Council Tax - Year ending 31st March 2011
On the resumption of the meeting, to receive and consider recommendations from the Executive Committee and to pass the appropriate resolutions fixing the Council Tax for the year ending 31st March 2011.
(Executive Committee Report refers)
Minutes:
The Council considered the recommendations of the meeting of the Executive Committee held during the adjournment referred to above, regarding the setting of the Council Tax 2010/11 and other associated financial matters.
Members discussed a number of issues that had contributed towards the overall budget setting process. The management of Pitcheroak Golf Course going forward was the subject of some debate and an additional motion proposing that the Council agree the principle of keeping the Pitcheroak Golf Course open, on current arrangements, subject to satisfactory negotiations, and contracts being drawn up was the subject of the following named vote in accordance with Standing Order 16:
Members voting FOR the motion:
Councillors Cookson, Enderby, Hartnett, Hunt, R King, W King, Mould, Shurmer and Taylor.
(9 votes)
Members voting AGAINST the motion:
Councillors Anderson, Banks, Braley, Brunner, Chalk, A Clayton, B Clayton, Field, Gandy, Hicks, Hopkins, MacMillan, Norton, Pearce, Quinney and Thomas.
(16 votes)
Members abstaining from voting:
Councillor Hall.
Accordingly, the Motion fell and an alternative Motion proposing that the Council agree the principle of keeping the Pitcheroak Golf Course open was the subject of the second, following named vote in accordance with Standing Order 16:
Members voting FOR the amendment to the motion:
Councillors Anderson, Banks, Braley, Brunner, Chalk, A Clayton, B Clayton, Cookson, Enderby, Field, Gandy, Hartnett, Hicks, Hopkins, Hunt, R King, W King MacMillan, Mould, Norton, Pearce, Quinney Shurmer, Taylor and Thomas.
(25 votes)
Members voting AGAINST the amendment to the motion:
None
Members abstaining from voting:
Councillor Hall.
Members of the Labour Group requested that it be recorded, in accordance with Standing Order 16, that they had voted against Resolution 1, below.
RESOLVED that
1) the recommendations of the meeting of the Executive Committee, held earlier in the evening on 22 February 2010, be approved; and
2) the Council agree the principle of keeping the Pitcheroak Golf Course open.