Agenda item

The Council had before it a report by the Interim Director of Corporate Governance which provided details of the Non-Housing Capital Programme 2017/18 to 2021/22 and how it impacted on the Council’s balance sheet, along with a high level summary of the Council’s revenue budget for the next five years and a detailed revenue budget for 2017/18.

 

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)          note that the presentation of this year’s budget report was fundamentally different from previous years and that this reflected the change in financial reporting to Council as a result of London Stock Exchange listing. A specific requirement of this was that all expenditure figures must be shown as gross.

           

Balance Sheet Recommendations

 

(b)          note the projected balance sheet position including the reserves as at 31 March 2017;

(c)          approve the Non-Housing Capital programme as attached at Appendix 1, and by doing so note that the Council would be maintaining the level of debt over the next 5 years as advised to Moody’s the credit rating agency;

(d)          consider the items in Paragraph 5.20which were not currently included in the capital budget;

(e)          approve the Prudential Indicators as attached at Appendix 2 to the report, and by so doing note that the indicators should convey confidence to the investors in the Council’s Bond of our ability to repay the debt due; and

(f)           approve the recommended use of reserves for 2017/18 as attached at Appendix 3 which specifically included a Risk Fund and non-earmarked reserves.

 

Revenue Budget Recommendations

 

Long Term and Medium Term

 

(g)          note the draft financial position for 2018/19 to 2021/22 as shown in paragraph 5.35;

(h)          note the Medium Term and Long-Term Financial Plans as shown in Appendix 4; and

(i)            approve the creation of a ‘Change Fund’ reserve of £8million, as described in paragraph 5.41.

 

Short Term

 

(j)            set a balanced revenue budget for 2017/18, by selecting service options contained in Appendix 6;

(k)          agree to the conditions of the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2017/18 in so far as it was within its legal powers to do so (further details given in Section 3 of the report);

(l)            approve the level of funding for 2017/18 in relation to the Integration Joint Board (IJB), and note that it would be for the IJB itself to determine which savings options to take from Appendix 7;

(m)         approve the IJB Budget protocol proposed by the Chief Executive as shown at Appendix 8 and note that it would also have to be approved by NHS Grampian and the IJB;

(n)          approve the setting aside of the underspend in 2016/17 for procurement of services to support the change plans set out in the strategic plan, and severance payments;

(o)          consider the items in Paragraph 5.67 which were not currently included in the revenue budget; and

(p)          instruct the Director of Education and Children’s Services to provide a further report to the Education and Children’s Services Committee, setting out plans for how the ring fenced monies allocated to Council under the Attainment Fund would be utilised, and provide assurance that recurring commitments were not being made. The report also to include plans for the use of the Council’s allocation of additional capital and revenue funding for the expansion of early learning and childcare, once the allocation had been received from the Scottish Government.

 

Taxation

 

(q)          note the changes made to the multipliers of bands E through to H within the Council Tax;

(r)           instruct officers whether Council was exercising the flexibility to increase Council Tax under the local government finance circular; and

(s)          consider the introduction of a local Non-Domestic Rates relief scheme as discussed in Paragraph 5.54, and if a decision was taken to introduce a scheme, delegate the finalisation of the scheme to the Chief Executive, in conjunction with group leaders.

 

Councillor Laing moved, seconded by Councillor Boulton:-

            That the Council -

(a)       note that the presentation of this year’s budget report was fundamentally different from previous years and that this reflected the change in financial reporting to Council as a result of London Stock Exchange listing. A specific requirement of this was that all expenditure figures must be shown as gross.

 

Balance Sheet Recommendations

 

(b)       note the projected balance sheet position including the reserves as at 31 March 2017;

(c)       approve the Non Housing Capital Programme as attached and by doing so note that the Council would be maintaining the level of debt over the next five years as advised to Moody’s the credit rating agency;

(d)       instruct the Chief Executive to report back to the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee on 9 March 2017 on the uncommitted funding detailed within the Non Housing Capital Programme attached;

(e)       await the outcome of the four STAG appraisals as agreed within the City Region Deal with both the UK and the Scottish Governments, and to instruct the Chief Executive to begin dialogue with partners in relation to developing strategic transport proposals under a second City Region Deal;

(f)        approve the Prudential Indicators as attached and by doing so note that the indicators should convey confidence to the investors in the Council’s Bond of our ability to repay the debt due; and

(g)       approve the recommended use of reserves for 2017/18 and any underspend for 2016/17 as set out in the report and the attached budget for the creation of a ‘Change Fund’ of £8million for procurement of services and severance payments to support the change plans set out in the strategic plan.

 

Revenue Budget Recommendations

 

Long Term and Medium Term

 

(h)      note the draft financial position for 2018/19 to 2021/22 as shown in paragraph 5.35 of the report; and

(i)        note the Medium Term and Long Term Financial Plans as shown in Appendix 4 of the report.

 

Short Term

 

(j)         approve the attached balanced revenue position for 2017/18, which included a contribution to the Change Fund reserve of £3.1million;

(k)       approve the level of funding for 2017/18 in relation to the IJB and note that it would be for the IJB itself to determine which savings options to take from Appendix 7 of the report;

(l)        approve the IJB Budget protocol proposed by the Chief Executive as shown at Appendix 8 of the report and note that it would also have to be approved by NHS Grampian and the IJB; and

(m)     instruct the Director of Education and Children’s Services to provide a further report to the Education and Children’s Services Committee, setting out plans for how the ring fenced monies allocated to Council under the Attainment Fund would be utilised, and provide reassurance that recurring commitments were not being made. The report also to include plans for the use of the Council’s allocation of additional capital and revenue funding for the expansion of early learning and childcare, once the allocation had been received from the Scottish Government.

 

Taxation

 

(n)      agree to freeze Council Tax at 2016/17 levels for 2017/18;

(o)       note that the Scottish Government had legislated to change the Council Tax multipliers for properties in Bands E-H which led to an increase of 7.5% to 22.5% in Council Tax for these bands; and

(p)       note the announcement of the Scottish Government proposing additional business rates relief and instruct the Chief Executive to consider this announcement in relation to Appendix 9 of the report and report to the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee on 9 March 2017.

