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RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1. Approve the draft Corporate Plan 2025-28 (Appendix A); 2. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make any minor amendments as necessary to the Corporate Plan 2025-28 following consideration by Council on 6th March 2025 and prior to publication by 1st April 2025.
RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1 Approve the Revenue, Capital and Housing Revenue Account budgets including all proposals and increasing the Council Tax by 4.95% as set out in this report and that the Council resolve the following terms. 2 Note that at its meeting on 12 December 2024 Cabinet calculated the following amounts for the year 2025/26 in accordance with the regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992: a) 153,582 being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, as amended, as its Council Tax base for the year. Lisvane 3,200 Pentyrch 3,798 Radyr 4,169 St Fagans 2,037 Old St Mellons 2,692 Tongwynlais 835 being the amounts calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which special items relate. 2.1 Agree that the following amounts be now calculated by the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff for the year 2025/26 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:- a) Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (d) (including Community Council precepts totalling £612,155). £1,345,733,155 b) Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for items set out in Section 32(3)(a) and (c): £433,578,000 c) Amount by which the aggregate at 2.1(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2.1(b) above calculated in accordance with Section 32(4) as the budget requirement for the year: £912,155,155 d) Aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its Council Fund in respect of Revenue Support Grant, its council tax reduction scheme, redistributed Non-Domestic Rates: £674,886,000 e) The amount at 2.1(c) above less the amount at 2.1(d) (net of the amount for discretionary relief of £400,000), all divided by the amount at 2.0(a) above, calculated in accordance with Section 33(1) as the basic amount of Council Tax for the year: £1,547.51 f) Aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1): £612,155 g) Amount at 2.1(e) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 2.1(f) above by the amount at 2.0(a) above, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the area to which no special items relate: £1,543.52 h) The amounts given by adding to the amount at 2.1(g) above the amounts of special items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned below, divided in each case by the amount at 2.0(b) above, calculated in accordance with Section 34(3) as the basic amounts of Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the area to which special items relate. Lisvane 1,569.93 Pentyrch 1,596.12 Radyr & Morganstown 1,587.13 St Fagans 1,570.77 St Mellons 1,565.52 Tongwynlais 1,581.06 I) The amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 2.1(g) and 2.1(h) above by the number which in the proportion set out in the Council Tax (Valuation Bands) (Wales) Order 2003 is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D calculated in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands. A B C D E F G H I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Area Lisvane 1,046.62 1,221.06 1,395.50 1,569.93 1,918.80 2,267.68 2,616.55 3,139.86 3,663.17 Pentyrch 1,064.08 1,241.43 1,418.78 1,596.12 1,950.81 2,305.51 2,660.20 3,192.24 3,724.28 Radyr & Morganstown 1,058.08 1,234.44 1,410.78 1,587.13 1,939.82 2,292.52 2,645.21 3,174.26 3,703.31 St. Fagans 1,047.18 1,221.71 1,396.24 1,570.77 1,919.83 2,268.89 2,617.95 3,141.54 3,665.13 St. Mellons 1,043.68 1,217.63 1,391.58 1,565.52 1,913.41 2,261.31 2,609.20 3,131.04 3,652.88 Tongwynlais 1,054.04 1,229.72 1,405.39 1,581.06 1,932.40 2,283.75 2,635.10 3,162.12 3,689.14 All other parts of the Council’s Area 1,029.01 1,200.52 1,372.02 1,543.52 1,886.52 2,229.53 2,572.53 3,087.04 3,601.55 2.2 Note that for the year 2025/26, the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales has stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each of the categories of dwelling shown below:- VALUATION BANDS A B C D E F G H I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 252.45 294.52 336.60 378.67 462.82 546.97 631.12 757.34 883.56 2.3 Having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2.1(i) and 2.2 above, the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2025/26 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:- Part of Council’s Area VALUATION BANDS A B C D E F G H I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Area Lisvane 1,229.07 1,515.58 1,732.10 1,948.60 2,381.62 2,814.65 3,247.67 3,897.20 4,546.73 Pentyrch 1,316.53 1,535.95 1,755.38 1,974.79 2,413.63 2,852.48 3,291.32 3,949.58 4,607.84 Radyr & Morganstown 1,310.53 1,528.96 1,747.38 1,965.80 2,402.64 2,839.49 3,276.33 3,931.60 4,586.87 St. Fagans 1,299.63 1,516.23 1,732.84 1,949.44 2,382.65 2,815.86 3,249.07 3,898.88 4,548.69 St. Mellons 1,296.13 1,512.15 