffield bus services by the Sheffield Bus Partnership which saw Sheffield take the bulk of the cuts to South Yorkshire’s transport budget;

 

 

 

 

(ii)

the continued felling of many of Sheffield’s healthy highway trees; and

 

 

 

 

(iii)

the sale of Cobnar Cottage, that was gifted to the people of Sheffield by J.G. Graves and falls within the bounds of Graves Park, despite a 12,000 strong petition to stop the sale;

 

 

 

(3)

notes that whilst blaming financial pressures for the bulk of these decisions, with no date yet set for this Council to sign the devolution deal, £30million of funding for the Sheffield City Region is at risk if the devolution deal is not signed by this Council by the end of March, and believes that this is largely due to the failure of the Leader of the Council to negotiate a good deal for Sheffield;

 

 

(4)

regrets that because the proposed devolution deal was signed to meet the timetable set by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the timing of the Conservative Party Conference, important issues of governance remain unresolved, and failed to include contributions from many central government departments, and therefore, even if this deal is agreed, Sheffield and the wider City Region will remain highly dependent on Government spending decisions;

 

 

(5)

furthermore, condemns the missed opportunities overseen by the current Administration, leading to additional pressures on our budget, noting in particular:-

 

 

 

(i)

that this city remains saddled with the debt run up by previous Labour administrations, including around £25 million every year until 2024 to pay off the disastrous World Student Games despite the fact that the Don Valley Stadium has now been demolished; and

 

 

 

 

(ii)

that this Administration has splashed out millions on high paid consultants, Council offices and political pet projects, squandering funds which can never be regained for local taxpayers;

 

 

 

(6)

notes that whilst the Liberal Democrats were in government, Sheffield City Council was given a total of £15.704 million to help freeze Council Tax for a fifth consecutive year, saving families around £200 cumulatively by the fifth year;

 

 

(7)

notes under the new Conservative Government, this funding is no longer available and the Government is attempting to force local authorities to raise taxes;

 

 

(8)

condemns the current Government’s intention within this Parliament to remove all Revenue Support Grant, and is concerned that the resulting mix of Council Tax, Business Rates, and fees and charges do not provide a sound basis for covering all current Sheffield City Council services;

 

 

(9)

notes that under the current Government’s proposals, growth in business rates are even more important for a successful city and as income for the City Council, but believes that due to the mismanagement of the project by the Administration on the New Retail Quarter, Sheffield’s business rate income is lower than it should be;

 

 

(10)

notes the considerable increased demand on adult social care both locally and nationally, and believes this would be best funded by central government, including through the Better Care Fund, however, accepts the 2% national arrangement for the social care precept to cope with this demand when no other funding is forthcoming;

 

 

(11)

notes that in addition to the 2% adult social care precept, the Administration have chosen to raise Council Tax by 1.99%, bringing the total rise to 3.99%;

 

 

(12)

notes that this comes on top of increases in both the Fire and Rescue and Police and Crime precepts which will lead to a squeeze which will be felt by Sheffield tax payers city wide;

 

 

(13)

notes that, despite this, the Liberal Democrat alternative budget proposes only to take the 2% ‘Osborne Tax’ rise for adult social care and freeze the rest, 1.99% less than the Administration’s budget, by making simple savings such as:-

 

 

 

(i)

reducing budgets for Trade Union officials, which have been consistently protected to the detriment of front-line services;

 

 

 

 

(ii)

reducing posts in communications, policy and research, political support and performance;

 

 

 

 

(iii)

the deletion of four senior management posts through a restructuring;

 

 

 

 

(iv)

a reduction in pay for the very highest earners in the Council to produce a more equal structure; and

 

 

 

 

(v)

giving staff an extra 3 days unpaid leave to protect Council jobs;

 

 

 

(14)

notes that these savings, along with the use of revenue underspend and New Homes Bonus, would enable the Council to continue to provide good value for money and work in a more business friendly, environmentally sustainable way by:-

 

 

 

(i)

supporting hard-working Sheffield families suffering in the cost of living crisis by keeping their Council Tax down;

 

 

 

 

(ii)

supporting city centre businesses by instigating free parking on Sundays, in line with other large cities;

 

 

 

 

(iii)

supporting Associate Libraries by employing professional librarian support;

 

 

 

 

(iv)

reversing cuts to the parks budget;

 

 

 

 

(v)

upping investment in brownfield sites to protect our green open spaces from development;

 

 

 

 

(vi)

researching into the possibility of a ‘Sheffield Pound’ – a local currency which would help local independent businesses;

 

 

 

 

(vii)

giving local people a greater say in how money is spent in their area by giving more control and funding to Local Area Partnerships;

 

 

 

 

(viii)

supporting our local shopping centres by further investment in our local shopping centres in Woodseats and Hillsborough; and

 

 

 

 

(ix)

the creation of a new ‘Community Environmental Fund’ – an additional pot of money for local communities to decide how best they would like to invest in their environment – whether that be the retention of highway trees, cycle lanes or inventive recycling schemes;

 

 

 

(15)

therefore requests the Interim Executive Director, Resources to implement the City Council’s Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/2017 in accordance with the details set out in the reports on the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme now submitted, but with the following amendments:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue Budget proposal

 

 

Savings proposals

£'000

£'000

Spending proposals

£'000

£'000

Permanent reductions in spending:

Permanent additions to budget:

Additional 3 days unpaid leave for all staff

1,200

Keep Council Tax down for Sheffield taxpayers

3,450

Delete 4 Senior Manager posts

200

Instigate free parking on Sundays

235

Reduce the number of Trade Union convenors

313

Restore some of the recent changes to bus routes

320

Delete Special Responsibility Allowances for Cabinet Advisors

45

Professional support for associate libraries

70

Remove Leader's Policy Officer post

30

Reverse cuts to Parks and Countryside contract payments

45

 

Deletion of posts within the Policy Team

64

Permanent additions to budget - subtotal

4,120

Pay review – 10% reduction for staff on a salary of >£80k (assume 6 months savings)

105

Work with community groups to investigate the possibility of a Sheffield Pound (funded by New Homes Bonus)

25

 

Reduce posts within Communications team

115

Temporary additions to budget - subtotal

25

Withdraw funding for Sheffield First partnership

25

Reduce posts in Sustainable Cities team

22

Set a modest target for shared services between Sheffield trusts

50

Set a modest savings target for shared services with other Local Authorities in Sheffield City Region

100

Deletion of posts in the ‘Office Accommodation Strategy’ team

60

 

Permanent reductions in spending - subtotal

2,329

Use of 2015/16 projected revenue underspend

(The carry forward from the 2015/16 budget is subject to approval by Cabinet at its meeting on 9 March 2016. If this carry forward is not approved by Cabinet the amount will be met from Reserves)

523

Use of unallocated New Homes Bonus (NHB)

1,293

 

Temporary reductions in spending - subtotal

1,816*

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue saving sub-total

4,145

Revenue spending sub-total

4,145

 

 

* Advice of the Chief Executive & the Section 151 Officer

 

The Council has always applied the approach that NHB funding is to be used to fund one-off schemes that support growth, housing and infrastructure. As NHB funding is a time-limited funding source, the Council’s view has been that it is not prudent to use these funds to support on-going annual revenue expenditure. Using NHB to support revenue spend is not a sustainable strategy, as it simply defers identifying spending reductions for one year. It also displaces various growth, infrastructure etc schemes that would have been brought forward to be funded by NHB.

