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MINUTES
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RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 15th December 2011 be approved as a correct record and signed.
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
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Councillors Mrs. L.J. Brunt, M.A. Brunt, B.C. Cowle, G.P. Crome, A.J. De Save, Mrs. G.J. Emmerton, F. Kelly and Mrs. A.F. Tarrant.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
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None.
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URGENT BUSINESS
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None.
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PETITION: BANSTEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE - HOT MEALS SERVICE
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RESOLVED that the petition be noted.
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PUBLIC QUESTIONS
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One public question was asked and a response given by the Leader of the Council (Councillor Mrs J.M.A. Spiers) in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13 and the Order paper circulated at the meeting.
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QUESTIONS BY MEMBERS
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Two questions were asked and responses given by the Executive Member for Prosperous Borough (Councillor M.J. Miller) in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14 and the Order paper circulated at the meeting.
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE
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(a) Executive: 8th December 2011
In relation to Minute 83 and the Marketfield Way site, it was suggested that alternative options for disposal should be the subject of further consideration (and explanation) by the Executive. In this respect, reference was also made to the on-going consultation on the Redhill Area Action Plan and the relevance of this to the site disposal.
RESOLVED that the Recommendation of the Executive under Minute 83, page 293/4 (Regeneration of Marketfield Way Site in Redhill Town Centre) be adopted.
(b) Executive: 26th January 2012
Consideration of Minute 109 (Budget 2012/13) and Minute 110 (Council Tax Setting 2012/13) was dealt with in accordance with a procedure note that had been prepared and circulated to all Members (prior to the meeting) in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 7.5.
On Minute 109, page 390 (Budget 2012/13) Councillor J.C.S. Essex moved and Councillor Ms S. Finch seconded the following amendment:
Insert a new recommendation
(ii) as follows:
"(ii) The New Homes Bonus will be paid into the Council's revenue reserve budget this year and into the revenue budget rather than the capital budget in future years;"
and renumber the remaining recommendations accordingly.
Insert a new recommendation
(v) as follows:
"(v) That the current 'revenue headroom' of £1.05m be retained in the revenue reserves budget and allocated to help make up the shortfall caused by the reduction of other government funding, to retain services proposed to be cut and retain staff or refill vacant posts and invest in projects that will address community need, protect frontline services and improve sustainability in ways that generate a return on investment in the longer term."
The amendment upon being put to the meeting was declared lost, with 2 Members voting for and a far greater number against.
On Minute 110, page 391 (Council Tax Setting 2012/13) the Mayor drew attention to revised Recommendations from the Executive and a revised Appendix A that had previously been circulated to all Members.
RESOLVED that:
1. the Recommendations to Minute 109 (Budget 2012/13) be adopted; and
2. the revised Recommendations of the Executive under Minute 110 (Council Tax Setting 2012/13) and revised Appendix A - be adopted and accordingly:
(i) it be noted that on 15th December 2011 the Council calculated the Council Tax Base 2012/13 for:
(a) the whole Council area 59,403
(Item T in the formula in Section 31B(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended by the Localism Act 2011 ["the Act"]) and,
(b) for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates:
Horley Town Council
8,883
Salfords & Sidlow Parish Council
1,413
(ii) calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council's own purposes for 2012/13 (excluding Parish precepts) is £11,514,083;
(iii) the following amounts be calculated for the year 2012/13 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:
(a) £72,524,532
being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils.
(b) £60,684,619
being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.
(c) £11,839,913
being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax requirement for the year. (Item R in the formula in Section 31A(4) of the Act).
(d) £199.32
being the amount at 3(c) above, divided by 1(a) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts).
(e) £325,830
being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.
(f) £193.83
being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by 1(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34
(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no Parish precept relates.
(g) Horley Town Council
£227.13
Salfords & Sidlow Parish Council
£215.06
being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 3(f) above the amounts of the special items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned above divided in each case by the amount at 1(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.
(iv) it be noted that for the year 2012/13 Surrey County Council and Surrey Police have stated amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act, for each of the categories of dwellings shown in Appendix A (section 2); and
(v) the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Act, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in Appendix A (section 3) as the amounts of Council Tax for 2012/13 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.
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STATEMENTS
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The Executive Member for Safer Communities (Councillor S.N. Farrer) - on behalf of the Executive Member for Healthy Communities - made a statement on works to Reigate Heath and, in this respect, the Council's statutory responsibilities, key aims and involvement of relevant stakeholders.
The Executive Member for Priority Places (Councillor Mrs N.J. Bramhall) made a comprehensive statement on the significant progress that had recently been made with the regeneration of Redhill.
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SEALING OF DOCUMENTS
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RESOLVED to:
(i) authorise the sealing of any Orders, Deeds or Documents necessary to give effect to any matter contained in the Minutes of the meetings held between 23rd November 2011 and 26th January 2012 (2011/12 Volume 5) and any previous Minutes; and
(ii) ratify the sealing of documents referred to in entries 121/11 to 128/11 and 1/12 to 24/12 in the Seal Register.
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MOTION: COMMITMENT TO "FRACK FREE ZONE"
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Councillor Ms S. Finch moved and Councillor S.A. Kulka seconded the following Motion:
"That the Council:
• recognises that there is insufficient scrutiny of current hydraulic fracturing (or 'fracking') operations in the UK, and as a consequence these operations risk irreversibly polluting fragile water reserves and established nature and tourism resources.
• notes that fracking has other undesirable impacts on our rural areas, including significant increases in HGV movements and risk of seismic events, of particular concern in our area where caves and mines are historically significant.
• acknowledges that exploitation of unconventional fossil fuel reserves undermines the economic rationale for investing in a clean energy future.
Accordingly Council resolves to commit to making Reigate and Banstead a ‘Frack Free Zone'."
In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16.3 and Part 3 (Responsibility for Functions) of the Constitution the Motion upon being moved and seconded was referred without discussion to the Executive for consideration and recommendation to Council.
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THE COUNCIL'S PAY POLICY STATEMENT
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RESOLVED that the pay policy statement for 2012/13 be approved.
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LEADER'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
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None.
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MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The Mayor (Councillor B.A. Stead) was pleased to report that his coffee morning earlier in the week had raised over £545 for the Surrey Air Ambulance and a recent quiz evening in aid of the Surrey Deaf Children's Society had raised £1174. With regard to forthcoming events on 17th February the Mayor was to hold his second Civic Reception where many of the invited guests would be from the voluntary sector.
On 22nd February the Mayor was hosting a Dickens evening at the Town Hall. The Mayoress's Ladies Luncheon on 24th February at The Clink in aid of Princess Alice Hospice was now sold out. On 25th March a "Music in the Air" Concert was to be held featuring The Band of The Surrey Yeomanry at The Harlequin Theatre. On 12th April another Coffee Morning was arranged this time in aid of the Princess Alice Hospice. Finally on 10th May the Mayor was holding a Charity Golf Match for the Surrey Air Ambulance at Reigate Hill Golf Club.
The Mayor looked forward to Members support at these events.
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