 

Other

 

(q)       instruct the Chief Executive to prepare a business case around the feasibility of Aberdeen City Council introducing Low Emission Zones throughout the city. To agree that the Scottish Government, partner organisations and stakeholders had significant roles in the development of any business case and that the business case must reflect the legislative position of the Scottish Government and instruct the Chief Executive to provide members with an initial report at the June 2017 Council meeting on progress;

(r)        instruct the Chief Executive to sign the Construction Standards Charter between the Council and UCATT;

(s)       agree to allocate £50,000 from the Cycling Walking Safer Streets capital grant towards upgrading for cycle routes throughout Aberdeen;

(t)        agree to allocate £50,000 from Cycling Walking Safer Streets capital grant to enable street lighting to be installed on the remaining unlit section of Cove Road;

(u)      instruct the Chief Executive to report to the March 2017 Council meeting on the feasibility of building 2,000 Council houses;

(v)       agree to allocate £826,000 to accelerate the upgrade of play parks;

(w)      agree to allocate £976,000 to allow for the further expansion of Pupil Support Assistants back into schools to help raise attainment, and instruct the Director of Education and Children’s Services to report to the Education and Children’s Services Committee on how this would be implemented; and

(x)       agree to maintain the grant funding to Sport Aberdeen at current levels subject to Sport Aberdeen implementing the 1% pay rise received by local government for 2016/17 and the nationally agreed increase for 2017/18.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administration Budget Proposals		2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Deficit per Council Report		17,244	37,383	55,701	71,037	86,074
Appendix 6 (Savings Proposals)
SO7	Reduce Expenditure on Consultancy Services & Agency Staff	(500)	(500)	(500)	(500)	(500)
SO9	Energy Efficiency	(720)	(720)	(720)	(720)	(720)
SO14	Absorb Communities and Housing Commissioned Services into Alternative Existing Resources	(260)	(260)	(260)	(260)	(260)
SO30	Tyre Management System	(18)	(18)	(18)	(18)	(18)
SO31	Pilot scheme - Vehicle Utilisation with Telematics	(8)	(23)	(23)	(23)	(23)
SO33	Community Planning -  ACC maintain website and budget adjustment re Civic Forum support	(20)	(20)	(20)	(20)	(20)
SO34	Reconfigure International Travel Budgets	(20)	(20)	(20)	(20)	(20)
SO35	School Transport Redesign	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)
SO36	Remove Vacant Cultural Commissioning Team Post	(52)	(52)	(52)	(52)	(52)
SO37	Reduce Corporate Training Budget & Service Training Budgets	(214)	(214)	(214)	(214)	(214)
SO38	Review and reduce Overtime Budgets.	(150)	(150)	(150)	(150)	(150)
SO45	Bulk Buy Fuel	0	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)
SO48	Funding for Former Director's Post - Enterprise Strategic Planning & Infrastructure	(152)	(152)	(152)	(152)	(152)
SO66	Restructure Curricular Support	(285)	(285)	(285)	(285)	(285)
SO69	Head Teacher Woodlands	(47)	(70)	(70)	(70)	(70)
SO70	Create Single Admin Team for Woodlands/Hazlewood	(20)	(30)	(30)	(30)	(30)
SO71	GIRFEC - Review of Establishment	(28)	(42)	(42)	(42)	(42)
SO90	City Centre Master Plan - Review of Structure	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)
SO91	Remove 100% of all staffing underspends from vacant posts	(5,750)	(5,750)	(5,750)	(5,750)	(5,750)
SO114	Smarter Procurement	(3,000)	(3,000)	(3,000)	(3,000)	(3,000)
SO116	Review of staffing with a view to allowing VS/ER where appropriate	(4,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)
SO118	Remove allowances for eye examinations and contribution for spectacles.	(13)	(13)	(13)	(13)	(13)
SO127	Contribution to 17/18 savings from 16/17 carry forward	(750)	0	0	0	0
SO136	Saving arising from management structure changes within the Office of the Chief Executive	(106)	(106)	(106)	(106)	(106)
SO138	Running Costs of new A96 Park & Choose Site	(83)	(83)	(83)	(83)	(83)
	Total Efficiency Options	(16,301)	(17,713)	(17,713)	(17,713)	(17,713)
SO1	Increased Income Generation from Building Services Trading Account	(1,000)	(1,000)	(1,000)	(1,000)	(1,000)
SO22	Generate Income from Rental of the Quad at Marischal College for Events	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)
SO25	Generate Additional Income for New Roads & Street Work	(86)	(86)	(86)	(86)	(86)
SO26	Recharge Flood Works to Capital from Revenue	(114)	0	0	0	0
SO28	Building Standards to Generate Income for Services	(50)	(50)	(50)	(50)	(50)
SO44	Aberdeen Learning Festival to become self funding in collaboration with Northern Alliance	(46)	(46)	(46)	(46)	(46)
SO56	Investment in More Council Tax Staff to Bring in More Income	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)
SO58	Shared Procurement Service with Highland Council	(50)	(50)	(50)	(50)	(50)
SO94	Charging for activities run by the archivist	(15)	(14)	(14)	(14)	(14)
SO112	Reduce Council Tax Second Home Discount	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)
SO113	Leased Asset Maximisation - Beach Ballroom	(324)	(324)	(324)	(324)	(324)
SO124	Increase Income at Adventure Aberdeen	(25)	(50)	(75)	(100)	(125)
SO133	Increase in Property/Conveyancing Fees	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)
SO137	Obtain sponsorship to cover the costs of retaining free City Wi-Fi	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)
SO140	Realignment of low level budgets.	(79)	(79)	(79)	(79)	(79)
SO141	Planning Agreement Fees	(11)	(11)	(11)	(11)	(11)
	Total Income/Cost Recovery Options	(2,317)	(2,227)	(2,252)	(2,277)	(2,302)
SO19	Delivery of Business Support Services/Digitisation Programme - Transformation Activity	(3,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)
SO86	Restructure Central Support (PPR)	(229)	(229)	(229)	(229)	(229)
	Total Transformation Options	(3,229)	(6,229)	(6,229)	(6,229)	(6,229)
	Balance Carried Forward of Saving Proposals	(21,847)	(26,169)	(26,194)	(26,219)	(26,244)
Administration Budget Proposals		2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
	Balance Brought Forward of Saving Proposals	(21,847)	(26,169)	(26,194)	(26,219)	(26,244)
Variations to Options
SO12	Community Safety Staffing - City Wardens and Transport Marshals - Only City Wardens	(290)	(290)	(290)	(290)	(290)
SO20	Communities & Housing Management Restructure - amend to keep G16 post	(139)	(139)	(139)	(139)	(139)
SO65	Reduce Grant to Aberdeen Sports Village in line with Aberdeen University contribution	(130)	(130)	(130)	(130)	(130)
	Total Savings Proposals	(22,406)	(26,728)	(26,753)	(26,778)	(26,803)
	Revised (Surplus)/Deficit	(5,162)	10,655	28,948	44,259	59,271
New Initiatives
	Additional PSA support	976	976	976	976	976
	Upgrade Playparks	826	0	0	0	0
	Aberdeen Inspired - Night Time Economy Manager (contribution)	20	0	0	0	0
	Upgrade of Albury Sports Centre	25	0	0	0	0
	Total New Initiatives	1,847	976	976	976	976
Items from Paragraph 5.67 of Budget Report
	Parking Charges	105	105	105	105	105
	Common Good Cost Pressures
	Bulawayo Trust	45	45	45	45	45
	Gomel Trust	22	22	22	22	22
	Mary Garden Prize	2	2	2	2	2
	Family Centre at HMP Grampian	32	0	0	0	0
	Total from Budget Report	206	174	174	174	174
	Transfer to Change Fund reserve	3,109
	Revised (Surplus)/Deficit	0	11,805	30,098	45,409	60,421