 

In addition there is already a significant degree of risk in our on-going revenue budgets. In particular the 2016/17 revenue budget includes £24.6m of pressures, and similar levels of pressures are anticipated for 2017/18, as there is a further RSG reduction of £22.8m in 17/18. The Council’s 2016/17 budget also includes £9.3m of one-off funding for the Better Care Fund that has not been confirmed beyond 2016/17, so resources to fund some or all of this amount might have to be identified in 2017/18.

 

Consequently officers’ advice is that it would not be prudent to add a requirement to identify a further £1.816m reduction in our 2017/18 budget, which would be necessitated if NHB and the 2015/16 non-recurrent underspend are used to reduce Council Tax income. For the avoidance of doubt, officers are not saying that the use of these monies in this way would be unlawful, however we would advise against it because it is likely to lead to an unsustainable future budget.

 

 

Capital Budget

Capital spending proposal

£'000

Financing of capital proposals

£'000

Devolve spending of  Successful Centres Programme funds to Local Area Partnerships

300

Re-allocation of Continuation of Successful Centres Programme (£300k)

300

Increasing investment in brownfield sites (funded by NHB)

200

Use of unallocated New Homes Bonus (NHB)

807

Regeneration project for Woodseats District Centre (funded by NHB)

150

Regeneration project for Hillsborough District Centre (funded by NHB)

150

Creation of a ‘Community Environmental Fund’ (funded by NHB)

307

 

 

 

 

Capital spending total

1,107

Financing of capital proposals total

1,107

 

 

 

 

 

 (16)

notes those specific projects included in the years 2016/17 to 2021/22 Capital Programmes at Appendix 9 of the report on the Capital Programme, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (15) above, and that block allocations are included within the Programme for noting at this stage and detailed proposals will be brought back for separate Member approval as part of the monthly monitoring procedures;

 

 

 

 

(17)

notes the proposed Capital Programme for the 5 years to 2021/22 as per Appendix 9 of the report on the Capital Programme, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (15) above;

 

 

 

 

(18)

approves the Corporate Resource Pool (CRP) policy outlined in Appendix 4 of the report on the Capital Programme such that the commitment from the CRP is limited to one year and no CRP supported schemes are approved beyond 2016-17 unless explicitly stated, and that further reports will be brought to Members as part of the monthly approval process should the receipts position improve;

 

 

 

 

(19)

after noting the joint report of the Chief Executive and the Interim Executive Director, Resources now submitted on the Revenue Budget 2016/17, approves and adopts a net Revenue Budget for 2016/17 amounting to £403.042m, as set out in Appendix 3 of that report, and subsequently amended in the light of paragraph (15) above, as follows:-

 

 

 

 

Appendix 3

Summary Revenue Budget

Original

Original

Budget

Budget

2015/16

2016/17

£000

£000

Portfolio budgets:

65,980

Children Young People and Families

66,020

156,215

Communities

153,459

126,520

Place

129,409

2,292

Policy Performance and Communications

1,363

54,135

Resources

51,526

405,142

401,779

Corporate Budgets:

Specific Grants

0

Council Tax Freeze Grant for 2014/15

0

-12,399

NHS Funding

-12,399

-73,442

PFI Grant

-74,601

-7,738

New Homes Bonus (LGF)

-9,323

-1,916

Business Rates Transitional Grant

-1,490

-2,500

Small Business Rates Relief

-2,880

-100

Empty New Build Relief (ENBR)

0

-500

Retail Relief (RR)

0

-53

Local Support Services Grant

0

-2,216

Independent Living Fund

-2,216

Corporate Items

8,200

Redundancy Provision

8,200

-17,289

Pension Costs

-18,846

6,391

New Homes Bonus (LGF)

8,405

-2,000

Public Health Savings / re-investments

-698

3,000

Contingency - Adults Social Care Pressures

4,555

24,913

Schools and Howden PFI

25,094

1,400

Infrastructure Investment in NRQ / St Pauls Place

600

34

Payment to Parish Councils

27

300

ICT Refresh

300

-1,783

CAPITA Contract Savings*

0

0

Better Care Fund

-9,300

0

Pension Deficit Payment

80,100

3,327

Other

1,067

37,184

Capital Financing costs

31,995

28,073

MSF capital financing costs

28,199

28,032

Contribution to Reserves

-55,526

424,060

Total Expenditure

403,042

Financing of Net Expenditure

-115,837

Revenue Support Grant

-90,592

-105,661

NNDR/Business Rates Income

-106,566

-28,883

Business Rates Top Up Grant

-29,124

-170,379

Council Tax income

-173,017

-3,300

Collection Fund surplus

-283

0

Social Care Precept

-3,460

-424,060

Total Financing

-403,042

* The total Capita savings for 2016/17 are £3.4m but are reflected as a budget reduction within the Resources portfolio instead of a Corporate Saving.

** The Communities portfolio budget includes £131.1m for Adult Social Care (ASC) in 2015/16. The ASC budget will increase by £3.5m in 2016/17, funded by the social care precept.

(20)

approves a Band D equivalent Council Tax of £1,334.39 for City Council services, i.e. an increase of 2.00% (0.00% City Council increase and 2% national arrangement for the social care precept);

 

 

(21)

approves the Revenue Budget allocations and Budget Implementation Plans for each of the services, as set out in Appendix 2 of the Revenue Budget report, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (15) above;

 

 

(22)

notes the latest 2015/16 budget monitoring position;

 

 

(23)

approves the Treasury Management and Annual Investment Strategies set out in Appendix 7 of the Revenue Budget reportand the recommendations contained therein;

 

 

(24)

approves the Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Statement set out in Appendix 7 of the Revenue Budget report;

 

 

(25)

agrees that authority be delegated to the Director of Finance to undertake Treasury Management activity, to create and amend appropriate Treasury Management Practice Statements and to report on the operation of Treasury Management activity on the terms set out in these documents;

 

 

(26)

agrees that the Members' Allowances Scheme for 2013/14 and onwards, approved on 15th May, 2013, and implemented for 2014/15 and for 2015/16, be also implemented for 2016/17, subject to the amendment outlined in paragraph (15) above relating to the deletion of Special Responsibility Allowances for Cabinet Advisors;

