RESOLVED:

that, in accordance with the provisions of schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and Paragraph 10.4 [3] of the Council’s Access to Information Rules, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item

RESOLVED:

To approve the response to Government’s Technical Consultation on the Proposed Infrastructure Levy as set out in Appendix 1 to thE report.

That authority be given to the Executive Director of Place to agree, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Highways and Regulatory Services, any additional minor changes to the Council’s response to this consultation ahead of its submission to the Government by the 9^th June 2023.

RESOLVED:

1.1.       To approve the Council’s role in managing and delivering the Shropshire based demonstrator programme, under the River Severn Partnership, utilising the Council’s formal statutory role as Lead Local Flood Risk Management Authority (LLFA).

3.2       To approve the Council signing two grant funding agreements for the River Perry and     Rea Brook, which exceed £500,000 in grant contribution, thereby enabling transfer      of         the Defra funds to Shropshire based delivery partners

3.3       To delegate to the Executive Director of Place, Section 151 officer and the Portfolio                     Holder for Climate Change, Environment and Transport to:

3.3.1   proceed with setting arrangements for the delivery and monitoring of benefits associated with the demonstrator programme, in partnership with the Environment Agency.

RESOLVED:

To note that the Council remains fully compliant with the agreed prudential indicators and the treasury management strategy.

RESOLVED:

To consider and endorse the corporate performance report.

To consider the emerging issues in this report as set out in paragraph 9.

To review both the appendix and performance portal to identify any performance areas to consider in greater detail at future performance scrutiny meetings.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

In respect of the revenue budget:

a)    Note that the outturn is an overspend of £8.499m.

b)    Note the consequent level of the General Fund balance is £7.093m.

c)    Note the service-related use of £33.192m of Earmarked Reserves & Provisions.

d)    Note that the combination of earmarked and un-earmarked (General) reserves is below a level that would be regarded as safe, taking into account local circumstances. The MTFS sets out an agreed plan to restore these balances to safer levels.

Relating to ringfenced funding:

e)    Note the performance of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) – £0.768m (4%) surplus outturn for 2022/23 on £19m turnover, and the resulting level of the HRA reserve of £12.359m. The level of the accumulated surpluses held as a reserve should be reviewed and an appropriate action plan brought forward.

f)     Note that the level of school balances has increased by £2.296m, from £8.191m in 2021/22 to £10.487m. The level of accumulated net surpluses in schools’ balances is considerable, and schools should identify the rationale for holding balances at those levels. 

In respect of the capital programme:

g)    Approve net budget variations of -£4.007m to the 2022/23 capital programme (in Appendix 11) and the re-profiled 2022/23 capital budget of £111.112m.

h)      Approve the re-profiled capital budgets of £26.575m for 2023/234, including slippage of £10.747m from 2022/23, £110.787m for 2024/25 and £56.264m for 2025/26 as detailed in Appendix 15.

i)        Accept the outturn expenditure set out in Appendices 12 and 13 of £100.365m, representing 90.3% of the revised capital budget for 2022/23.

j)       Approve retaining a balance of capital receipts set aside of £17.465m as at 31st March 2023 to generate a one-off Minimum Revenue Provision saving of £0.572m in 2023/24.

RESOLVED: 

To accept the recommendations of the New Housing Developments Task and Finish Group and request that an action plan for delivery of these recommendations be proposed by July 2023.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting held on 19 April 2023 be confirmed as a correct record.

RESOLVED

1.1.       That Cabinet approves the draft Corporate Carbon Performance Monitoring report 2021-22 (Appendix 1) for publication;

1.2.       That Cabinet supports:

i.        Efforts to widen understanding and ownership of the need for urgent climate action and carbon reduction through training and the identification of a staff ‘climate change’ champion in each service.

ii.       An Officer report being prepared to explore how the Council’s procurement policies can be updated to help accurately quantify and help suppliers to reduce indirect carbon emissions, which now account for around 93% of the Council’s corporate carbon footprint.

iii.     Work to prepare a corporate ‘Climate Change Adaptation’ strategy during 2023 to identify key climate risks, their potential impact on the delivery of council services, staff and service users and to set out actions and measures to moderate these risks.