 

 

 

Administration Non-Housing Capital Budget Proposals
		Budget	Budget	Budget	Budget	Budget	Total
Non-Housing Capital Programme		2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
		£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
	Budget Per Appendix 1 of report	239,518	214,429	139,213	76,458	37,555	707,173
	Add:
	Capital Investment to be determined at Finance, Policy & Resources Committee on 9th March 2017	1,080					1,080
	New Budget	240,598	214,429	139,213	76,458	37,555	708,253
	Funded By: Additional Capital Grant	(1,080)					(1,080)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX 2 (Administration)

ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL

2016/17 to 2021/22

 

THE PRUDENTIAL CODE

For Capital Finance in Local Authorities

 

The Code requires that the following Prudential Indicators be set for the Council:-

 

	Capital Expenditure
Non HRA         HRA	2015/16 £’000 Actual   102,027 35,037	2016/17 £’000 Estimate   191,083 43,473	2017/18 £’000 Estimate   239,518 55,318	2018/19 £’000 Estimate   214,429 30,078	2019/20 £’000 Estimate   139,213 24,632	2020/21 £’000 Estimate   76,458 24,914	2021/22 £’000 Estimate   37,555 25,556

 

	Ratio of Financing Costs to Net Revenue Stream
Non HRA         HRA	2015/16 Actual   6.0% 15.7%	2016/17 Estimate   4.3% 16.8%	2017/18 Estimate   5.0% 16.5%	2018/19 Estimate   5.2% 17.6%	2019/20 Estimate   5.6% 18.5%	2020/21 Estimate   5.9% 18.3%	2021/22 Estimate   6.0% 17.7%

 

 

 

	Capital Financing Requirement
Non HRA         HRA Total	2015/16 £’000 Actual   498,305 235,291 733,596	2016/17 £’000 Estimate   576,857 248,917 825,774	2017/18 £’000 Estimate   743,765 273,772 1,017,537	2018/19 £’000 Estimate   859,206 272,445 1,131,651	2019/20 £’000 Estimate   915,606 264,301 1,179,907	2020/21 £’000 Estimate   912,138 254,618 1,166,756	2021/22 £’000 Estimate   909,998 243,634 1,153,632

 

 

 

	Authorised Limit for External Debt
Operational Boundary 10% Margin Total	2016/17 £’000   851,536 85,154 936,690	2017/18 £’000   1,043,299 104,330 1,147,629	2018/19 £’000   1,157,413 115,741 1,273,154	2019/20 £’000   1,205,669 120,567 1,326,236	2020/21 £’000   1,192,518 119,252 1,311,770	2021/22 £’000   1,179,394 117,939 1,297,333

 

	Operational Boundary for External Debt
Borrowing Other Long Term Liabilities Total	2016/17 £’000   747,952   103,584 851,536	2017/18 £’000   942,326   100,973 1,043,299	2018/19 £’000   1,059,662   97,751 1,157,413	2019/20 £’000   1,110,915   94,754 1,205,669	2020/21 £’000   1,099,558   92,960 1,192,518	2021/22 £’000   1,089,808   89,586 1,179,394

 

The estimate of the incremental impact of capital investment decisions proposed in this report, over and above capital investment decisions that have previously been taken by the Council are:

(a)           for Band D Council Tax

2017/18 £41.85

2018/19 £0

2019/20 £0

2020/21 £0

2021/22 £0

 

(b)        for average weekly housing rents (assuming that increased capital investment is financed by way of Capital From Current Revenue (CFCR) and borrowing)

2017/18 £0.78

2018/19 £0

2019/20 £0

2020/21 £0.02

2021/22 £0.04

 

 

Councillor Yuill moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Delaney:-

            That the Council -

(a)      note that the presentation of this year’s budget report was fundamentally different from previous years and that this reflected the change in financial reporting to Council as a result of London Stock Exchange listing. A specific requirement of this was that all expenditure figures must be shown as gross.

