MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL HELD IN COUNCIL CHAMBER, HALL, ON THURSDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2018

Commenced 4.00 pm Concluded 5.40 pm

PRESENT

The Lord Mayor (Councillor Abid Hussain) and Councillors:

LABOUR A Ahmed Akhtar Amran Azam Bacon Berry Dodds Duffy Dunbar Engel Farley Ferriby Green Greenwood Hinchcliffe Arshad Hussain S Hussain T Hussain Iqbal Jabar Jamil Johnson H Khan I Khan Lal Lee Mohammed Mullaney Nazir Peart Pullen Ross-Shaw Salam Shabbir Shafiq Shaheen Sharp M Slater V Slater Swallow Tait Thirkill Thornton Warburton Watson

CONSERVATIVE Ali Barker Brown Cooke Davies Ellis Gibbons Heseltine Pennington M Pollard Poulsen Riaz Rickard Senior BM Smith D Smith Townend Whiteley

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AND INDEPENDENT R Ahmed Fear Griffiths N Pollard Reid Stelling Stubbs J Sunderland R Sunderland Ward

GREEN INDEPENDENTS QUEENSBURY INDEPENDENT H Hussain Hawkesworth INDEPENDENT Morris Love Naylor L Cromie Warnes

INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT K Hussain Sajawal

The Lord Mayor in the Chair

1 96. THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES (DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS) REGULATIONS 2012

The report of the Monitoring Officer (Document “O”) considered the granting of dispensations to all Members who had certain Disclosable Pecuniary Interests as defined in the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 for approving the budget and setting the Council Tax and Business Rates. Members had also disclosed interests which were not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they considered should be made in the interests of clarity.

The lists attached as appendices A and B to the report had been updated with further notifications by Members on their declarations. It was,

Resolved –

That Council:

(1) Grants a dispensation to the Members of the Authority who have requested one, to enable them to participate in full in the decision to approve the budgets for 2018/19 and 2019/20 and to set the Council Tax and Business Rates for 2018/19 and 2019/20.

(2) Approves the dispensation for a period of 2 years until 21 February 2019.

(3) Notes the Monitoring Officer’s advice that personal interests that may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest shall not prevent Members from speaking and voting at the Budget meetings.

Dispensations under the Localism Act 2011 for the declaration of Members’ Disclosable Pecuniary Interests were given to the following Members to enable them to speak and vote on the Budget 2018/19 and 2019/20: Employment – Councillors Amran, Berry, Brown, Dunbar, H Hussain, T Hussain, I Khan, Lal, Morris, Ross-Shaw, Sajawal, Salam, Tait and Thornton. Sponsorship - Councillors Davies, Dodds, Engel, Farley, Fear, Gibbons, Griffiths, Green, T Hussain, Iqbal, Jabar, Johnson, I Khan, Love, Mullaney, Pennington, N Pollard, Poulsen, Pullen, Reid, Ross-Shaw, Sharp, M Slater, Stelling, Stubbs, J Sunderland, R Sunderland, Swallow, Tait, Thirkill and Thornton. Contracts – Councillors Naylor, Salam, Shafiq, Sharp and D Smith. Land – A Ahmed, R Ahmed, Ali, Amran, Azam, Bacon, Barker, Berry, Brown, Cooke, L Cromie, Davies, Dodds, Duffy, Dunbar, Ellis, Engel, Farley, Fear, Ferriby, Gibbons, Greenwood, Griffiths, Hawkesworth, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, Abid Hussain, Arshad Hussain, H Hussain, K Hussain, S Hussain, T Hussain, Iqbal, Jabar, Jamil, Johnson, H Khan, I Khan, Lal, Lee, Love, Mohammed, Morris, Mullaney, Naylor, Nazir, Peart, Pennington, M Pollard, N Pollard, Poulsen, Pullen, Reid, Riaz, Rickard, Ross-Shaw, Sajawal, Salam, Senior, Shabbir, Shafiq, Shaheen, Sharp, M Slater, V Slater, B M Smith, D Smith, Stelling, Stubbs, J Sunderland, R Sunderland, Swallow, Tait, Thirkill, Thornton, Townend, Warburton, Ward, Watson and Whiteley.