 

 

(27)

agrees to forego an annual increase in the Members’ Allowances in 2016/17;

 

 

(28)

approves a Pay Policy for 2016/17 as set out in Appendix 8 of the Revenue Budget report, subject to the amendment outlined in paragraph (15) above relating to the reduction in pay for staff on a salary above £80K;

 

 

(29)

delegates authority to the Director of Public Health and the Interim Executive Director, Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, to approve the final allocation of Public Health grant to portfolios in 2016/17;

 

 

(30)

approves the proposed amount of compensation to Parish Councils for the loss of council tax income in 2016/17 at the levels shown in the table below paragraph 168 of the Revenue Budget report;

 

 

(31)

notes the precepts issued by local parish councils which add £503,423 to the calculation of the budget requirement in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

 

 

(32)

notes the information on the precepts issued by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority, together with the impact of these on the overall amount of Council Tax to be charged in the City Council’s area;

 

 

(33)

notes that, based on the estimated expenditure level of £403.042m set out in paragraph (19) above, the amounts shown in Appendix 6b below would be calculated by the City Council for the year 2016/17, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 6a

 

 

 

CITY OF SHEFFIELD

 

CALCULATION OF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL TAX FOR 2016/17 REVENUE BUDGET

 

 

 

The Council is recommended to resolve as follows:

 

 

 

1.

It be noted that on 15th January 2016, the Council calculated the Council Tax Base 2016/17

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

for the whole Council area as:

 

 

 

132,253.72

(item T in the formula in Section 31B 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 6c.

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council's own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish precepts) is:

 

 

£          176,477,895.

 

 

 

 

3.

That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

 

 

 

(a)

£1,367,713,044

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)

£1,190,731,727

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

£176,981,317

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 31B of the Act).

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

£1,338.1954

being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish Precepts).

 

 

 

 

 

(e)

£503,423

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the attached Appendix 6b).

 

 

 

 

 

(f)

£1,334.3889

being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by Item T (1(a) 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.

 

 

 

 

 

4.

To note that the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Fire and Rescue Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the Council's area as indicated in the table below.

 

 

 

 

5.

£3,460,485

The amount set by the authority at 2 above, under Section 30 of the Act, includes an amount attributable to the adult social care precept.

 

 

 

 

6.

That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2016/17 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheffield City Council (non-parish areas)

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

889.59

1,037.86

1,186.12

1,334.39

1,630.92

1,927.45

2,223.98

2,668.78

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,036.79

1,209.58

1,382.38

1,555.18

1,900.78

2,246.37

2,591.97

3,110.36

 

Bradfield Parish Council

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

889.59

1,037.86

1,186.12

1,334.39

1,630.92

1,927.45

2,223.98

2,668.78

Bradfield Parish Council

26.32

30.71

35.10

39.48

48.26

57.03

65.81

78.97

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,063.11

1,240.29

1,417.48

1,594.66

1,949.04

2,303.40

2,657.78

3,189.33

 

Ecclesfield Parish Council

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

889.59

1,037.86

1,186.12

1,334.39

1,630.92

1,927.45

2,223.98

2,668.78

Ecclesfield Parish Council

10.36

12.09

13.81

15.54

18.99

22.45

25.90

31.08

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,047.15

1,221.67

1,396.19

1,570.72

1,919.77

2,268.82

2,617.87

3,141.44

 

Stocksbridge Town Council

Valuation Band

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

 

 

Sheffield City Council

889.59

1,037.86

1,186.12

1,334.39

1,630.92

1,927.45

2,223.98

2,668.78

 

Stocksbridge Town Council

20.24

23.62

26.99

30.37

37.11

43.86

50.61

60.73

 

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

 

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

 

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,057.03

1,233.20

1,409.37

1,585.55

1,937.89

2,290.23

2,642.58

3,171.09

 

 

7.

The Council's basic amount of Council Tax is not excessive in accordance with the principles approved under Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, therefore no referendum is required.

 

 

Appendix 6b

Council Tax Schedule 2016/17

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

Band F

Band G

Band H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheffield City Council

889.59

1,037.86

1,186.12

1,334.39

1,630.92

1,927.45

2,223.98

2,668.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total charge for non-parish areas of Sheffield

1,036.79

1,209.58

1,382.38

1,555.18

1,900.78

2,246.37

2,591.97

3,110.36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bradfield Parish Council

1,063.11

1,240.29

1,417.48

1,594.66

1,949.04

2,303.40

2,657.78

3,189.33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecclesfield Parish Council

1,047.15

1,221.67

1,396.19

1,570.72

1,919.77

2,268.82

2,617.87

3,141.44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stocksbridge Town Council

1,057.03

1,233.20

1,409.37

1,585.55

1,937.89

2,290.23

2,642.58

3,171.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 6c

Parish Council Precepts

 

 

2015/16

2016/17

 

 

 

Parish Council

 

 

Tax Base

Council Tax Income (£)

Council Tax Band D(£)

 

 

CTS Grant

 

 

Total Precept

 

 

Tax Base

Council Tax Income (£)

Council Tax Band D (£)

 

 

CTS Grants

 

 

Total Precepts

 

Council Tax Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bradfield

 

5,590.09

216,386

38.7089

12,506

228,892

5,663.47

223,611

39,4831

10,005

233,616

2.00%

Ecclesfield

 

9,031.42

136,269

15.0884

12,551

148,821

9,088.35

141,242

15.5410

10.041

151,283

3.00%

Stocksbridge

 

3,595.35

105,993

29.4806

9,030

115,024

3,665.37

111,299

30.3651

7,224

118.524

3.00%

Total/average

 

18,216.86

458,649

25,1772

34,088

492,737

18,417.19

476,153

25.8537

27,270

503,423

2.69%

 

 

Motion to move to next business

 

 

RESOLVED: On the Motion of Councillor Pat Midgley, seconded by Councillor Peter Rippon, that (in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 17.13) the Council does now move to the next item of business and that the question be now put.

 

 

 

 

 

On being put to the vote the amendment was negatived.