           

            Balance Sheet Recommendations

 

(b)       note the projected balance sheet position including the reserves as at 31 March 2017;

(c)       approve the Non-Housing Capital programme as attached, and by doing so note that the Council would be maintaining the level of debt over the next five years as advised to Moody’s the credit rating agency;

(d)       note that this included:

(a)      a commitment to a new Bridge at the River Dee through the development of options;

(b)      additional capital investment of £2million in road and pavement repairs and resurfacing; and

(c)      a feasibility study into the dualing of the Lang Stracht;

(e)      approve the Prudential Indicators as attached and by so doing note that the indicators should convey confidence to the investors in the Council’s Bond of our ability to repay the debt due;

(f)        approve the recommended use of reserves for 2017/18 and any underspend for 2016/17 as set out in the report for the creation of a ‘Change Fund’ of £8million for procurement of services and severance payments to support the change plans set out in the strategic plan;

(g)      instruct officers to undertake a feasibility study of into the dualing of the Lang Stracht; and

(h)      instruct the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure to report to the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee, recommending how the additional capital funding of £2million for road and pavement repairs and resurfacing should be utilised.

 

Revenue Budget Recommendations

 

Long Term and Medium Term

 

(i)        note the draft financial position for 2018/19 to 2021/22 as shown in paragraph 5.35 of the report; and

(j)        note the Medium Term and Long-Term Financial Plans as shown in Appendix 4 of the report;

 

Short Term

 

(k)       approve the attached balanced revenue position for 2017/18 and notes that this included:

(a)      the creation of a £2.5million Education Fund;

(b)      a feasibility study into the transfer of Hazlehead Swimming Pool to community management;

(c)      the allocation of £1.277million to fund CFCR investment in road and pavement repairs and resurfacing and note that this was in addition to the £2million of capital investment allocated for this purpose;

(d)      an additional £500,000 for supported bus services in Aberdeen;

(e)      £255,000 of additional investment in street and urban tree planting, maintenance, management and staffing;

(f)       an additional £250,000 investment in grass cutting of Council maintained spaces;

(g)      the creation of a local Non-Domestic Rates relief scheme to supplement the national scheme announced on 21 February 2017;

(h)      the generation of an additional £200,000 of income through the more efficient deployment of City Wardens;

(l)        agree to the conditions of the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2017/18 in so far as it was within the Council’s legal powers to do so;

(m)     approve the level of funding for 2017/18 in relation to the IJB, and note that it would be for the IJB itself to determine which savings options to take from Appendix 7 of the report;

(n)      approve the IJB Budget protocol proposed by the Chief Executive as shown at Appendix 8 of the report and notes that it would also have to be approved by NHS Grampian and the IJB;

(o)       instruct the Director of Education and Children’s Services to provide a further report to the Education and Children’s Services Committee, setting out plans for how the ring fenced monies allocated to Council under the Attainment Fund would be utilised, and provide assurance that recurring commitments were not being made. The report also to include plans for the use of the Council’s allocation of additional capital and revenue funding for the expansion of early learning and childcare, once the allocation had been received from the Scottish Government;

(p)       instruct the Director of Education and Children’s Services to provide a further report to the Education and Children’s Services Committee, setting out plans for how the Education Fund would be utilised;

(q)       instruct officers to undertake a feasibility study into the transfer of Hazlehead Swimming Pool to community management;

(r)        instruct the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure to report to the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee on how the additional investment of £500,000 in supported bus services could best be utilised to provide bus links to isolated communities;

(s)       instruct the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure to report to the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee, recommending how the additional CFCR funding for road and pavement repairs and resurfacing should be utilised; and

(t)        note the inclusion of £250,000 funding for Transition Extreme and instruct officers to report to the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee on 9 March 2017 on their business plan and model for consideration on potential support from the Council.

 

Taxation

 

(u)      instruct officers that Council would not be exercising the flexibility to increase Council Tax under the local government finance circular;

(v)       note the changes made to the multipliers of bands E through to H within the Council Tax;

(w)      recommend the introduction of a local Non-Domestic Rates relief scheme (option 6b from Appendix 9 of the report) in compliance with the relevant statutory provisions, including having regard to the authority’s expenditure and income and the interests of persons liable to pay Council Tax, and delegate the finalisation of the scheme to the Chief Executive following consultation with group leaders; and