2 Licences - Bacon, B M Smith, D Smith and J Sunderland. Corporate Tenancies – L Cromie

The following personal declarations were received:

Members with a spouse, partner or close relative in the employment of the Council Councillors A Ahmed, Amran, Brown, Dodds, Ellis, Hawkesworth, H Hussain, T Hussain, Iqbal, I Khan, Lal, Love, Morris, Nazir, Pennington, Riaz, Ross-Shaw, Salam, Shabbir, Shafiq, M Slater, V Slater, Swallow, Tait, Townend and Ward

Members employed by or who have a spouse, partner or close relative employed by a voluntary organisation/public body funded by the Council Councillors Brown, Hawarun Hussain, I Khan, Lal, Mullaney, Shabbir, Shaheen, and Thirkill

Members who occupied land or who had a spouse, partner, relative or were directors of companies or sat on the management committee of an organisation that occupied land under a lease or licence granted by the Council Councillors Brown, Heseltine, H Hussain, Jamil, I Khan, Love, Mullaney, N Pollard, Reid, Ross-Shaw, B M Smith, D Smith, Stelling, J Sunderland, R Sunderland (related to J Sunderland) and Warnes

Members of other public authorities Adoption Panel – Councillors Davies and Duffy Airedale Drainage Board Commissioners - Councillors Ellis and Rickard Airedale Partnership – Councillors Cooke and Ross-Shaw Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) – Councillor Berry Better Start Bradford – Councillor Sajawal Voluntary Action – Councillor Pennington Bradford and Airedale Citizens Advice Bureau – Councillors Barker and Watson Bradford Deaf Community Association – Councillors Akhtar, Iqbal and B M Smith Bradford District Care Trust – Councillor A Ahmed The Bridge Project Bradford – Councillor Berry Christopher Tophams Apprenticing Foundation – Councillor Whiteley City Regions Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe Clayton Community Association – Councillor Thirkill Drake and Tonson Foundation – Councillor Bacon Fostering Panel – Councillors A Ahmed, Akhtar and Townend Greenmoor Community Board (City and Wards) – Councillor Azam, Dodds and Jabar Harehills Education Trust – Councillors Bacon, Brown and M Slater Exhibition Trust – Councillors Farley and Poulsen Youth and Community Association and Children’s Centre – Councillors Gibbons and B M Smith Joseph Nutter’s Foundation – Councillors Lee, Thirkill and Gibbons (Member of Management Board) Key Cities – Councillors Hinchcliffe and I Khan Leeds Bradford International Airport – Consultative Committee – Councillor Ross- Shaw (alternate: Councillor Lal) Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership – Councillor Hinchcliffe Leeds City Region Employment and Skills Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe

3 Leeds City Region Land and Assets Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe Manningham Housing Association – Councillor Bacon Nell Bank Outdoor Education Centre – Councillors Ferriby, H Hussain, Poulsen and B M Smith NHS Foundation Trust – Councillors A Ahmed and Gibbons North Regional Association for Sensory Support (NRASS) – Councillors Gibbons and Wainwright Play Partnership – Councillor Swallow Rural Action Yorkshire – Councillor Hawkesworth Salt Foundation – Councillor Love Sir Titus Salt Trust – Councillors Amran, Cooke, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, H Hussain, Love and Thirkill Southern Pennine Rural Regeneration (Pennine Prospects) – Councillor Hawkesworth (Alternate: Councillor Ellis) Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) – Councillors Davies, Mohammed, Reid and Swallow – Court – Councillors Berry, Duffy, Khadim Hussain, D Smith, J Sunderland and Whiteley University of Leeds – Court – Councillor Jamil Combined Authority – Councillors Hinchcliffe (Chair), I Khan (alternate) and Cooke (alternate) West Yorkshire Combined Authority –Leeds City Region Land and Assets Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe West Yorkshire Combined Authority –Leeds City Region Planning Portfolio– Councillor Ross-Shaw West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Investment Committee – Councillor Ross- Shaw West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Ellis, Shaheen and Watson West Yorkshire Combined Authority Transport Committee – Councillors H Khan, Mohammed, Poulsen and Salam West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority – Councillors R Ahmed, Dodds, Peart, M Pollard and Tait West Yorkshire Joint Services Committee – Councillors Duffy, Hinchcliffe, Riaz and V Slater (Alternates: Councillors I Khan, Salam and Ellis) West Yorkshire Pension Fund Investment Advisory Panel – Councillor Thornton West Yorkshire Pension Fund Joint Advisory Group – Councillors Lal and Thornton West Yorkshire Pension Fund – Pensions Board – Councillor M Slater West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel – Councillors T Hussain and Pullen Woodroyd Nursery – Councillor Sajawal Carnival Management Committee – Councillor Hinchcliffe Yorkshire and Humber (Local Authorities) Employers Association – Councillor Duffy Yorkshire Libraries and Information – Councillor Ferriby Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Holding Company – Councillor Warburton Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Procurement Holdings - Councillors Warburton and Whiteley (Alternates: Councillors Ellis and Lal) Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee – Councillor Ellis (alternate Councillor Farley)

