Agenda, decisions and minutes

The Council had before it a report by the Chief Executive which presented a refreshed Strategic Business Plan for 2016-2017, including the Shaping Aberdeen organisational plan covering the Council’s arrangements for governance, risk management and performance management.

The report recommended:-

that the Council note the content of the refreshed Strategic Business Plan 2016-2017 and agree the Shaping Aberdeen organisational plan.

The Council resolved:-

(i)        to approve the recommendation; and

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Executive to bring forward a report to the Council meeting in August 2016 with proposals for a series of public discussions on local matters in each of the 13 wards led by the Leader of the Council in conjunction with all Conveners and the Chair of the Integration Joint Board.

The EHRIA’s attached relate to appendix 3 of this report

The Council had before it a report by the Interim Director of Corporate Governance which provided details of the 2016/17 General Fund Revenue budget and the Non-Housing Capital Programme for 2016/17 to 2020/21.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)       set a revenue budget for 2016/17;

(b)       note the net movement between appendix 1 and appendix 2 of the report of £3.39million;

(c)       approve the Non-Housing Capital Programme as at appendix 6 to the report;

(d)       agree to the conditions of the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2016/17 in so far as it is within its legal powers to do so (further details are given in paragraph 5.5 of the report);

(e)       approve the recommended use of reserves which specifically includes a Risk Fund and non-earmarked reserves;

(f)        approve the Prudential Indicators as at appendix 8 to the report;

(g)       approve the transfer payment to Visit Aberdeenshire, being the new organisation replacing Visit Aberdeen;

(h)      instruct the Chief Executive to prepare a report to the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee on the City Region Deal outlining the financial implications for projects agreed under the Heads of Terms agreed with the United Kingdom and Scottish Parliaments; and

(i)        approve the level of funding for 2016/17 in relation to the Integration Joint Board.

Councillor Laing moved, seconded by Councillor Boulton:-

That the Council -

(1)             set a revenue budget for 2016/17 as below;

(2)             note the net movement between appendix 1 and appendix 2 of the report of £3.39million;

(3)             approve the Non-Housing Capital Programme as below and instruct officers to review the education provision in the Tillydrone and Torry communities, recognising the rising school aged population resulting from new housing developments and increased birth rates in these areas, reporting back to committee in the September 2016 cycle of meetings with detailed options appraisals, including details on suitable sites, project timelines and including full cost of delivery such as land acquisition, building demolition, ground surveys and construction costs;

(4)             agree to the conditions of the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2016/17 in so far as it is within its legal powers to do so (further details are given in paragraph 5.5 of the report);

(5)             approve the recommended use of reserves which specifically includes a Risk Fund and non-earmarked reserves;

(6)             approve the Prudential Indicators as below;

(7)             approve the transfer payment to Visit Aberdeenshire, being the new organisation replacing Visit Aberdeen;

(8)             instruct the Chief Executive to prepare a report to the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee on the City Region Deal outlining the financial implications for projects agreed under the Heads of Terms agreed with the United Kingdom and Scottish Governments;

(9)             approve the level of funding for 2016/17 in relation to the Integration Joint Board;

(10)          instruct the Head of Finance to prepare a report to the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee meeting in April 2016 showing the per head of population grant Aberdeen City Council receives from the Scottish Government in comparison to other local authorities but  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

The Council had before it a report by the Interim Director of Corporate Governance which provided the draft Common Good budget for 2016/17.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)       approve the Common Good budget for 2016/17 as detailed in appendix 1 to the report;

(b)       request the Interim Director of Corporate Governance to undertake a review of the investment strategy for the Common Good Fund; and

(c)       consider the new requests for funding in appendix 4 to the report.

Councillor Boulton moved, seconded by Councillor Young:-

          That the Council -

(1)             approve the Common Good budget for 2016/17 as detailed in appendix 1 to the report, subject to the changes detailed in the spreadsheet below;

(2)             request the Interim Director of Corporate Governance to undertake a review of the investment strategy for the Common Good Fund; and

(3)             instruct the Interim Director of Corporate Governance to undertake a full review of the Common Good spend in conjunction with the investment strategy in (2) above.

Councillor Yuill moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Jennifer Stewart:-

That the Council -

(1)             approve the Common Good budget for 2016/17 as detailed in appendix 1 to the report, subject to changes detailed in the spreadsheet below;

(2)             instruct the Interim Director of Corporate Governance to undertake a review of the investment strategy for the Common Good Fund; and

(3)             instruct the Interim Director of Corporate Governance to report to a future meeting of the Council on what changes to future expenditure will be required to ensure the long-term maintenance of the Common Good Fund’s real-term value.

Councillor Jackie Dunbar moved as a further amendment, seconded by Councillor Cameron:-

That the Council -

(1)             approve the Common Good budget for 2016/17 as detailed in appendix 1 to the report, subject to the changes detailed in the spreadsheet below;

(2)             request the Interim  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

The Council had before it a report by the Interim Director of Corporate Governance which provided details of the budget included in the 2016/17 General Fund budget that related to the NESPF and an indicative 2017/18 to 2020/21 budget.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)       note the provision contained within the Council’s General Fund budget for 2016/17;

(b)       note the 2017/18 to 2020/21 indicative budget;

(c)       instruct the Head of Finance to recover the actual costs from the NESPF; and

(d)       note progress on the introduction of a service level agreement.

The Council resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.

- GEORGE ADAM, Lord Provost.