 

 

 

 

 

The votes on the amendment were ordered to be recorded and were as follows:-

 

 

 

 

 

For the amendment (16)

-

Councillors Richard Shaw, Rob Frost, Joe Otten, Colin Ross, Martin Smith, Penny Baker, Roger Davison, Shaffaq Mohammed, Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar, Cliff Woodcraft, Ian Auckland, Steve Ayris, Denise Reaney, David Baker and Katie Condliffe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Against the amendment (60)

-

The Lord Mayor (Councillor Talib Hussain), The Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Denise Fox), Councillors Julie Dore, Mike Drabble, Jack Scott, Julie Gledhill, Roy Munn, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Chris Rosling-Josephs, Ian Saunders, Karen McGowan, Jayne Dunn, Aodan Marken, Brian Webster, Jackie Drayton, Ibrar Hussain, Lewis Dagnall, Robert Murphy, Anne Murphy, Geoff Smith, Diane Hurst, Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea, Pauline Andrews, Steve Wilson, Joyce Wright, Garry Weatherall, Steve Jones, Cate McDonald, Chris Peace, Bob Johnson, George Lindars-Hammond, Josie Paszek, Terry Fox, Pat Midgley, David Barker, Tony Downing, Nasima Akther, Nikki Bond, Mohammad Maroof, John Campbell, Lynn Rooney, Paul Wood, Peter Price, Sioned-Mair Richards, Peter Rippon, Leigh Bramall, Tony Damms, Jack Clarkson, Richard Crowther, Keith Davis, Olivia Blake, Ben Curran, Neale Gibson, John Booker, Adam Hurst, Zoe Sykes, Mick Rooney, Jackie Satur and Ray Satur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abstained on the amendment (0)

-

Nil

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.4

It was then moved by Councillor Robert Murphy, seconded by Councillor Aodan Marken, as an amendment that the recommendations of the Cabinet held on 11th February, 2015, as relates to the City Council's Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2015/16, be replaced by the following resolution:-

 

 

 

(1)      

deplores the cuts to local authority funding being imposed by central government and applauds the efforts of politicians and campaigners calling for an alternative to austerity;

 

 

 

 

(2)      

thanks the officers of the Council and in other organisations directly affected by the austerity programme in the way they have responded to the cuts and made sacrifices;

 

 

 

 

(3)      

notes that, this year, over £9 million of additional cuts are needed because of pressures and additional spending, which we believe arises from the lack of flexibility in long-term outsourced contracts with just two private companies, specifically the Waste Management and Streets Ahead contracts;

 

 

 

 

(4)

further notes the intention of Government to reduce the main source of local authority funding, the Revenue Support Grant, to nil and to switch funding to business rates in their own areas, a move which will favour more affluent areas of the country;

 

 

 

 

(5)

therefore recognises that austerity is not going to go away and that Elected Members in Sheffield, however difficult the crisis we face, have a responsibility to do the best they can for the people of Sheffield, prioritising the available resources to protect communities and the most vulnerable and working towards a more equitable and resilient city;

 

 

 

 

(6)

believes that the people of this city want a Council that listens to them and takes their genuinely-expressed concerns into account;

 

 

 

 

(7)

therefore, will open up Council meetings to public scrutiny by online web broadcasting;

 

 

 

 

(8)

will cut political spin emanating from the Town Hall by cutting the posts of Group Policy Officers and requiring politicians to do their own research and press work;

 

 

 

 

(9)

will install a maximum 10:1 pay ratio between the highest and lowest paid Council officers, closing the gap by reducing the pay of those on the highest salaries over £50,000 a year;

 

 

 

 

(10)

will further reduce up to 2 posts in the HR Service to protect frontline services;

 

 

 

 

(11)

will reduce cuts to services for the older and disabled people and help ensure decent pay and conditions for care staff, putting an extra £253k into adult social care;

 

 

 

 

(12)

regrets not having taken up the option of a significant investment in jobs in the renewable energy industry when proposed in 2014, to reduce fuel bills and create an income stream for other services, and also regrets abandoning the subsequent scheme adopted in 2015 once the Government reduced support for renewable energy in favour of dirty sources such as nuclear, diesel and fracking;

 

 

 

 

(13)

believes, however, this Council can use the economies of scale available to it and will invest in a further scheme of solar panel installation on the Council’s housing stock by re-prioritising capital funding within the Housing Revenue Account;

 

 

 

 

(14)

will create or maintain further jobs by setting aside unallocated New Homes Bonus funding to identify and survey brownfield sites for re-use for new housing and business, so as to minimise the impact of new building on the green belt or those brownfield sites that provide particular benefits to wildlife or the local community;

 

 

 

 

(15)

will also create jobs by setting aside further unallocated New Homes Bonus funding to invest in a fund for energy efficiency schemes in maintained schools;

 

 

 

 

(16)

will put further resources into turning empty properties into much needed homes by investing a small amount of New Homes Bonus funding in further enforcement work in this area, which will in turn generate increased NHB funding as homes are brought back into occupation;

 

 

 

 

(17)

will also reverse the proposed cut in private sector housing, in order to ensure higher standards in this sector;

 

 

 

 

(18)

will use the £523,000 one-off sum from the Council’s 2015/16 underspend to:

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

develop proposals to introduce a workplace parking scheme, to improve air quality and generate further revenue for public transport investment;

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

develop proposals to offer more policing and services related to the night-time economy by ensuring high-value businesses make an appropriate contribution to social costs through use of a night-time levy scheme;

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

double the sum available for discretionary spending by councillors on small-scale ward-level projects;

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

increase the hardship fund to £1m to alleviate the impact of increased Council Tax bills, in particular on the 30,000 lowest-income households affected by the loss of Council Tax Benefit and that have seen by far the biggest increase in Council Tax in recent years; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

(v)

will invest £20k of the Local Growth Fund (New Homes Bonus) to install solar panels on the Park Centre as part of its roof renovations, thereby reducing fuel bills and increasing the sustainability of the building;

 

 

 

 

 

(19)

will reduce the price of permits in parking permit zones to 2010 levels by shifting the cost of parking in these residential PPZ to non-residents, meaning that people living in some of the most congested and polluted areas of the city are not subsidising other transport services;

 

 

 

 

(20)

further, will prioritise the installation of 20mph zones in areas with the worst road safety accident statistics and, therefore, will re-prioritise funding available in the Local Transport Plan programme to a default 20mph speed limit in the city centre;

 

 

 

 

(21)

recognises the importance of children learning to use public transport safely and therefore will provide funds to mitigate the impact of the 10p rise in children’s bus fares;

 

 

 

 

(22)

will forego any increase in Members’ allowances;

 

 

 

 

(23)

therefore requests the Interim Executive Director, Resources to implement the City Council’s Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/2017 in accordance with the details set out in the reports on the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme now submitted, but with the following amendments:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue Budget

Savings proposals

£'000

Spending proposals

£'000

Permanent reduction in spending:

Permanent additions to budget:

Reduce pay on employees paid over £150,000 by 20% (assume 6 month saving)

24

Parking permit fees reduced to 2010 levels

297

Reduce pay on employees paid over £100,000 by 15% (assume 6 month saving)

59

Mitigate the impact on Sheffield children & young people of the decision to increase child concessionary single fares from 70p to 80p

440

Reduce pay on employees paid over £50,000 by 10% (assume 6 month saving)

475

Webcasting of all Full Council, Budget & Scrutiny meetings

30

Use of New Homes Bonus (to fund enforcement officer to bring empty homes back into use)