4 Parish Councillors Councillors Gibbons, Naylor, Rickard, D Smith, Thirkill and Whiteley

Members who sat on the management committee/ trustee of a Council voluntary organisation in receipt of Council Funding Councillors R Ahmed, Berry, Davies, Dodds, Ferriby, Hawkesworth, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, H Hussain, K Hussain, T Hussain, Jabar, Jamil, I Khan, Poulsen, Riaz, Sajawal, D Smith, B M Smith, J Sunderland, Tait, Thirkill, Townend and Warnes

Members who were members of a Council funded organisation Councillors R Ahmed, Brown, Fear, Gibbons, Hawkesworth, I Khan, Reid, Rickard, Ross-Shaw, V Slater, D Smith, J Sunderland and Thirkill

Members appointed by the Council to a public body with an interest in the Council’s budget – Councillors Berry and Dunbar Cathedral Council – Councillor Dodds Community and Arts Umbrella – Councillor Warnes Incommunities Ltd (HA Board) – Councillors Cooke and Duffy Business Improvement District Board – Councillor Ross-Shaw

Members who were appointed to external bodies in Bloom – Councillor M Pollard Bradford City Challenge Limited – Councillor Johnson Bradford City Challenge Foundation Limited – Councillor Imran Khan Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Trust – Councillor T Hussain Bradford Trident – Councillors Lal, Salam and Sajawal Bradford Twin Towns Association – Councillors Lee and D Smith Canal Road Urban Village – Councillor Ross-Shaw City of Film – Councillor Ferriby Friends of Bracken Hill Park – Councillor Jabar Friends of Harold Park – Councillor Tait Great Horton Partnership – Councillors Dodds and Jabar Wood Community Centre – Councillors Lee and M Slater Keighley Association Women and Children’s Centre – Councillor Lee Village Hall – Councillors Lee and M Slater Patrol Adjudication and BLASJC – Councillor Thirkill Ummid/Himmat Management Board – Councillor Jabar

Other interests UNISON Calderdale – Councillors T Hussain and Jabar

Members who were school governors Councillors Ali, Brown, Davies, Dodds, Duffy, Farley, Ferriby, Jamil, Lee, Peart, M Pollard, Sajawal, Shafiq, V Slater, D Smith, Swallow, Tait, Thirkill, Warburton and Watson. Councillor Rickard on the Moorlands Learning Trust. Councillor Riaz as an Academy Governor for the Northern Education Trust.

Members entitled to receive an allowance paid by the Council All Members of the Council in attendance.

5 West Yorkshire Pension Fund All Members in receipt of a West Yorkshire Pension Fund pension.

ACTION: Monitoring Officer

97. MINUTES

Resolved –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 16 January 2018 be signed as a correct record.

ACTION: City Solicitor

98. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors P Cromie, Imran Hussain, Mallinson, Miller, Shaw and Wainwright.

99. WRITTEN ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE LORD MAYOR

APPOINTMENT OF CIVIC AFFAIRS MANAGER

The appointment of Dawn Lowe to the post of Civic Affairs Manager was announced.