(x)       note the announcement of the Scottish Government with regard to a national Non Domestic Rates relief scheme and instruct the Chief Executive to consider this announcement and report to the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee on 9 March 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liberal Democrats Budget Proposals		2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Deficit per Council Report		17,244	37,383	55,701	71,037	86,074
Appendix 6 (Savings Proposals)
SO1	Increased Income Generation from Building Services Trading Account	(1,000)	(1,000)	(1,000)	(1,000)	(1,000)
SO2	Leased Income Maximisation - Marischal College	0	(150)	(300)	(300)	(300)
SO5	Advertising Concession Contract with Single City Wide Provider	0	(250)	(250)	(250)	(250)
SO6	Renegotiate Contracts with Visit Aberdeenshire	0	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)
SO7	Reduce Expenditure on Consultancy Services & Agency Staff	(500)	(500)	(500)	(500)	(500)
SO9	Energy Efficiency	(720)	(720)	(720)	(720)	(720)
SO10	Property Asset Rationalisation	(143)	(95)	(327)	(327)	(327)
SO13	Communities & Housing Service Budget Adjustments	(564)	(245)	(245)	(245)	(245)
SO18	Redesign Building  App'ship scheme to match current projected opps	(425)	(425)	(425)	(425)	(425)
SO19	Business Support Services/Digitisation Programme - Transf. Activity	(3,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)
SO20	Communities & Housing Management Restructure	(201)	(201)	(201)	(201)	(201)
SO22	Income from Rental of the Quad at M. College for events	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)
SO25	Generate Additional Income for New Roads & Street Work	(86)	(86)	(86)	(86)	(86)
SO26	Recharge Flood Works to Capital from Revenue	(114)	0	0	0	0
SO28	Building Standards to Generate Income for Services	(50)	(50)	(50)	(50)	(50)
SO30	Tyre Management System	(18)	(18)	(18)	(18)	(18)
SO31	Pilot scheme - Vehicle Utilisation with Telematics	(8)	(23)	(23)	(23)	(23)
SO33	Comm. Plan. -  ACC website and budget adjust. re Civic Forum support	(20)	(20)	(20)	(20)	(20)
SO34	Reconfigure International Travel Budgets	(20)	(20)	(20)	(20)	(20)
SO35	School Transport Redesign	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)
SO36	Remove Vacant Cultural Commissioning Team Post	(52)	(52)	(52)	(52)	(52)
SO38	Review and reduce Overtime Budgets.	(150)	(150)	(150)	(150)	(150)
SO39	Review and target support for the Cultural Programme	(300)	(300)	(300)	(300)	(300)
SO41	Outsource Catering in Museums & Art Gallery	(25)	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)
SO45	Bulk Buy Fuel	0	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)
SO48	Funding for former Director's Post - ESP&I	(152)	(152)	(152)	(152)	(152)
SO56	Investment in More Council Tax Staff to Bring in More Income	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)
SO58	Shared Procurement Service with Highland Council	(50)	(50)	(50)	(50)	(50)
SO69	Head Teacher Woodlands	(47)	(70)	(70)	(70)	(70)
SO70	Create Single Admin Team for Woodlands/Hazlewood	(20)	(30)	(30)	(30)	(30)
SO71	GIRFEC - Review of Establishment	(28)	(42)	(42)	(42)	(42)
SO86	Restructure Central Support (PPR)	(229)	(229)	(229)	(229)	(229)
SO90	City Centre Master Plan - Review of Structure	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)
SO91	Remove 100% of all staffing underspends from vacant posts	(5,750)	(5,750)	(5,750)	(5,750)	(5,750)
SO94	Charging for activities run by the archivist	(15)	(14)	(14)	(14)	(14)
SO104	Fleet Cost Recovery and Transformation	0	100	(100)	(150)	(250)
SO112	Reduce Council Tax Second Home Discount	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)	(100)
SO113	Leased Asset Maximisation - Beach Ballroom	(324)	(324)	(324)	(324)	(324)
SO114	Smarter Procurement	(3,000)	(3,000)	(3,000)	(3,000)	(3,000)
SO116	Review of staffing with a view to allowing VS/ER where appropriate	(4,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)	(6,000)
SO117	Introduce a new working week of 35 hours for new employees	(900)	(900)	(900)	(900)	(900)
SO124	Increase Income at Adventure Aberdeen	(25)	(50)	(75)	(100)	(125)
SO125	Childcare Service to become self funding	(100)	(100)	(200)	(300)	(400)
SO127	Contribution to 17/18 savings from 16/17 carry forward	(750)	0	0	0	0
SO133	Increase in Property/Conveyancing Fees	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)
SO134	Review and reduce overtime budgets under Head of PI&E	(250)	(250)	(250)	(250)	(250)
SO136	Saving arising from management structure changes within the OCE	(106)	(106)	(106)	(106)	(106)
SO137	Obtain sponsorship to cover the costs of retaining free City Wi-Fi	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)
SO140	Realignment of low level budgets.	(79)	(79)	(79)	(79)	(79)
SO141	Planning Agreement Fees	(11)	(11)	(11)	(11)	(11)
Variations to Options
SO98	School Catering - Amended proposal - Roll Out Stay on Site	(25)	(25)	(25)	(25)	(25)
	Total Savings Proposals	(23,879)	(28,309)	(29,016)	(29,191)	(29,416)
	Balance Carried Forward	(6,635)	9,074	26,685	41,846	56,658
		2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
	Balance Brought Forward	(6,635)	9,074	26,685	41,846	56,658
Additional Savings
	Communities, Housing & Infrastructure
	More efficient deployment of City Wardens	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)	(200)
	Adjustment to street occupation charges	(43)	(43)	(43)	(43)	(43)
	Total Additional Savings	(243)	(243)	(243)	(243)	(243)
	Revised Balance	(6,878)	8,831	26,442	41,603	56,415
New Initiatives
	Education & Children's Services
	Education Fund	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500
	Feas. Study - transfer of Hazlehead Pool to comm. management	50
	Communities, Housing & Infrastructure
	Supported bus services	500	500	500	500	500
	Install additional bus shelters	50	50	50	50	50
	Small scale environmental improvements fund	100	100	100	100	100
	Improved street and urban tree maintenance, management and additional street tree planting	255	195	195	195	195
	Increased winter maintenance and road response team capacity	170	170	170	170	170
	Enhance grass cutting of council managed spaces	250	250	250	250	250
	Undertake public consultation on possible Ashley CPZ	10	0	0	0	0
	Road repairs and maintenance CFCR	1,277	0	0	0	0
	Corporate
	Non Domestic Rates Discretional Relief Initiative - Option 6(b)	1,200	0	0	0	0
	Total New Initiatives	6,362	3,765	3,765	3,765	3,765
Items from Paragraph 5.67 of Budget Report
	Parking Charges	105	105	105	105	105
	Common Good Cost Pressures	129	129	129	129	129
	Family Centre at HMP Grampian	32	0	0	0	0
	Transition Extreme - Provisional	250	0	0	0	0
	Total from Budget Report	516	234	234	234	234
	Revised (Surplus)/Deficit	0	12,830	30,441	45,602	60,414

 

 

 

Liberal Democrats Non-Housing Capital Budget Proposals
				Budget	Budget	Budget	Budget	Budget	Total
Non-Housing Capital Programme				2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
				£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
	Budget Per Appendix 1 of report			239,518	214,429	139,213	76,458	37,555	707,173
	Add:
	Additional Investment in roads/pavement resurfacing and repairs and street lighting renewal			2,000					2,000
	Multi Use Winter Maintenance & Response Plant			120					120
	New Bridge of Dee - Option Development for a 4-Lane Bridge			100					100
	Lang Stracht - Feasibility Study for Dualling			100					100
									0
	New Budget			241,838	214,429	139,213	76,458	37,555	709,493
	Additional Cost			2,320	0	0	0	0	2,320
	Funded by: Increase in grant from Scottish Government			(1,080)					(1,080)
	Use of contingency fund			(1,240)					(1,240)

 

 

 

APPENDIX 2 (Liberal Democrat)

ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL

2016/17 to 2021/22

 

THE PRUDENTIAL CODE

For Capital Finance in Local Authorities

 

 

The Code requires that the following Prudential Indicators be set for the Council:-

 