35

Additional enforcement officer post to bring empty homes back into use

35

Use of New Homes Bonus (to fund additional post in Private Sector Housing currently funded through Public Health)

24

Additional post in Private Sector Housing

24

Remove all group policy officer posts

91

Supporting the review of individual care packages to maintain quality of care across Communities

253

Removal of further 2 posts in HR

100

Establish discretionary fund for grants to encourage zero or low-emission taxi vehicles

5

Introduce increased on-street parking fees in PPZs (i.e. 30p increase over and above saving proposed in BIP)

405

Reverse proposed cuts to investment in the Alcohol Strategy [p160, F6]

128

 

 

 

 

Revenue saving sub-total

1,212

Revenue spending sub-total

1,212

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Budget

Capital spending proposal

£'000

Financing of capital proposal

£'000

Investment in solar panels on 2000 council houses

6,052

Re-prioritise use of capital funding within HRA to fund the majority of the investment in solar panels on 2000 council houses

5,052

Use of New Homes Bonus to fund the remainder of the investment in solar panels on 2000 council houses

1000

20's Plenty City Centre scheme

262

Re-prioritise Local Transport Plan Programme set aside for 20mph speed limit schemes

156

Use of part of 2015/16 projected revenue underspend to cover part of the cost of the 20's Plenty City Centre scheme

106

Install solar panels as part of roof replacement programme at Park Centre

20

Use of part of 2015/16 projected revenue underspend to cover cost of installing solar panels at Park Centre

20

Establishment of fund to prepare brownfield sites for redevelopment

500

Use of New Homes Bonus to establish fund to prepare brownfield sites for redevelopment

500

Energy efficiency for schools fund

500

Use of New Homes Bonus to establish fund for energy efficiency schemes in schools

500

 

 

 

 

Capital spending total

7,334

Financing of capital proposals total

7,334

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use of 2015/16 projected revenue underspend

Savings proposals

£'000

Spending proposals

£'000

Temporary reductions in spending:

Temporary additions to budget:

Use of 2015/16 projected revenue underspend

(The carry forward from the 2015/16 budget is subject to approval by Cabinet at its meeting on 9 March 2016. If this carry forward is not approved by Cabinet the amount will be met from Reserves)

397

Developing proposals to introduce a workplace parking scheme

100

Feasibility study into late night levy scheme

25

Double the amount available for discretionary spending by local area partnerships for 2016/17 only

72

Further increase of £200k to the Council Tax Hardship Fund for 2016/17 only

200

 

 

 

 

Use of projected revenue underspend sub-total

397

One-off spending proposals sub-total

397

 

 

 

(24)

notes those specific projects included in the years 2016/17 to 2021/22 Capital Programmes at Appendix 9 of the report on the Capital Programme, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (23) above, and that block allocations are included within the Programme for noting at this stage and detailed proposals will be brought back for separate Member approval as part of the monthly monitoring procedures;

 

 

(25)

notes the proposed Capital Programme for the 5 years to 2021/22 as per Appendix 9 of the report on the Capital Programme, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (23) above;

 

 

(26)

approves the Corporate Resource Pool (CRP) policy outlined in Appendix 4 of the report on the Capital Programme such that the commitment from the CRP is limited to one year and no CRP supported schemes are approved beyond 2016-17 unless explicitly stated, and that further reports will be brought to Members as part of the monthly approval process should the receipts position improve;

 

 

(27)

after noting the joint report of the Chief Executive and the Interim Executive Director, Resources now submitted on the Revenue Budget 2016/17, approves and adopts a net Revenue Budget for 2016/17 amounting to £406.492m, as set out in Appendix 3 of that report, and subsequently amended in the light of paragraph (23) above, as follows:-

 

 

Appendix 3

Summary Revenue Budget

 

 

 

 

 

Original

Original

Budget

Budget

2015/16

2016/17

£000

£000

Portfolio budgets:

65,980

Children Young People and Families

66,258

156,215

Communities

154,103

126,520

Place

129,475

2,292

Policy Performance and Communications

1,801

54,135

Resources

52,033

405,142

403,669

Corporate Budgets:

Specific Grants

-12,399

NHS Funding

-12,399

-73,442

PFI Grant

-74,601

-7,738

New Homes Bonus (LGF)

-9,323

-1,916

Business Rates Transitional Grant

-1,490

-2,500

Small Business Rates Relief

-2,880

-100

Empty New Build Relief (ENBR)

0

-500

Retail Relief (RR)

0

-53

Local Support Services Grant

0

-2,216

Independent Living Fund

-2,216

Corporate Items

8,200

Redundancy Provision

8,200

-17,289

Pension Costs

-18,846

6,391

New Homes Bonus (LGF)

8,405

-2,000

Public Health Savings / re-investments

-698

3,000

Contingency - Adults Social Care Pressures

4,555

24,913

Schools and Howden PFI

25,094

1,400

Infrastructure Investment in NRQ / St Pauls Place

600

34

Payment to Parish Councils

27

300

ICT Refresh

300

-1,783

CAPITA Contract Savings*

0

0

Better Care Fund

-9,300

0

Pension Deficit Payment

80,100

3,327

Other

1,267

37,184

Capital Financing costs

31,995

28,073

MSF capital financing costs

28,199

28,032

Contribution to Reserves

-54,166

424,060

Total Expenditure

406,492

Financing of Net Expenditure

-115,837

Revenue Support Grant

-90,592

-105,661

NNDR/Business Rates Income

-106,566

-28,883

Business Rates Top Up Grant

-29,124

-170,379

Council Tax income

-176,467

-3,300

Collection Fund surplus

-283

0

Social Care Precept

-3,460

-424,060

Total Financing

-406,492

* The total Capita savings for 2016/17 are £3.4m but are reflected as a budget reduction within the Resources portfolio instead of a Corporate Saving.

** The Communities portfolio budget includes £131.1m for Adult Social Care (ASC) in 2015/16. The ASC budget will increase by £3.5m in 2016/17, funded by the social care precept.