NATIONAL HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION DAY

The Lord Mayor had been honoured to host the National Holocaust Commemoration Day in the Banqueting Hall, City Hall, on 26 January 2018. The event commemorated the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides. Representatives were invited to light candles and bear witness on behalf of faith groups, modern day genocide victims, disabled people, trade unions, lesbian, gay and bisexual people and other victims not represented.

PUBLISHERS PUBLICITY CIRCLE HONOURS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR BRADFORD LIBRARIES

Congratulations were placed on record to Dionne Hood, Development Officer for Bradford Libraries who had been awarded the prestigious national ‘Librarian of the Year’ award by the Publishers Publicity Circle.

LGBT HISTORY MONTH – FEBRUARY 2018

The Lord Mayor was honoured to be invited to deliver the opening speech and raise a flag at City Hall to officially open the LGBT+ History Month on 1 February 2018. Along with local partners, Bradford Council had put together a month of entertainment, education and discussion activities in recognition of the valued LGBT community.

6 SUFFRAGETTE VOTE LANDMARK REMEMBERED An event celebrating the centenary of women’s suffrage and the role this District has played in the movement was held on 5 February 2018. The City Hall launch event marked the start of a year of celebrations marking the 100-year anniversary of the Representation of the People Act which enabled all men and some women over the age of 30 to vote for the first time.

100. INSPECTION OF REPORTS AND BACKGROUND PAPERS

There were no restricted documents.

101. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES AND JOINT COMMITTEES

There were no changes to the membership of committees.

102. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EXECUTIVE - BUDGET 2018/19 AND 2019/20

Previous references: Executive, Minutes 85, 87-88, 95 to 102 (2017/2018)

The Executive met on 6 and 20 February 2018 to make recommendations to Council on the Budget for 2018/19 and 2019/20. The following reports were submitted:

(i) The Council’s Revenue Estimates for 2018/19 and 2019/20

The report of the Assistant Director Finance and Procurement provided details of the Council’s Revenue Estimates for 2018/19 and 2019/20 (Document “P”). . (ii) Allocation of the Schools’ Budget 2018/19 Financial Year

The report of the Assistant Director Finance and Procurement presented and sought approval of the recommendations of the Schools Forum in allocating the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) for 2018/19 (Executive Document “BA”).

(iii) The Council’s Capital Investment Plan for 2018/19 Onwards

The report of the Assistant Director Finance and Procurement proposed the programme of capital expenditure for 2018/19 onwards (Executive Document “BB”).

(iv) 2018/19 Budget Proposals and Forecast Reserves Section 151 Officer’s Assessment

The report of the Assistant Director Finance and Procurement sets out the S151 Officer’s assessment of the proposed budget for the financial year

7 2018/19, the adequacy of the forecast reserves and associated risks (Document “Q”).

(v) Consultation Feedback and Equality Assessments for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 Council budget proposals

The report of the Assistant Director, Office of the Chief Executive, appendices and addenda provided feedback from the public engagement and consultation programme and set out a summary of the equality assessments carried out on the Executive’s Budget proposals for 2018/19 and 2019/20 (Executive Document “AV”). There was particular reference to the Council’s responsibilities under Equality legislation to enable the Council to have due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty when considering the Executive’s recommendations to Council on a budget for 2018/19 and 2019/20.

(vi) Trade Union Feedback on the Executive’s Budget Proposals for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 Council Budget

The report of the Interim Director of Human Resources, appendices and addenda provided feedback from the Council’s Trade Unions on the Executive’s budget proposals for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 Council budget (Executive Document “AW”) . An amendment to the Executive’s recommendations was moved by Councillor Cooke. The S151 Officer provided an assessment of the amendment contained in Document “R”. The amendment was defeated.

