Voting record
Budget Council, Council, Monday, 24th February, 2025 6.00 pm
Item: Budget 2025/26 and Medium Term Financial Strategy
Conservative Group Budget Amendment - Budget 2025/2026::
Amendment status:
Rejected
It was proposed to Restructure the CDC communications team so that the staffing costs within the communications budget are reduced from £340,000 to £200,000 to give a £140,000 annual saving, reducing the overall Press & PR/Communications budget from £404,764 to £264,764.
£40,000 of this annual saving to be used towards a new permanent Level 1 Case and Field Work Officer post in the Environmental Protection Team.
Vote | Councillors | Count |
|---|---|---|
| VoteFor | CouncillorsCorps, Cunningham, Fowles, Hodgkinson, Judd, Stowe, Theyer and Wilkins | Count8 |
| VoteAgainst | CouncillorsBloomer, Brassington, Coleman, Evemy, Harris, Harris, Ind, Layton, McKeown, Neill, Pellegram, Robbins, Gary Selwyn, Spivey, Vann and Watson | Count16 |
| VoteAbstain | CouncillorsMaclean and Turner | Count2 |
| VoteConflict Of Interests | CouncillorsNone | Count0 |
To approve the Revenue Budget for 2025/26, Capital Programme and Medium-Term Financial Strategy for 2025/26 to 2028/29:
Resolution status:
Carried
Council RESOLVED to approve:
- the Medium-Term Financial Strategy set out in Annex B
- the Budget Pressures and Savings for inclusion in the budget, set out in Annex C
- the Council Tax Requirement of £7,065,418 for this Council
- the Council Tax level for Cotswold District Council purposes of £158.93 for a Band D property in 2025/26 (an increase of £5)
- the Capital Programme, set out in Annex D
- the Annual Capital Strategy 2025/26, as set out in Annex E
- the Annual Treasury Management Strategy and Non-Treasury Management Investment Strategy 2025/26, as set out in Annex F
- the Strategy for the Flexible use of Capital Receipts, as set out in Annex H
- the balances and reserves forecast for 2025/26 to 2028/29 as set out in Section 7 of the report.
- formally note the renewal of the CIVICA OpenRevenues 3-year software contract from 01 June 2025 with an annual fee of £0.106m (an increase of £0.031m over the previous annual contract value)
Vote | Councillors | Count |
|---|---|---|
| VoteFor | CouncillorsBloomer, Brassington, Coleman, Evemy, Harris, Harris, Hodgkinson, Ind, Layton, McKeown, Neill, Pellegram, Robbins, Gary Selwyn, Spivey, Turner, Vann and Watson | Count18 |
| VoteAgainst | CouncillorsCorps, Cunningham, Fowles, Judd, Stowe, Theyer and Wilkins | Count7 |
| VoteAbstain | CouncillorsMaclean | Count1 |
| VoteConflict Of Interests | CouncillorsNone | Count0 |