	Capital Expenditure
Non HRA         HRA	2015/16 £’000 Actual   102,027 35,037	2016/17 £’000 Estimate   191,083 43,473	2017/18 £’000 Estimate   239,518 55,318	2018/19 £’000 Estimate   214,429 30,078	2019/20 £’000 Estimate   139,213 24,632	2020/21 £’000 Estimate   76,458 24,914	2021/22 £’000 Estimate   37,555 25,556

 

	Ratio of Financing Costs to Net Revenue Stream
Non HRA         HRA	2015/16 Actual   6.0% 15.7%	2016/17 Estimate   4.3% 16.8%	2017/18 Estimate   5.0% 16.5%	2018/19 Estimate   5.2% 17.6%	2019/20 Estimate   5.6% 18.5%	2020/21 Estimate   5.9% 18.3%	2021/22 Estimate   6.0% 17.7%

 

 

 

	Capital Financing Requirement
Non HRA         HRA Total	2015/16 £’000 Actual   498,305 235,291 733,596	2016/17 £’000 Estimate   576,857 248,917 825,774	2017/18 £’000 Estimate   743,765 273,772 1,017,537	2018/19 £’000 Estimate   859,206 272,445 1,131,651	2019/20 £’000 Estimate   915,606 264,301 1,179,907	2020/21 £’000 Estimate   912,138 254,618 1,166,756	2021/22 £’000 Estimate   909,998 243,634 1,153,632

 

 

 

	Authorised Limit for External Debt
Operational Boundary 10% Margin Total	2016/17 £’000   851,536 85,154 936,690	2017/18 £’000   1,043,299 104,330 1,147,629	2018/19 £’000   1,157,413 115,741 1,273,154	2019/20 £’000   1,205,669 120,567 1,326,236	2020/21 £’000   1,192,518 119,252 1,311,770	2021/22 £’000   1,179,394 117,939 1,297,333

 

	Operational Boundary for External Debt
Borrowing Other Long Term Liabilities Total	2016/17 £’000   747,952   103,584 851,536	2017/18 £’000   942,326   100,973 1,043,299	2018/19 £’000   1,059,662   97,751 1,157,413	2019/20 £’000   1,110,915   94,754 1,205,669	2020/21 £’000   1,099,558   92,960 1,192,518	2021/22 £’000   1,089,808   89,586 1,179,394

 

The estimate of the incremental impact of capital investment decisions proposed in this report, over and above capital investment decisions that have previously been taken by the Council are:

(a)           for Band D Council Tax

2017/18 £41.85

2018/19 £0

2019/20 £0

2020/21 £0

2021/22 £0

 

(b)        for average weekly housing rents (assuming that increased capital investment is financed by way of CFCR and borrowing)

2017/18 £0.78

2018/19 £0

2019/20 £0

2020/21 £0.02

2021/22 £0.04

 

 

Councillor Flynn moved as a further amendment, seconded by Councillor Dickson:-

            That the Council -

(a)       note that the presentation of this year’s budget report was fundamentally different from previous years and that this reflected the change in financial reporting to Council as a result of London Stock Exchange listing. A specific requirement of this was that all expenditure figures must be shown as gross.

           

            Balance Sheet Recommendations

 

(b)       note the projected balance sheet position including the reserves as at 31 March 2017;

(c)       approve the Non-Housing Capital programme as attached, and by doing so note that the Council would be maintaining the level of debt over the next five years as advised to Moody’s the credit rating agency;

(d)       note that this included a commitment to a new Bridge at the River Dee through the development of options;

(e)       approve the Prudential Indicators as attached and by so doing note that the indicators should convey confidence to the investors in the Council’s Bond of our ability to repay the debt due;

(f)        approve the recommended use of reserves for 2017/18 and any underspend for 2016/17 as set out in the report and the attached budget for the creation of a ‘Change Fund’ of £8million for procurement of services and severance payments to support the change plans set out in the strategic plan; and

(g)       ring fence the Second Homes Discount Reserve for the building of council houses.

 

Revenue Budget Recommendations

 

Long Term and Medium Term

 

(h)      note the draft financial position for 2018/19 to 2021/22 as shown in paragraph 5.35 of the report; and

(i)        note the Medium Term and Long-Term Financial Plans as shown in Appendix 4 of the report.

 

Short Term

 

(j)        approve the attached balanced revenue position for 2017/18 and note that this included:

a.    a contribution to the Second Homes reserve of £519,000;

b.    an additional £1million for the Attainment Fund;

c.    £120,000 to reduce off-street parking charges after 5pm;

d.    £50,000 for Skene Street Project;

e.    £25,000 for floor renovation at Albury Sports Centre;

f.     £35,000 for the Thistle Street Traders Market;

g.    £50,000 towards street lighting at Cove;

h.    An additional £210,000 for a rent relief programme for new teachers;

i.      An increase of 50% in Community Centre grants;

j.      The removal of parking charges of £105,000; and

k.    A contribution to a family support centre at HMP Grampian of £32,000;

(k)       agree to the conditions of the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2017/18 in so far as it was within the Council’s legal powers to do so;

(l)        approve the level of funding for 2017/18 in relation to the IJB and notes that it would be for the IJB itself to determine which savings options to take from Appendix 7 of the report;

(m)     approve the IJB Budget protocol proposed by the Chief Executive as shown at Appendix 8 of the report and note that it would also have to be approved by NHS Grampian and the IJB; and

(n)      instruct the Interim Director of Education and Children’s Services to provide a further report to the Education and Children’s Services Committee, setting out plans for how the ring fenced monies allocated to Council under the Attainment Fund would be utilised, and provide assurance that recurring commitments were not being made. The report also to include plans for the use of the Council’s allocation of additional capital and revenue funding for the expansion of early learning and childcare, once the allocation had been received from the Scottish Government.

 

Taxation

 

(o)      instruct officers that Council would not be exercising the flexibility to increase Council Tax under the local government finance circular;

(p)      note the changes made to the multipliers of bands E through to H within the Council Tax;

(q)      recommend the introduction of a local Non-Domestic Rates relief scheme as detailed in the attached budget in compliance with the relevant statutory provisions, including having regard to the authority’s expenditure and income and the interests of persons liable to pay Council Tax, and delegate the finalisation of the scheme to the Chief Executive following consultation with group leaders; and

(r)        note the announcement of the Scottish Government proposing additional business rates relief and instruct the Chief Executive to consider this announcement in relation to Appendix 9 of the report and report to the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee on 9 March 2017.