In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 a recorded vote was taken on Councillor Cooke’s amendment and the Council voted as follows:

For the Amendment (18) Ali Ellis Poulsen B M Smith Barker Gibbons Riaz D Smith Brown Heseltine Rickard Townend Cooke Pennington Senior Whiteley Davies M Pollard

Against the Amendment (61) A Ahmed Griffiths Lee Sharp R Ahmed Hawkesworth Love M Slater Akhtar Hinchcliffe Mohammed V Slater Amran Arshad Hussain Mullaney Stelling Azam Hawarun Hussain Naylor Stubbs Bacon Khadim Hussain Nazir J Sunderland Berry Shabir Hussain Peart R Sunderland Dodds Tariq Hussain N Pollard Swallow Duffy Iqbal Pullen Tait Dunbar Jabar Reid Thirkill Engel Jamil Ross-Shaw Thornton Farley Johnson Salam Warburton

8 Fear H Khan Shabbir Ward Ferriby I Khan Shafiq Warnes Green Lal Shaheen Watson Greenwood

Abstentions (4) The Lord Mayor L Cromie Morris Sajawal

On the recommendation of the Executive it was,

Resolved -

(1) THE COUNCIL’S REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR 2018/19

1.1 REVENUE ESTIMATES 2018/19

(a) That the Base Revenue Forecast of £371.445m for 2018/19 as set out in Document “P” (Revenue Estimates) be approved.

(b) That Document “P” and the consequent net reduction in investments of £7.197m in 2018/19 be approved.

(c) That Document “P” and the service savings and additional income of £6.138m in 2018/19 be approved.

(d) That it be noted that within the revenue budget there is a net contribution of £1.796m to revenue reserves in 2018/19.

(e) That Document “P” and the service savings proposals for 2018/19 be approved, requiring the Chief Executive, Strategic Directors and Directors to take necessary action during 2018/19 to ensure those savings are fully achievable for 2019/20.

(f) That the comments of the Assistant Director Finance and Procurement set out in Document “Q” on the robustness of the estimates and the adequacy of reserves taking account of the recommendations made at 1(a) to (e) above be noted.

1.2 PROPOSED COUNCIL TAX 2018/19

That it be noted that the projected council tax base and expenditure forecasts outlined in the report together with the 2018/19 resources and the budget variations approved at 1.1(b) and 1.1(c) above produce a proposed Band D council tax of £1,333.21 for 2018/19. This includes a social care precept of 3.0% which is to be ring fenced for expenditure on adult social care.

9 1.3 PAYMENT DATES FOR COUNCIL TAX AND NATIONAL NON- DOMESTIC RATES

That the first instalment date for payment of National Non-Domestic Rates and Council Tax shall be specified by the Section 151 Officer.

1.4 DELEGATION TO OFFICERS

That for the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to any of the powers contained in Article 14 of Part 2 of the Council's Constitution on the Function of Officers, the Section 151 Officer shall have full delegated powers to act on behalf of the Council on all matters relating to the Council Tax, Non-Domestic Rates and Accounts Receivable Debtors including (without prejudice to the generality of the delegation) assessments, determinations, recovery, enforcement and, in accordance with the statutory scheme, full delegated powers to act on behalf of the Council with regard to all aspects of the granting of Discretionary and Hardship Rate Relief to qualifying ratepayers.

1.5 PREPARATION OF ACCOUNTS

(a) That in preparing the Final Accounts for 2017/18, the Section 151 Officer be empowered to take appropriate steps to secure the best advantage for the Council's financial position. (b) That the Section 151 Officer be empowered to deal with items which involve the transfer of net spending between the financial years 2017/18 and 2018/19 in a manner which secures the best advantage for the Council's financial position. (c) That the Section 151 Officer report any action taken in pursuance of 1.5(a) and 1.5(b) above when reporting on the Final Accounts for 2017/18.

1.6 COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENT 2018/19

(a) That the council tax base figures for 2018/19 calculated by the Executive at its meeting on 9 January 2018 in respect of the whole of the Council’s area and individual parish and town council areas be noted.

(b) That the only special items for 2018/19 under Section 35 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 are local parish and town council precepts and no expenses are to be treated as special expenses under Section 35(1) (b) of that Act.