 

 

(28)

approves a Band D equivalent Council Tax of £1,360.48 for City Council services, i.e. an increase of 3.99% (1.99% City Council increase and 2% national arrangement for the social care precept);

 

 

(29)

approves the Revenue Budget allocations and Budget Implementation Plans for each of the services, as set out in Appendix 2 of the Revenue Budget report, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (23) above;

 

 

(30)

notes the latest 2015/16 budget monitoring position;

 

 

(31)

approves the Treasury Management and Annual Investment Strategies set out in Appendix 7 of the Revenue Budget reportand the recommendations contained therein;

 

 

(32)

approves the Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Statement set out in Appendix 7 of the Revenue Budget report;

 

 

(33)

agrees that authority be delegated to the Director of Finance to undertake Treasury Management activity, to create and amend appropriate Treasury Management Practice Statements and to report on the operation of Treasury Management activity on the terms set out in these documents;

 

 

(34)

agrees that the Members' Allowances Scheme for 2013/14 and onwards, approved on 15th May, 2013, and implemented for 2014/15 and for 2015/16, be also implemented for 2016/17;

 

 

(35)

agrees to forego an annual increase in the Members’ Allowances in 2016/17;

 

 

(36)

approves a Pay Policy for 2016/17 as set out in Appendix 8 of the Revenue Budget report, subject to the amendment outlined in paragraph (23) above relating to the reduction in pay for employees paid over £150k, £100k and £50k of 20%, 15% and 10% respectively;

 

 

(37)

delegates authority to the Director of Public Health and the Interim Executive Director, Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, to approve the final allocation of Public Health grant to portfolios in 2016/17;

 

 

(38)

approves the proposed amount of compensation to Parish Councils for the loss of council tax income in 2016/17 at the levels shown in the table below paragraph 168 of the Revenue Budget report;

 

 

(39)

notes the precepts issued by local parish councils which add £503,423 to the calculation of the budget requirement in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

 

 

(40)

notes the information on the precepts issued by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority, together with the impact of these on the overall amount of Council Tax to be charged in the City Council’s area;

 

 

(41)

notes that, based on the estimated expenditure level of £406.492m set out in paragraph (27) above, the amounts shown in Appendix 6b below would be calculated by the City Council for the year 2016/17, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 6a

 

 

 

CITY OF SHEFFIELD

 

CALCULATION OF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL TAX FOR 2016/17 REVENUE BUDGET

 

 

 

The Council is recommended to resolve as follows:

 

 

 

1.

It be noted that on 15th January 2016, the Council calculated the Council Tax Base 2016/17

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

for the whole Council area as:

 

 

 

132,253.72

(item T in the formula in Section 31B 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 6c.

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council's own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish precepts) is:

 

 

£          179,927,895.

 

 

 

 

3.

That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

 

 

 

(a)

£1,369,647,044

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)

£1,189,215,727

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

£180,431,317

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 31B of the Act).

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

£1,364.2816

being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish Precepts).

 

 

 

 

 

(e)

£503,423

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the attached Appendix 6b).

 

 

 

 

 

(f)

£1,360.4751

being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by Item T (1(a) 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.

 

 

 

 

 

4.

To note that the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Fire and Rescue Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the Council's area as indicated in the table below.

 

 

 

 

5.

£3,460,485

The amount set by the authority at 2 above, under Section 30 of the Act, includes an amount attributable to the adult social care precept.

 

 

 

 

6.

That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2016/17 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

 

 

Sheffield City Council (non-parish areas)

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,054.18

1,229.87

1,405.57

1,581.27

1,932.66

2,284.05

2,635.45

3,162.53

Bradfield Parish Council

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

Bradfield Parish Council

26.32

30.71

35.10

39.48

48.26

57.03

65.81

78.97

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,080.50

1,260.58

1,440.67

1,620.75

1,980.92

2,341.08

2,701.26

3,241.50

Ecclesfield Parish Council

Valuation Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

Ecclesfield Parish Council

10.36

12.09

13.81

15.54

18.99

22.45

25.90

31.08

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,064.54

1,241.96

1,419.38

1,596.81

1,951.65

2,306.50

2,661.35

3,193.61

 

 

Stocksbridge Town Council

 

Valuation Band

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

 

 

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

 

Stocksbridge Town Council

20.24

23.62

26.99

30.37

37.11

43.86

50.61

60.73

 

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

 

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

 

Aggregate of Council tax requirements

1,074.42

1,253.49

1,432.56

1,611.64

1,969.77

2,327.91

2,686.06

3,223.26

 

 

 

 

7.

The Council's basic amount of Council Tax is not excessive in accordance with the principles approved under Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, therefore no referendum is required.

 

 

Appendix 6b

Council Tax Schedule 2016/17

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

Band F

Band G

Band H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheffield City Council

906.98

1,058.15

1,209.31

1,360.48

1,662.80

1,965.13

2,267.46

2,720.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

45.09

52.60

60.12

67.63

82.66

97.69

112.72

135.26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

102.11

119.12

136.14

153.16

187.20

221.23

255.27

306.32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total charge for non-parish areas of Sheffield

1,054.18

1,229.87

1,405.57

1,581.27

1,932.66

2,284.05

2,635.45

3,162.53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bradfield Parish Council

1,080.50

1,260.58

1,440.67

1,620.75

1,980.92

2,341.08

2,701.26

3,241.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecclesfield Parish Council

1,064.54

1,241.96

1,419.38

1,596.81

1,951.65

2,306.50

2,661.35

3,193.61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stocksbridge Town Council

1,074.42

1,253.49

1,432.56

1,611.64

1,969.77

2,327.91

2,686.06

3,223.26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 6c

 

Parish Council Precepts

 

 

 

 

2015/16

2016/17

 

 

 

Parish Council

 

 

Tax Base

Council Tax Income (£)

Council Tax Band D(£)

 

 

CTS Grant

 

 

Total Precept

 

 

Tax Base

Council Tax Income (£)

Council Tax Band D (£)

 

 

CTS Grants

 

 

Total Precepts

 

Council Tax Increase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bradfield

 

5,590.09

216,386

38.7089

12,506

228.892

5,663.47

223.611

39.4831

10,005

233,616

2.00%

Ecclesfield

 

9,031.42

136.269

15.0884

12,551

148.821

9,088.35

141,242

15.5410

10,041

151,283

3.00%

Stocksbridge

 

3,595.35

105,993

29.4806

9,030

115,024

3.665.37

111.299

30.3651

7,224

118,524

3.00%

 

 

 

On being put to the vote, the amendment was negatived.