 

Other

 

(s)       instruct the Chief Executive to formally seek admission to Cosla;

(t)        instruct the Chief Executive to report back to the next Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee with proposals for a community scheme for the residents of Tillydrone and Woodside to utilise £1million of capital projects;

(u)      instruct the Chief Executive to report back to the next Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee with proposals for a community scheme for the residents of Torry and Northfield to utilise £1million of capital projects;

(v)       instruct the Director of Education and Children’s Services to prepare a business plan regarding the future of Transition Extreme;

(w)      instruct the Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure to conclude the purchase of land at Craiginches;

(x)       instruct the Chief Executive to prepare a business case around the feasibility of Aberdeen City Council introducing Low Emission Zones throughout the city. To agree that the Scottish Government, partner organisations and stakeholders had significant roles in the development of any business case and that the business case must reflect the legislative position of the Scottish Government and instruct the Chief Executive to provide members with an initial report at the June 2017 Council meeting on progress; and

(y)       instruct the Chief Executive to sign the Construction Standards Charter between the Council and UCATT.

 

 

Scottish National Party Budget Proposals			2017/18
			£000
Deficit per Council Report			17,244
Appendix 6 (Savings Proposals)
SO1	Increased Income Generation from Building Services Trading Account		(1,000)
SO2	Leased Income Maximisation - Marischal College		0
SO5	Advertising Concession Contract with Single City Wide Provider		0
SO6	Renegotiate Contracts with Visit Aberdeenshire		0
SO7	Reduce Expenditure on Consultancy Services & Agency Staff		(500)
SO9	Energy Efficiency		(720)
SO13	Communities & Housing Service Budget Adjustments		(564)
SO19	Delivery of Business Support Services/Digitisation Programme - Transformation Activity		(3,000)
SO20	Communities & Housing Management Restructure		(201)
SO22	Generate Income from Rental of the Quad at Marischal College for Events		(10)
SO25	Generate Additional Income for New Roads & Street Work		(86)
SO26	Recharge Flood Works to Capital from Revenue		(114)
SO28	Building Standards to Generate Income for Services		(50)
SO30	Tyre Management System		(18)
SO31	Pilot scheme - Vehicle Utilisation with Telematics		(8)
SO33	Community Planning -  ACC maintain website and budget adjustment re Civic Forum support		(20)
SO34	Reconfigure International Travel Budgets		(20)
SO35	School Transport Redesign		(100)
SO36	Remove Vacant Cultural Commissioning Team Post		(52)
SO41	Outsource Catering in Museums & Art Gallery		(25)
SO44	Aberdeen Learning Festival to become self funding in collaboration with Northern Alliance		(46)
SO45	Bulk Buy Fuel		0
SO48	Funding for Former Director's Post - Enterprise Strategic Planning & Infrastructure		(152)
SO56	Investment in More Council Tax Staff to Bring in More Income		(200)
SO58	Shared Procurement Service with Highland Council		(50)
SO66	Restructure Curricular Support		(285)
SO69	Head Teacher Woodlands		(47)
SO70	Create Single Admin Team for Woodlands/Hazlewood		(20)
SO86	Restructure Central Support (PPR)		(229)
SO90	City Centre Master Plan - Review of Structure		(5)
SO91	Remove 100% of all staffing underspends from vacant posts		(5,750)
SO94	Charging for activities run by the archivist		(15)
SO104	Fleet Cost Recovery and Transformation		0
SO112	Reduce Council Tax Second Home Discount		(100)
SO114	Smarter Procurement		(3,000)
SO116	Review of staffing with a view to allowing VS/ER where appropriate		(4,000)
SO117	Introduce a new working week of 35 hours for new employees		(900)
SO118	Remove allowances for eye examinations and contribution for spectacles		(13)
SO124	Increase Income at Adventure Aberdeen		(25)
SO133	Increase in Property/Conveyancing Fees		(7)
SO136	Saving arising from management structure changes within the Office of the Chief Executive		(106)
SO137	Obtain sponsorship to cover the costs of retaining free City Wi-Fi		(200)
SO138	Running Costs of new A96 Park & Choose Site		(83)
SO140	Realignment of low level budgets.		(79)
SO141	Planning Agreement Fees		(11)
SO127	Contribution to 17/18 savings from 16/17 carry forward		(750)
Variation to Option
SO10	Property Asset Rationalisation - Partial:	Relocation of Howemoss Road;                                              Termination of leases for modular units at Hazlewood and Woodlands Schools and at Tarves Road, Potterton	(143)
SO15	Waste Service Review-Partial (Reduce no of local recycling points and increase efficiency of communal centres)		(127)
SO65	10% Reduction to Sport Arms Length Organisations - ASV only		(130)
	Total Savings Proposals		(22,961)
	Balance Carried Forward		(5,717)
Scottish National Party Budget Proposals			2017/18
			£000
	Balance Brought Forward		(5,717)
Additional Savings
	Charge elected members for parking at Town House		(9)
	Reversal of administration parking policy		(450)
	Total Additional Savings		(459)
New Initiatives
	Additional Attainment Fund		1,000
	Reduce off-street parking charges after 5pm		120
	Skene Street Project		50
	Albury Sports Centre - floor renovation		25
	Thistle Street Traders Market		35
	Street Lighting Cove		50
	Rating Relief Scheme	Limit Retail increase to 12.5%	1,910
		Limit Manufacturing Increase to 12.5%	1,020
		100% relief to hospitality for all increases above 3%	960
	Support for New Teachers	Year 1 of a 2 Year programme of rent relief	210
	Community Centre Grants - Increase by 50%		140
	New Bridge of Dee - Option Development for a 4-Lane Bridge		100
	City Centre Cycling Investment		250
	Contribution from Bus Lane Enforcement		(350)
	Total New Initiatives		5,520
Items from Paragraph 5.67 of Budget Report
	Parking Charges		105
	Family Centre at HMP Grampian		32
	Total from Budget Report		137
	Transfer to Reserves, earmarked for housing		519
	Revised (Surplus)/Deficit		0