(c) That the Council Tax Requirement, excluding parish and town council precepts, be calculated as follows:

10 Gross expenditure £1,166,760,324 Income £977,676,352 Council Tax requirement £189,083,972 Council tax base 140,348 Basic amount of council tax £1,347.25 Adjustment in respect of parish and town council £ 14.04 precepts Basic amount excluding parish and town councils £1,333.21

(d) That the precepts of parish and town councils be noted and the resulting basic council tax amounts for particular areas of the Council be calculated as follows:

Local Council Tax Parish/Town Whole Area Basic Council Parish or Town Council Area Precept Base Council Tax Council Tax Tax Amount £ £ £ £

Addingham 98,845 1,720 57.47 0.00 57.47

Baildon 199,000 6,277 31.70 0.00 31.70

Bingley 140,918 8,640 16.31 0.00 16.31

Burley 194,220 2,988 65.00 0.00 65.00

Clayton 54,511 2,416 22.56 0.00 22.56

Cullingworth 28,880 1,172 24.64 0.00 24.64

Denholme 31,558 1,111 28.41 0.00 28.41

Harden 20,475 819 25.00 0.00 25.00

Haworth, Crossroads and 60,228 2,262 26.63 0.00 26.63 Ilkley 286,615 7,097 40.39 0.00 40.39

Keighley 500,570 14,845 33.72 0.00 33.72 117,828 2,182 54.00 0.00 54.00

Oxenhope 27,405 1,015 27.00 0.00 27.00

Sandy Lane 15,498 871 17.79 0.00 17.79

Silsden 76,030 2,937 25.89 0.00 25.89

Steeton with Eastburn 50,220 1,674 30.00 0.00 30.00 52,130 1,754 29.72 0.00 29.72

Wrose 15,765 2,102 7.50 0.00 7.50

Total of all local precepts 1,970,696 61,882

(e) That the council tax amounts for dwellings in different valuation bands in respect of the Council’s budget requirement, taking into account parish and town council precepts applicable to only part of the Council’s area, be calculated as follows, which includes the 3% social care precept:

11 Council Tax Amount for Each Valuation Band Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ All parts of the Council’s area 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 other than those below

The parish and town council areas of: 38.31 44.70 51.08 57.47 70.24 83.01 95.78 114.94 Baildon 21.13 24.66 28.18 31.70 38.74 45.79 52.83 63.40

Bingley 10.87 12.69 14.50 16.31 19.93 23.56 27.18 32.62

Burley 43.33 50.56 57.78 65.00 79.44 93.89 108.33 130.00

Clayton 15.04 17.55 20.05 22.56 27.57 32.59 37.60 45.12 16.43 19.16 21.90 24.64 30.12 35.59 41.07 49.28

Denholme 18.94 22.10 25.25 28.41 34.72 41.04 47.35 56.82

Harden 16.67 19.44 22.22 25.00 30.56 36.11 41.67 50.00 Haworth, Crossroads and 17.75 20.71 23.67 26.63 32.55 38.47 44.38 53.26 Stanbury Ilkley 26.93 31.41 35.90 40.39 49.37 58.34 67.32 80.78

Keighley 22.48 26.23 29.97 33.72 41.21 48.71 56.20 67.44 Menston 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 66.00 78.00 90.00 108.00

Oxenhope 18.00 21.00 24.00 27.00 33.00 39.00 45.00 54.00

Sandy Lane 11.86 13.84 15.81 17.79 21.74 25.70 29.65 35.58 17.26 20.14 23.01 25.89 31.64 37.40 43.15 51.78 Steeton with 20.00 23.33 26.67 30.00 36.67 43.33 50.00 60.00 Eastburn

Wilsden 19.81 23.12 26.42 29.72 36.32 42.93 49.53 59.44

Wrose 5.00 5.83 6.67 7.50 9.17 10.83 12.50 15.00

(f) That it be noted that for the year 2018/19 the Police Crime and Commissioner and West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority (WYFRA) have issued the following precepts.