 

 

 

 

 

The votes on the amendment were ordered to be recorded and were as follows:-

 

 

 

 

 

For the amendment (7)

-

Councillors Aodan Marken, Brian Webster, Robert Murphy, Pauline Andrews, Jack Clarkson, Keith Davis and John Booker

 

 

 

 

 

Against the amendment (69)

-

The Lord Mayor (Councillor Talib Hussain), The Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor Denise Fox), Councillors Julie Dore, Mike Drabble, Jack Scott, Julie Gledhill, Roy Munn, Richard Shaw, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Chris Rosling-Josephs, Ian Saunders, karen McGowan, Jayne Dunn, Jackie Drayton, Ibrar Hussain, Lewis Dagnall, Rob Frost, Anne Murphy, Geoff Smith, Diane Hurst, Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea, Joe Otten, Colin Ross, Martin Smith, Steve Wilson, Joyce Wright, Penny Baker, Roger Davison, Shaffaq Mohammed, Garry Weatherall, Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar, Cliff Woodcraft, Steve Jones, Cate McDonald, Chris Peace, Ian Auckland, Steve Ayris, Denise Reaney, Bob Johnson, George Lindars-Hammond, Josie Paszek, Terry Fox, Pat Midgley, David Barker, Tony Downing, Nasima Akther, Nikki Bond, Mohammad Maroof, John Campbell, Lynn Rooney, Paul Wood, Peter Price, Sioned-Mair Richards, Peter Rippon, Leigh Bramall, Tony Damms, David Baker, Katie Condliffe, Richard Crowther, Olivia Blake, Ben Curran, Neale Gibson, Adam Hurst, Zoe Sykes, Mick Rooney, Jackie Satur and Ray Satur

 

 

 

 

 

Abstained on the amendment (0)

-

Nil

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.5

It was then moved by Councillor Jack Clarkson, seconded by Councillor John Booker, as an amendment that the recommendations of the Cabinet held on 17th February, 2016, as relates to the City Council's Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/17, be replaced by the following resolution:-

 

 

 

(1)

regrets the high levels of cuts that the Government is imposing on local authorities, and notes that more prosperous southern shire counties are suffering far less than northern towns and cities;

 

 

(2)

believes that a cut in the Revenue Support Grant of over £25 million in one year is both unacceptable and irresponsible, and that future cuts of a similar level will have a disastrous effect on the provision of public services in this city;

 

 

(3)

welcomes the fact that by the end of this Parliament, councils will be able to retain all money raised through Business Rates, but urges that this process be speeded up in order to offset the loss of funding from the cuts in RSG;

 

 

(4)

believes that Britain’s contribution of £13 billion to the European Union last year would have been better spent protecting frontline services from the Government’s spending cuts, and that only by leaving the EU and restoring self-government can we ensure that our public services will be adequately funded in the future;

 

 

(5)

believes that the £52 billion the Conservative Government, supported by the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, intends to spend on the HS2 vanity project would be better spent on investment in inadequate existing transport infrastructure and high speed broadband;

 

 

(6)

welcomes the extra funding that will be available to the Shef?eld City Region as part of its proposed devolution deal, but is concerned about the potential lack of oversight and accountability of a powerful directly elected mayor between elections;

 

 

(7)

is concerned by what it believes to be exorbitant prices charged for some work carried out under the strategic preferred partnership contracts, and believes that the taxpayers of Shef?eld would be better served by bringing a number of these services back in-house;

 

 

(8)

is appalled that previous administrations have allowed the Council to accrue outstanding loans to the value of £467 million, which amounts to over £800 for each resident of this city, and which will require interest payments in the ?nancial year 2016/17 alone of £20 million;

 

 

(9)

believes that Council Members and executives must not be immune from savings, and proposes that they should set an example by making the following changes to pay and allowances:­

 

 

 

(i)

a 5% cut in the Basic Allowance paid to Members;

 

 

 

 

(ii)

a 10% cut in Special Responsibility Allowances paid to eligible Members, and the abolition of the Cabinet Advisor SRA; and

 

 

 

 

(iii)

a 10% cut in the salary of any Council employee paid over £100,000 per annum;

 

 

 

(10)

proposes to make further savings by cutting 10% from the translation and interpretation budget, with a view to introducing charges for non-statutory translation services as soon as possible;

 

 

(11)

proposes to improve the appearance of parts of the city by:­

 

 

 

(i)

moving the pest control service to a fully self-?nancing model to discourage ?y tipping and poor refuse management practices;

 

 

 

 

(ii)

employing two full time enforcement of?cers to target areas prone to ?y tipping, littering, and poor refuse management practices; and

 

 

 

 

(iii)

funding an awareness and education campaign, including signs and lea?ets, to discourage ?y-tipping and littering and encourage proper refuse management practices;

 

 

 

(12)

proposes to use part of the New Homes Bonus to fund two ?oodlit football pitches and a covered area on vacant land on Wensley Street in S4, with the aim of bringing communities together and providing a recreation facility for local children and young people;

 

 

(13)

proposes to use £473,000 of the Council’s underspend from the ?nancial year 2015/16 to reverse some cuts to the Activity Sheffield budget, by awarding grants to community groups and organisations to provide:­

 

 

 

(i)

pop-up gyms and boxing gyms in community centres and local venues;

 

 

 

 

(ii)

?tness programmes, similar to the Bartendaz project in New York, promoting outdoor exercise and healthy living, and combating childhood obesity; tackling problems of crime, antisocial behaviour, and drug and solvent abuse; and working towards a more cohesive community; and

 

 

 

 

(iii)

joint working with TARAs to realise these projects with the intention of having them in place for the start of the school summer holidays;

 

 

 

(14)

proposes to use the remainder of the savings identi?ed in the 2016/17 Revenue Budget to provide mitigation for elderly and disabled residents of Shef?eld to have free train travel in South Yorkshire;

 

 

(15)

therefore requests the Interim Executive Director, Resources to implement the City Council’s Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2016/2017 in accordance with the details set out in the reports on the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme now submitted, but with the following amendments:-

 

 

 

Revenue Budget

Savings

£'000

Investments / spending proposals

£'000

Permanent reductions in spending:

Permanent addition to budget:

 

 

Reduce Members' Basic Allowances by 5%

49

2 additional enforcement officer posts to target areas prone to fly-tipping

64

 

Reduce Members' Special Responsibility Allowances (SRAs) by 10%, and scrap SRAs for Cabinet Advisors

63

Mitigate the impact of transport cuts on Sheffield's elderly and disabled residents by reinstating free train travel within South Yorkshire

277

 

Reduce pay on employees paid over £100,000 by 10% (assume 6 month saving)

51

 

 

Pest Control service to become fully self-financing

153

 

 

Introduce charging policy for non-statutory translation & interpreting services to generate 10% saving

25

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue saving sub-total

341

Revenue spending sub-total

341

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Budget proposal

Capital spending proposal

£'000

Financing of capital proposals

£'000

Construction of 2 floodlit 3G football pitches with covered area at Wensley Street, Fir Vale

1,200

Use of New Homes Bonus to fund football pitches at Wensley Street

1,200

 

 

 

 

Capital spending total

1,200

Financing of capital proposals total

1,200

 

 

Use of 2015/16 projected revenue underspend

Savings proposals

£'000

Spending proposals

£'000

Temporary reductions in spending:

 

Use of 2015/16 projected revenue underspend

(The carry forward from the 2015/16 budget is subject to approval by Cabinet at its meeting on 9 March 2016. If this carry forward is not approved by Cabinet the amount will be met from Reserves)

 

 

523

Temporary addition to budget:

 

One-off communication and education campaign targeted at areas prone to fly-tipping

 

Temporary and partial reversal of cuts to Activity Sheffield budget

 

