Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

Minutes:

            No apologies were reported.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

            No declarations were reported.

 

3.

Restricted

Minutes:

            The information contained in the reports associated with the following item is restricted in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 6 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.

 

      Resolved – That the Committee agrees to exclude the Members of the Press and public from the Committee meeting during discussion on the following item as, due to its nature, there would be a disclosure of exempt information as described in Section 42(4) and Section 6 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.

 

4.

Revenue Estimates and District Rate 2023/24

Additional documents:

Minutes:

(Mr. T. Wallace, Director of Finance, attended in connection with this item).

 

            The Committee considered a report, which had been prepared by the Director of Finance, in relation to the establishment of the District Rate and the compilation of the Estimates of Revenue Expenditure for the year 2023/2024.

 

            The Director outlined that the paper would not be subject to call-in as it would cause an unreasonable delay which would be prejudicial to the Council and the public’s interest in striking the district rate by the legislative deadline of 15th February, 2023.

 

            He referred to the cash limit for the People and Communities Committee for 2023/2024, as recommended by the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, at its meeting on 20th January, and outlined the next steps in the rate setting process leading to the setting of the district rate by Council at its meeting in February 2023.

 

            Following consideration, the Committee noted the next steps in the rate setting process and: 

 

·        agreed a cash limit for the People and Communities Committee for 2023/24 of £98,901,629 and the individual service cash limits; and

 

·        agreed that the decision would not be subject to call-in, given that it would cause unreasonable delay which would be prejudicial to the Council’s and the public’s interests in striking the rate by the legislative deadline of 15th February, 2023.