Precept Council Tax Amount for Each Valuation Band Amount Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority 8,802,600 41.81 48.78 55.75 62.72 76.65 90.59 104.53 125.43

Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire 22,869,608 108.63 126.74 144.84 162.95 199.16 235.37 271.58 325.90

(g) That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at (e) and (f) above, the Council set the following amounts of council tax for 2018/19 in each of the categories of dwellings shown below which includes the 3% social care precept:

12 Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ All parts of the Council’s area 150.44 175.52 200.59 225.67 275.81 325.96 376.11 451.33 other than those below

The parish and town council areas of: Addingham 188.75 220.22 251.67 283.14 346.05 408.97 471.89 566.27 Baildon 171.57 200.18 228.77 257.37 314.55 371.75 428.94 514.73

Bingley 161.31 188.21 215.09 241.98 295.74 349.52 403.29 483.95

Burley 193.77 226.08 258.37 290.67 355.25 419.85 484.44 581.33 Clayton 165.48 193.07 220.64 248.23 303.38 358.55 413.71 496.45

Cullingworth 166.87 194.68 222.49 250.31 305.93 361.55 417.18 500.61

Denholme 169.38 197.62 225.84 254.08 310.53 367.00 423.46 508.15

Harden 167.11 194.96 222.81 250.67 306.37 362.07 417.78 501.33 Haworth, Crossroads and 168.19 196.23 224.26 252.30 308.36 364.43 420.49 504.59 Stanbury Ilkley 177.37 206.93 236.49 266.06 325.18 384.30 443.43 532.11

Keighley 172.92 201.75 230.56 259.39 317.02 374.67 432.31 518.77

Menston 186.44 217.52 248.59 279.67 341.81 403.96 466.11 559.33

Oxenhope 168.44 196.52 224.59 252.67 308.81 364.96 421.11 505.33

Sandy Lane 162.30 189.36 216.40 243.46 297.55 351.66 405.76 486.91

Silsden 167.70 195.66 223.60 251.56 307.45 363.36 419.26 503.11 Steeton with 170.44 198.85 227.26 255.67 312.48 369.29 426.11 511.33 Eastburn Wilsden 170.25 198.64 227.01 255.39 312.13 368.89 425.64 510.77

Wrose 155.44 181.35 207.26 233.17 284.98 336.79 388.61 466.33

(h) That Council notes the movement in Band D equivalent charges for 2018/19 over 2017/18 as set out in the table below.

Council Tax Council Tax Percentage change 2018-19 2017-18 2018-19 on 2017-18

Band D Band D Equivalent Equivalent

Bradford Metropolitan District Council 1,333.21 1,257.86 5.99%

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority 62.72 60.90 2.99% West Yorkshire Police Authority 162.95 150.95 7.95%

Local (Parish Council) Precepts: Addingham 57.47 34.95 64.4% Baildon 31.70 28.54 11.1% Bingley 16.31 15.96 2.2% Burley 65.00 48.02 35.4% Clayton 22.56 16.98 32.9% Cullingworth 24.64 17.10 44.1%

13 Denholme 28.41 23.98 18.5% Harden 25.00 20.00 25.0% Haworth etc 26.63 20.23 31.6% Ilkley 40.39 37.43 7.9% Keighley 33.72 33.72 0.0% Menston 54.00 51.30 5.3% Oxenhope 27.00 23.26 16.1% Sandy Lane 17.79 18.00 -1.2% Silsden 25.89 14.37 80.2% Steeton/ Eastburn 30.00 30.00 0.0% Wilsden 29.72 27.86 6.7% Wrose 7.50 7.50 0.0%

(2) ALLOCATION OF THE SCHOOLS BUDGET 2018/19 FINANCIAL YEAR

2.1 That the proposals from the Schools Forum for the allocation of the 2018/19 DSG as set out in Executive Document “BA” be accepted and approved.

2.2 That the total amount of £535.908m to be appropriated in respect of all schools covered by the Bradford Scheme for the Local Management of Schools, so as to establish the Individual Schools Budget for 2018/19 be approved.