 

 

 

Scottish National Party Non-Housing Capital Budget Proposals
				Budget	Budget	Budget	Budget	Budget	Total
Non-Housing Capital Programme				2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
				£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
	Original Budget Per Appendix 6.			239,518	214,429	139,213	76,458	37,555	707,173
	Add:
	Reverse Flood Prevention Measures at Millside and Paddock				(1,000)	(2,000)			(3,000)
	Flood Prevention Measures at Millside and Paddock			1,000	2,000				3,000
									0
	Reverse SG Funding as above						2,400		2,400
	SG Funding					(2,400)			(2,400)
	Saving through combining Tillydrone Primary School and Tillydrone Community Centre			(1,000)					(1,000)
	Ring Fenced Spend at Tillydrone/Woodside			1,000					1,000
	Ring Fenced Spend at Torry/Northfield			1,000					1,000
	New Budget			241,518	215,429	134,813	78,858	37,555	708,173
	Financed By: Additional Capital Grant			(1,000)					(1,000)

 

APPENDIX 2 (SNP)

ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL

2016/17 to 2021/22

 

THE PRUDENTIAL CODE

For Capital Finance in Local Authorities

 

 

The Code requires that the following Prudential Indicators be set for the Council:-

 

	Capital Expenditure
Non HRA         HRA	2015/16 £’000 Actual   102,027 35,037	2016/17 £’000 Estimate   191,083 43,473	2017/18 £’000 Estimate   239,518 55,318	2018/19 £’000 Estimate   214,429 30,078	2019/20 £’000 Estimate   134,813 24,632	2020/21 £’000 Estimate   78,858 24,914	2021/22 £’000 Estimate   37,555 25,556

 

	Ratio of Financing Costs to Net Revenue Stream
Non HRA         HRA	2015/16 Actual   6.0% 15.7%	2016/17 Estimate   4.3% 16.8%	2017/18 Estimate   5.0% 16.5%	2018/19 Estimate   5.2% 17.6%	2019/20 Estimate   5.6% 18.5%	2020/21 Estimate   5.9% 18.3%	2021/22 Estimate   6.0% 17.7%

 

 

 

	Capital Financing Requirement
Non HRA         HRA Total	2015/16 £’000 Actual   498,305 235,291 733,596	2016/17 £’000 Estimate   576,857 248,917 825,774	2017/18 £’000 Estimate   744,765 273,772 1,018,537	2018/19 £’000 Estimate   861,206 272,445 1,133,651	2019/20 £’000 Estimate   913,206 264,301 1,177,507	2020/21 £’000 Estimate   912,138 254,618 1,166,756	2021/22 £’000 Estimate   909,998 243,634 1,153,632

 

 

 

	Authorised Limit for External Debt
Operational Boundary 10% Margin Total	2016/17 £’000   851,536 85,154 936,690	2017/18 £’000   1,044,299 104,430 1,148,729	2018/19 £’000   1,159,413 115,941 1,275,354	2019/20 £’000   1,203,269 120,327 1,323,596	2020/21 £’000   1,192,518 119,252 1,311,770	2021/22 £’000   1,179,394 117,939 1,297,333

 

	Operational Boundary for External Debt
Borrowing Other Long Term Liabilities Total	2016/17 £’000   747,952   103,584 851,536	2017/18 £’000   943,326   100,973 1,044,299	2018/19 £’000   1,061,662   97,751 1,159,413	2019/20 £’000   1,108,515   94,754 1,203,269	2020/21 £’000   1,099,558   92,960 1,192,518	2021/22 £’000   1,089,808   89,586 1,179,394

 

The estimate of the incremental impact of capital investment decisions proposed in this report, over and above capital investment decisions that have previously been taken by the Council are:

(a)           for Band D Council Tax

2017/18 £41.85

2018/19 £0

2019/20 £0

2020/21 £0

2021/22 £0

 

(b)        for average weekly housing rents (assuming that increased capital investment is financed by way of CFCR and borrowing)

2017/18 £0.78

2018/19 £0

2019/20 £0

2020/21 £0.02

2021/22 £0.04

 

 

During the course of summing up, Councillor Yuill indicated that he wished to incorporate parts (q) and (r) of Councillor Laing’s motion into his amendment, and this was accepted.

 

There being a motion and two amendments, the Council first divided between the amendment by Councillor Yuill and the amendment by Councillor Flynn.

 

On a division, there voted:-

 

For the amendment by Councillor Yuill  (5)  -  Councillors Delaney, Greig, Malone, Jennifer Stewart and Yuill.

 

For the amendment by Councillor Flynn  (15)  -  Councillors Cameron, Copland, Corall, Cormie, Dickson, Jackie Dunbar, Flynn, Hutchison, Jaffrey, MacGregor, Nicoll, Noble, Samarai, Sandy Stuart and Townson.

 

Declined to vote  (21)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Allan, Boulton, Carle, Cooney, Crockett, Donnelly, Lesley Dunbar, Finlayson, Graham, Grant, Ironside, Laing, Lawrence, Malik, Milne, Jean Morrison, Nathan Morrison, Taylor and Young.

 

The Council then divided between the motion and the amendment by Councillor Flynn.

 

On a division, there voted:-

 

For the motion  (21)  -  Lord Provost; Depute Provost; and Councillors Allan, Boulton, Carle, Cooney, Crockett, Donnelly, Lesley Dunbar, Finlayson, Graham, Grant, Ironside, Laing, Lawrence, Malik, Milne, Jean Morrison, Nathan Morrison, Taylor and Young.

 

For the amendment by Councillor Flynn  (15)  -  Councillors Cameron, Copland, Corall, Cormie, Dickson, Jackie Dunbar, Flynn, Hutchison, Jaffrey, MacGregor, Nicoll, Noble, Samarai, Sandy Stuart and Townson.

 

Declined to vote  (5)  -  Councillors Delaney, Greig, Malone, Jennifer Stewart and Yuill.

 

The Council resolved:-

to adopt the motion.