 

50

 

 

 

473

 

 

 

 

Use of projected revenue underspend sub-total

 

523

One-off spending proposals sub-total

 

523

 

 

(16)

notes those specific projects included in the years 2016/17 to 2021/22 Capital Programmes at Appendix 9 of the report on the Capital Programme, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (15) above, and that block allocations are included within the Programme for noting at this stage and detailed proposals will be brought back for separate Member approval as part of the monthly monitoring procedures;

 

 

(17)

notes the proposed Capital Programme for the 5 years to 2021/22 as per Appendix 9 of the report on the Capital Programme, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (15) above;

 

 

(18)

approves the Corporate Resource Pool (CRP) policy outlined in Appendix 4 of the report on the Capital Programme such that the commitment from the CRP is limited to one year and no CRP supported schemes are approved beyond 2016-17 unless explicitly stated, and that further reports will be brought to Members as part of the monthly approval process should the receipts position improve;

 

 

(19)

after noting the joint report of the Chief Executive and the Interim Executive Director, Resources now submitted on the Revenue Budget 2016/17, approves and adopts a net Revenue Budget for 2016/17 amounting to £406.492m, as set out in Appendix 3 of that report, and subsequently amended in the light of paragraph (15) above, as follows:-

 

 

 

Appendix 3

Summary Revenue Budget

Original

Original

Budget

Budget

2015/16

2016/17

£000

£000

Portfolio budgets:

65,980

Children Young People and Families

66,415

156,215

Communities

153,756

126,520

Place

129,779

2,292

Policy Performance and Communications

1,770

54,135

Resources

52,216

405,142

403,936

Corporate Budgets:

Specific Grants

-12,399

NHS Funding

-12,399

-73,442

PFI Grant

-74,601

-7,738

New Homes Bonus (LGF)

-9,323

-1,916

Business Rates Transitional Grant

-1,490

-2,500

Small Business Rates Relief

-2,880

-100

Empty New Build Relief (ENBR)

0

-500

Retail Relief (RR)

0

-53

Local Support Services Grant

0

-2,216

Independent Living Fund

-2,216

Corporate Items

8,200

Redundancy Provision

8,200

-17,289

Pension Costs

-18,846

6,391

New Homes Bonus (LGF)

8,405

-2,000

Public Health Savings / re-investments

-698

3,000

Contingency - Adults Social Care Pressures

4,555

24,913

Schools and Howden PFI

25,094

1,400

Infrastructure Investment in NRQ / St Pauls Place

600

34

Payment to Parish Councils

27

300

ICT Refresh

300

-1,783

CAPITA Contract Savings*

0

0

Better Care Fund

-9,300

0

Pension Deficit Payment

80,100

3,327

Other

1,067

37,184

Capital Financing costs

31,995

28,073

MSF capital financing costs

28,199

28,032

Contribution to Reserves

-54,233

424,060

Total Expenditure

406,492

Financing of Net Expenditure

-115,837

Revenue Support Grant

-90,592

-105,661

NNDR/Business Rates Income

-106,566

-28,883

Business Rates Top Up Grant

-29,124

-170,379

Council Tax income

-176,467

-3,300

Collection Fund surplus

-283

0

Social Care Precept

-3,460

-424,060

Total Financing

-406,492

* The total Capita savings for 2016/17 are £3.4m but are reflected as a budget reduction within the Resources portfolio instead of a Corporate Saving.

** The Communities portfolio budget includes £131.1m for Adult Social Care (ASC) in 2015/16. The ASC budget will increase by £3.5m in 2016/17, funded by the social care precept.

(20)

approves a Band D equivalent Council Tax of £1,360.48 for City Council services, i.e. an increase of 3.99% (1.99% City Council increase and 2% national arrangement for the social care precept);

 

 

(21)

approves the Revenue Budget allocations and Budget Implementation Plans for each of the services, as set out in Appendix 2 of the Revenue Budget report, subject to the amendments outlined in paragraph (15) above;

 

 

(22)

notes the latest 2015/16 budget monitoring position;

 

 

(23)

approves the Treasury Management and Annual Investment Strategies set out in Appendix 7 of the Revenue Budget reportand the recommendations contained therein;

 

 

(24)

approves the Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) Statement set out in Appendix 7 of the Revenue Budget report;

 

 

(25)

agrees that authority be delegated to the Director of Finance to undertake Treasury Management activity, to create and amend appropriate Treasury Management Practice Statements and to report on the operation of Treasury Management activity on the terms set out in these documents;

 

 

(26)

agrees that the Members' Allowances Scheme for 2013/14 and onwards, approved on 15th May, 2013, and implemented for 2014/15 and for 2015/16, be also implemented for 2016/17, subject to the amendment outlined in paragraph (15) above relating to the reductions in Basic and Special Responsibility Allowances and the deletion of Special Responsibility Allowances for Cabinet Advisors;

 

 

(27)

agrees to forego an annual increase in the Members’ Allowances in 2016/17;

 

 

(28)

approves a Pay Policy for 2016/17 as set out in Appendix 8 of the Revenue Budget report, subject to the amendment outlined in paragraph (15) above relating to the reduction in pay for employees paid over £100K;

 

 

(29)

delegates authority to the Director of Public Health and the Interim Executive Director, Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, to approve the final allocation of Public Health grant to portfolios in 2016/17;

 

 

(30)

approves the proposed amount of compensation to Parish Councils for the loss of council tax income in 2016/17 at the levels shown in the table below paragraph 168 of the Revenue Budget report;

 

 

(31)

notes the precepts issued by local parish councils which add £503,423 to the calculation of the budget requirement in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

 

 

(32)

notes the information on the precepts issued by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority, together with the impact of these on the overall amount of Council Tax to be charged in the City Council’s area;

 

 

(33)

notes that, based on the estimated expenditure level of £406.492m set out in paragraph (19) above, the amounts shown in Appendix 6b below would be calculated by the City Council for the year 2016/17, in accordance with Sections 30 to 36of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 6a

 

CITY OF SHEFFIELD

CALCULATION OF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL TAX FOR 2016/17 REVENUE BUDGET

 

The Council is recommended to resolve as follows:

 

1.

It be noted that on 15th January 2016, the Council calculated the Council Tax Base 2016/17

 

 

 

(a)

for the whole Council area as:

 

 

132,253.72

(item T in the formula in Section 31B 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 6c.

 

 

 

2.

Calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council's own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish precepts) is:

 

£          179,927,895.

 

 

3.

That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

 

(a)

£1,370,283,044

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)

£1,189,851,727

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

 

 

(c)

£180,431,317

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 31B of the Act).

 

 

 

(d)

£1,364.2816

being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish Precepts).

 

 

 

(e)

£503,423

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the attached Appendix 6b).

 

 

Supporting documents: