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Council 20th March 2018 SUMMONS AND AGENDA To: All Members of the Council Town Hall, Luton LU1 2BQ Tel: 01582 546000 12th March 2018 Dear Councillor You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of LUTON BOROUGH COUNCIL to be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER, TOWN HALL, LUTON on Tuesday 20th March 2018 at 6.00 p.m. for the purpose of transacting the business set out in the Agenda below. Yours sincerely Trevor Holden, Chief Executive AGENDA No. 3/18 1. MINUTES To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 19th February 2018 as set out on pages 509 to 515. 2. PRESENTATION Health and Social Care Integration (Gerry Taylor, Director of Public Health) 3. MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS 4. CORRECTION SHEET Council 20th March 2018 SUMMONS AND AGENDA The Mayor to refer to any correction sheet circulated at the meeting. 5. QUESTIONS UNDER STANDING ORDER 7.1 To consider any questions submitted in accordance with Standing Order 7.1. [Any unfinished business under this item will be dealt with at Agenda Item 12.] 6. REPORT OF THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE 1. Annual Report 2016-17 516 to 531 7. REPORT OF THE BEDFORSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY To consider the report of the Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority as set out in pages 532 to 541. 8. BEDFORDSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY: QUESTIONS A representative of the Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority to answer any questions submitted under Standing Order 15.1. Page Nos. 9. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADER Annual Report under Standing Order 42 – Decisions 542 to 543 taken by the Executive under the Special Urgency Provisions of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 10. REFERENCES FROM ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATION COMMITTEE (27th February 2018) 1. Pay Policy Statement 2018/19 544 to 557 2. Gender Pay Gap 2018/19 558 to 563 11. REPORTS OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE (SERVICE DIRECTOR, POLICY COMMUNITIES AND ENGAGEMENT) 1. Draft Calendar of Meetings 2018/19 564 to 575 2. Members Allowances 576 to 587 Council 20th March 2018 SUMMONS AND AGENDA 12. QUESTIONS UNDER STANDING ORDER 7.1 To deal with any unfinished business left over from Agenda Item 5 above. AGENDA ITEM: 1 MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF LUTON HELD AT THE TOWN HALL, LUTON ON MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2018 AT 6.00 P.M. PRESENT: THE MAYOR - Councillor M. Ayub THE DEPUTY MAYOR - Councillor Agbley, COUNCILLORS - Akbar, Ashraf, N. Ayub, Burnett, Campbell, Chapman, Chowdhury, Castleman, R. J. Davis, M. Dolling, M. J. Dolling, Farooq, Franks, Garrett, Hopkins, Hussain, A. Khan, Lewis, Malcolm, Malik, Moles, Mirza, O’Callaghan, Petts, Rafiq, Rathore, Riaz, Rivers, Roden, Rogers, Rowland, R. Saleem, S. Saleem, Shaw, Simmons, Skepelhorn, D. Taylor, J. Taylor, Timoney, Waheed, and Worlding. 13 MINUTES (REF: 1) Resolved: That the Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 23rd January 2018 be taken as read, approved as a correct record and signed by the Mayor. 14 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence from the meeting were received on behalf of Councillors Keens, T. Khan and Young. 15 PRESENTATION The Executive Leader and the Deputy Leader of the Council gave a presentation to provide Council with a progress update on the Luton Investment Framework. 509 16 MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS (REF: 2) The Mayor advised that a civic event to be held on Monday 12th March 2018 to celebrate Commonwealth Day. The event would commence at 10.15am in the Council Chamber and be followed by light refreshments in Committee Room 4. 17 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE ACT 1992 The Chief Executive reminded the Council that a list of items before the Council which were within the ambit of Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 had been circulated to all Members and that any Member to whom that Section applied should disclose the fact and refrain from voting on any question relating to those items. (Note: No disclosures by Members were made.) 18 DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST The Chief Executive reported that Councillor Roden had disclosed an interest other than pecuniary (personal) in Agenda Item 5.2 – Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Estimates and Rents and Service Charges 2018/19 in her capacity as a leaseholder of a Council property and would remain in the meeting during consideration of the matter. The Chief Executive reported that Councillor Worlding had disclosed an interest other than pecuniary (personal) in Agenda Item 5.2 – Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Estimates and Rents and Service Charges 2018/19 and would remain in the meeting during consideration of the matter. 19 RECOMMENDATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE - 8TH FEBRUARY 2018 - BUDGET AND CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2018/19 (REF: 5.1) Upon consideration of the report of the Executive (8th February 2018) on the Budget and Capital Programme 2018/19 (Ref: 5.1) it was proposed by Councillor Malcolm, seconded by Councillor Simmons and: Resolved: (i) That Council approve: (a) the 2018/19 revenue estimates of net expenditure including movements in reserves, as set out in the budget papers (known as the ‘Green Book’) circulated. (b) the items put forward for inclusion in the draft Capital Programme (set out in the blue pages of the budget papers) and the potential funds available as set out in Appendix H to the report (Ref: 5.1), and approve the items and amounts to be included in the Capital Programme for 2018-2023 on the basis that all new schemes which require Executive approval (on the basis of a full detailed 510 business case and business plan) is produced before they can proceed. (c) the list of savings proposals (white pages of Budget Papers pages 31 to 36) and approve the service changes necessary to give effect to those savings subject to appropriate consultation taking place and being properly considered. (d) the list of spend pressures (white pages of Budget Papers 29 to 30) and approve the service changes necessary to give effect to those growth proposals. (e) Note that the Executive at its meeting on 11th December 2017 (Minute EX/127/17) decided that the Council’s net Council Tax Base for 2018/19 be set at 50,461.1 Band D equivalents as calculated in accordance with the Local Authority (Calculation of Tax Base) Regulations 1992 as amended by the Local Authorities (Calculations of Council Tax Base)(Amendment)(England) Regulations 2003 and the Local Government Finance Act 2012. (f) the 2018/19 Band D Council Tax precept for Luton Borough Council of £1,435.30 (including the ring-fenced precept of 3% for Social Care costs), subject to the confirmation of the 3% referendum limit, prior to the Adult Social care Levy. (g) that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2018/19 in accordance with Sections 32 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended: i. £571,963,949 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2) of the Act. ii. £499,537,132 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(3) of the Act. iii. £72,426,817 being the amount by which the aggregate at 2g(i) above exceeds the aggregate at 2g(ii) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 32(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year. iv. £1,435.30 being the amount at 2g(iii) above, divided by the amount of £50, 461.1 as shown in (e) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 33 of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year. (h) Note that Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner and the Bedfordshire and Luton Combined Fire Authority confirmed their precept 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 at (i) below. 511 (i) that the Council, in accordance with Section 30 and 36 of the Local Government Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the table below as amounts of Council Tax for 2018/19 for each of the categories of dwellings set out in the table below: Band Luton Beds PCC Fire Total £ £ £ £ £ A 956.87 118.73 63.73 1139.33 B 1116.34 138.51 74.35 1329.20 C 1275.82 158.30 84.97 1519.09 D 1435.30 178.09 95.59 1708.98 E 1754.26 217.67 116.83 2088.76 F 2073.21 257.24 138.07 2468.52 G 2392.17 296.82 15 9 . 32 2 848 . 31 H 2870.60 356.18 191.18 3417.96 (j) the determination that the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2018/19 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. (k) the revenue budget in the format prescribed by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, which includes the Fire and Police precepts, noting the revenue budget recommendation is accompanied by a report from the Service Director, Finance and Audit attached at Appendix 2 to the report (Ref 5.1) on the ‘robustness’ of the budget proposal, accompanied by a statement on reserves and provisions, in accordance with the requirements of section 25 of the Local Government Act 2003. (l) the funding formula for primary and secondary schools, plus the centrally retained and early years allocations of the 2018/19 central Dedicated Schools Grant, as proposed by the Schools Forum and set out in Paragraphs 107-125 and Appendices J & K to the report (Ref: 5.1).