Agenda
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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. The quorum for Council is 9 members.
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting. Additional documents: |
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To confirm the minutes of the meeting of Council held on 21 January 2026. Additional documents: |
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Announcements from the Chair, Leader or Chief Executive To receive any announcements from the Chair of the Council, the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive. Additional documents: |
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Public Questions To deal with questions from the public within the open forum question and answer session of fifteen minutes in total. Questions from each member of the public should be no longer than one minute each and relate to issues under the Council’s remit. At any one meeting no person may submit more than two questions and no more than two such questions may be asked on behalf of one organisation.
The Chair will ask whether any members of the public present at the meeting wish to ask a question and will decide on the order of questioners.
The response may take the form of: a) a direct oral answer; b) where the desired information is in a publication of the Council or other published work, a reference to that publication; or c) where the reply cannot conveniently be given orally, a written answer circulated later to the questioner. Additional documents: |
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Member Questions No Member Questions have been submitted prior to the publication of the agenda. Additional documents: |
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Appointments to Committees For Council to consider the following the resignation of former councillor Nigel Robbins: 1. The appointment of a member to the vacant Liberal Democrat seat on the Audit and Governance Committee. 2. The appointment of a Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee. Additional documents: |
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Budget Council Protocol The Council’s Constitution (Part G Appendix D) includes the Budget Protocol (link to Budget Protocol) which sets out the procedures followed at the Budget Council meeting.
In view that the Budget Council meeting day is a Monday rather than the usual Wednesday (i.e. brought forward by 2 days), the deadline included in the linked document for amendments needs to be brought forward by 2 days reflecting the Full Council decision on the change of date.
For clarity, the deadline is: no later than 3.00 p.m. on the Thursday [19 February 2026] before the Council meeting [on Monday 23 February 2026]
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2026-27 Revenue Budget, Capital Programme and Medium Term Financial Strategy Purpose: To present the Revenue Budget for 2026/27, Capital Programme and Medium-Term Financial Strategy for 2026/27 to 2029/30.
Recommendation: That Council resolves to approve: 1. the Medium-Term Financial Strategy set out in Annex B 2. the Budget Pressures and Savings for inclusion in the budget, set out in Annex C 3. the Council Tax Requirement of £7,419,716 for this Council 4. the Council Tax level for Cotswold District Council purposes of £163.93 for a Band D property in 2026/27 (an increase of £5) 5. the Capital Programme, set out in Annex D 6. the Annual Capital Strategy 2026/27, as set out in Annex E 7. the Annual Treasury Management Strategy and Non-Treasury Management Investment Strategy 2026/27, as set out in Annex F 8. the Strategy for the Flexible use of Capital Receipts, as set out in Annex H 9. that £2m is set aside in a new earmarked reserve Council Priority: LGR Transition through the releasing of £2m of the balance currently held in the Financial Resilience Reserve. 10. the balances and reserves forecast for 2026/27 to 2029/30 as set out in Section 7 of the report.
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Council Tax 2026/27 Purpose: To set the Council Tax and precepts for 2026/27.
Recommendation: That, subject to confirmation of Gloucestershire County Council’s precept, Council resolves to: 1) Agree for the purposes of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 Section 35(2), that there are no special expenses for the District Council in 2026/27;
2) Note that, using their delegated authority, the Deputy Chief Executive calculated the Council Tax Base for 2026/27:
(a) for the whole Council area as 45,261.49 [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 Schedule 1.
3) Agree that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2026/27 (excluding Parish Precepts) is £7,419,716.
4) Agree that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2026/27 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:
(a) 52,952,023 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 and any additional special expenses.
(b) £39,934,694 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act.
(c) £13,017,510 being the amount by which the aggregate at 4(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 4(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) £287.60 being the amount at 4(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 and Special Expenses);
(e) £5,597,794 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts and Special Expenses) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act as per the attached Schedule 2.
(f) £163.93 being the amount at 4(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 4(e) above by Item T(2(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 or special item relates;
(g) the amounts shown in Schedule 2 being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 4(f) above, the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area shown in Schedule 2 divided in each case by the amount at 2(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate;
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Pay Policy Statement 2026 Purpose: To consider the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2026/27.
Recommendation: That Council resolves to approve the Pay Policy 2026/27. Additional documents: |
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Notice of Motions No motions have been received for this meeting of Council. Additional documents: |
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Next meeting The next meeting of Council will be held on Wednesday 18 March 2026 at 2.00pm.
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