(3) THE COUNCIL'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN FOR 2018-19 ONWARDS

It be approved that:

a) The Capital Investment Plan as set out at Appendix 2 to Executive Document “BB”. Commitments against reserve schemes and contingencies can only be made after a business case has been assessed by the Project Appraisal Group and approved by Executive.

b) Approve the £2m Property Programme Essential Maintenance Programme, to be funded from Reserves and Contingencies (See paragraph 4.10 of Executive Document “BB”).

c) The Chief Executive, Strategic Directors and Directors enter into commitments on capital schemes within the Capital Investment Plan subject to approval of business cases by Executive up to the approved amounts each year except that, where it is indicated that schemes are funded or partly funded from specific resources such as capital grants or contributions, revenue or capital receipts, the approved amount will be subject to the securing of those resources and be adjusted to reflect the amounts actually received.

d) Where necessary, the payments arising under the Capital Investment Plan are met from loans.

14 e) In order to provide the flexibility necessary to effectively manage the Capital Investment Plan, the Chief Executive, Strategic Directors and Directors be specifically empowered to advance or defer approved schemes subject to consultation with the Section 151 Officer and the availability of resources.

f) Additional capital schemes shall only commence where the scheme is wholly funded from specific resources on the approval of the Section 151 Officer.

g) The Borrowing Limits and Prudential Indicators as set out in Appendix 1to Executive Document “BB” are adopted by the Council.

h) The Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) policy as set out in paragraph 7.4 of Document “BB” is approved and adopted by the Council.

i) The development of the Capital Strategy in Appendix A to Executive Document “BB” is noted.

(4) 2018/19 BUDGET PROPOSALS AND FORECAST RESERVES - S151 OFFICER'S ASSESSMENT

That Members had regard to the report (Document “Q”) in setting the budget, and in particular note the conclusions that:

 the estimates presented to Council are sufficiently robust, in the context of the overall £358m net expenditure requirement and available contingencies

 the reserves are adequate for the 2018/19 proposed budget, and will be drawn on in accordance with proposed plan and reserves policy, recognising that estimates will be subject to review as part of the rolling planning cycle

 the projected corporate reserves to 2020/21 would, on current estimates, be adequate, subject to the implementation of the rest of the proposed financial plan.

(5) CONSULTATION FEEDBACK AND EQUALITY ASSESSMENTS FOR THE 2018/19 AND 2019/20 COUNCIL BUDGET PROPOSALS

That in accordance with Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, the Council had regard to the information contained in Executive Document “AV”, the appendices and equality assessments to that report and the First Addendum presented to Executive on 6 February 2018, when considering the Executive’s recommendations on a budget for 2018/19 and 2019/20.

15 (6) TRADE UNION FEEDBACK ON THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR THE 2018/19 AND 2019/20 COUNCIL BUDGET

That Council had regard to the feedback received from the Council’s Trade Unions contained in Executive Document “AW”, appendices and First Addendum presented to Executive on 6 February 2018 and the Second Addendum presented to the Executive on 20 February 2018 when considering the Executive’s recommendations on the Council’s budget for the financial years 2018/19 and 2019/20.

In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 a recorded vote was taken on the Executive’s recommendation and the Council voted as follows:

For the Executive’s recommendation on the Council Budget 2018/19 and 2019/20 (47)

A Ahmed Green I Khan Shafiq Akhtar Greenwood Lal Shaheen Amran Hinchcliffe Lee Sharp Azam Arshad Hussain Mohammed M Slater Bacon Khadim Hussain Mullaney V Slater Berry Shabir Hussain Nazir Swallow Dodds Tariq Hussain Peart Tait Duffy Iqbal Pullen Thirkill Dunbar Jabar Ross-Shaw Thornton Engel Jamil Sajawal Warburton Farley Johnson Salam Watson Ferriby H Khan Shabbir

Against the Recommendation (31)

R Ahmed Gibbons N Pollard Stelling Ali Griffiths Poulsen Stubbs Barker Hawkesworth Reid J Sunderland Brown Heseltine Riaz R Sunderland Cooke Morris Rickard Townend Davies Naylor Senior Ward Ellis Pennington B M Smith Whiteley Fear M Pollard D Smith

Abstentions (5)

The Lord Mayor L Cromie Hawarun Hussain Love Warnes

ACTION: Interim Strategic Director Corporate Services/Assistant Director Finance and Procurement/all Strategic Directors

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