1,728.18 1,944.19 2,376.23 2,808.28 3,240.32 3,888.38 4,536.44 Tongwynlais 1,306.49 1,524.24 1,741.99 1,959.73 2,395.22 2,830.72 3,266.22 3,919.46 4,572.70 All other parts of the Council’s Area 1,281.46 1,495.04 1,708.62 1,922.19 2,349.34 2,776.50 3,203.65 3,844.38 4,485.11 2.4 Authorise the Corporate Director Resources to make payments under Section 38 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 from the Council Fund by equal instalments on the last working day of each month from April 2025 to March 2026 in respect of the precept levied by the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales in the sum of £58,156,896; 2.5 Agree that the Common Seal be affixed to the said Council Tax; 2.6 Agree that the Common Seal be affixed to precepts for Port Health Expenses for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, namely: County Council of the City and County of Cardiff £163,375 Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council £18,391 2.7 Agree that notices of the making of the said Council Taxes signed by the Chief Executive be given by advertisement in the local press under Section 38(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992; 3.0 In accordance with the Local Government Act 2003, the Local Authority (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) Regulations 2003 and subsequent amendments and the CIPFA Prudential Code and Treasury Management Codes of Practice: (a) Approve the Capital Strategy 2025/26. (b) Approve the Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 and authorise the Section 151 Officer to raise such funds as may be required to finance capital expenditure by temporary or long-term borrowing. (c) Approve the Prudential Indicators for 2025/26 – 2029/30 including the affordable borrowing limit. (d) Delegate to the Section 151 Officer the ability to effect movement between the limits for borrowing and long-term liabilities, within the limit for any year, and to bring forward or delay schemes in the Capital Programme. (e) Approve the Minimum Revenue Provision Policy for 2025/26. 4.0 To approve the Budgetary Framework outlined in this report. 5.0 To maintain the current Council Tax Reduction Scheme as set out in this report.
RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1. Receive nominations and approve appointments and nominations, as required, to the outside bodies listed.
Apologies were received from Cllrs Owen Jones, Melbourne, Owen, Parry and Robinson.
The following declarations of interest were received in accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct. The following personal declarations of interest were received in respect of item 7 (Cardiff Council's Corporate Plan 2025-2028): Councillor Reason for interest Joe Carter Work for a charity related to air pollution Helen Gunter Partner works for the council in Economic Development The following personal declarations of interest were received in respect of item 8 (Budget Proposals 2025-2026): Councillor Reason for interest Mike Ash-Edwards Trustee of Oasis Cardiff Jayne Cowan Personal assistant through Dewis Cymru Sean Driscoll Trustee of Llandaff 50+ Helen Lloyd Jones Member of Radyr and Morganstown Community Council Norma Mackie Trustee of Cathays Community Centre Bablin Molik CEO of Sight Cymru Daniel Naughton Family member works for the council Daniel Naughton Family member works for a school in Cardiff Daniel Naughton Family member on Cardiff Bus pension scheme Ed Stubbs Chair of Splott Community Volunteers Huw Thomas Trustee of Seren in the Community and Board Member of the Moorland Community Centre Bernie Bowen-Thomson and Jackie Jones Trustees of Safer Wales Peter Bradbury and Elaine Simmons Trustees of Caerau and Ely Sports Trust Jayne Cowan, Sean Driscoll, Sue Lent, Emma Reid-Jones and Adrian Robson Family member/s in receipt of council-provided care The following personal declarations of interest were received in respect of item 8 (Budget Proposals 2025-2026) on the basis that Elected Members were members of the Cardiff & Vale Pension Fund: Councillor Ali Ahmed Neil McEvoy Mike Ash-Edwards Siân-Elin Melbourne Rodney Berman Sarah Merry Claudia Boes Michael Michael Kate Carr Dan Naughton Jasmin Chowdhury Oliver Owen Jayne Cowan Marc Palmer Calum Davies Bethan Proctor Dan De’Ath Catriona Brown-Reckless Sean Driscoll Emma Reid-Jones Susan Elsmore Sara Robinson Grace Ferguson-Thorne Adrian Robson Andrea Gibson Kanaya Singh Russell Goodway Rhys Taylor Helen Gunter Huw Thomas Keith Jones Leonora Thomson Jackie Jones Daniel Waldron Imran Latif Chris Weaver Chris Lay Caro Wild Margaret Lewis Joel Williams Peter Littlechild Ashley Wood Rhys Livesy Norma Mackie The following personal declarations of interest were received in respect of item 8 (Budget Proposals 2025-2026) on the basis that Elected Members were Local Authority School Governors: Councillor Governing Body Ali Ahmed St Monica’s C.W Primary School Dilwar Ali Gabalfa & Hawthorn Primary Schools Mike Ash-Edwards Birchgrove Primary School Rodney Berman Marlborough Primary School & Ysgol y Berllan Deg Peter Bradbury Millbank Primary School & The Western Learning Campus Joe Carter Llanedeyrn Primary School & St Philip Evans RC Primary School Jasmin Chowdhury Fitzalan High School Jayne Cowan Greenhill School Stephen Cunnah Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch Dan De'Ath Albany Primary School Bob Derbyshire Rumney Primary School Sean Driscoll Danescourt Primary School Saeed Ebrahim Mount Stuart Primary School Susan Elsmore Radnor Primary School & Ysgol Gynraeg Treganna Grace Ferguson-Thorne Adamsdown & Stacey Primary Schools Russell Goodway Cardiff West Community High School Jamie Green Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd Graham Hinchey Birchgrove & Ton-Yr-Ywen Primary Schools Robert Hopkins Lakeside Primary School Irene Humphreys St Francis RC Primary School Garry Hunt The Court Special School and Coed Glas Primary School Owen Jones Adamsdown & Stacey Primary Schools Maliika Kaaba Herbert Thompson Primary School John Lancaster Llanishen High School Sue Lent Howardian Primary School Margaret Lewis Moorland & Mount Stuart Primary Schools Peter Littlechild Pontprennau Primary School Ash Lister Fitzalan High & Grangetown Primary Schools Helen Lloyd Jones Bryn Deri Primary School Norma Mackie Cathays High & Gladstone Primary Schools and Temporary Governing Body in Cathays Mary McGarry St Peter's R.C & Albany Primary Schools Siân-Elin Melbourne Llysfaen Primary School Jess Moultrie Springwood Primary School Bethan Proctor Ysgol Y Wern Emma Reid-Jones Thornhill Primary School Julie Sangani Ton-Yr-Ywen Primary School Jon Shimmin The Court School Kanaya Singh Kitchener Primary School Ed Stubbs Moorland Primary & Willows High Schools Rhys Taylor Ysgol Mynydd Bychan and Temporary Governing Body in Cathays Huw Thomas Ysgol Glan Morfa Leonora Thomson Severn Primary School Lynda Thorne Grangetown Nursery & Ninian Park Primary Schools Chris Weaver Cathays High and Gladstone Primary Schools and Temporary Governing Body in Cathays Caro Wild St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Joel Williams Oakfield Primary School and The Hollies School Peter Wong Cathays High and Roath Park Primary Schools The following personal declarations of interest were received in respect of item 8 (Budget Proposals 2025-2026) as Elected Members were members on the following Joint Committee and Joint Boards: Committees Councillor Glamorgan Archives Keith Jones Margaret Lewis Norma Mackie Adrian Robson Jon Shimmin Cardiff Airport Consultative Committee Russell Goodway Dan De’Ath Cardiff Bay Advisory Committee Jen Burke Margaret Lewis Cardiff Capital Region City Deal Regional Cabinet Huw Thomas Regional Transport Authority Dan De’Ath Central South Consortium Joint Education Service Joint Committee Sarah Merry Prosiect Gwyrdd Norma Mackie Chris Weaver Wales Pension Partnership Joint Governance Committee Chris Weaver Board Cardiff Bus Calum Davies Mike Ash-Edwards Garry Hunt Helen Gunter Rhys Taylor Cardiff & Vale Corporation Sarah Merry
The minutes of the 30th January meeting were approved and signed by the Lord Mayor as a correct record.
There were no public questions.
Four petitions were received. Presented by Number of relevant signatures Nature of petition Cllr Rodney Berman 1132 Calling on the council to keep a period of free parking in car parks across the city Cllr Joe Carter 406 Calling on the council to keep the existing slide at Pentwyn Leisure Centre Cllr Leonora Thomson 41 Objecting to zonal parking proposals on Turberville Place Cllr Dilwar Ali 78 Calling for the preservation of the multi-use games area (MUGA) in Hailey Park
A list of mayoral engagements since the last Council meeting had been circulated on the amendment sheet. The Lord Mayor expressed condolences to the family of former city councillor Enid Price, who had passed away at the end of January. She thanked all those who had attended the Lord Mayor’s quiz night at Cardiff Castle, in particular Cllr Jayne Cowan for putting the quiz together and Cllr Michael Michael for acting as quizmaster. She added that her chosen charity had raised £8,000 since the Cardiff Half Marathon and would be aiming for £10,000 by the end of the year.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1. Approve the draft Corporate Plan 2025-28 (Appendix A); 2. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make any minor amendments as necessary to the Corporate Plan 2025-28 following consideration by Council on 6th March 2025 and prior to publication by 1st April 2025.
Council was requested to consider and approve the Corporate Plan for 2025-2028. The Lord Mayor invited Cllr Thomas, to propose the Corporate Plan, which was seconded by Cllr Merry. There were two amendments. The Lord Mayor invited Cllr Lancaster to move the Conservative amendment, which was seconded by Cllr Cowan. The Conservative amendment was as follows: Delete the current wording for the recommendations in the Cabinet Proposal and replace with: This Council is recommended to defer consideration of the Corporate Plan until a future council meeting to enable the Cabinet to bring forward a revised plan to include: - A Corporate Plan with KPIs and targets consistent across the service areas. - The introduction of two new columns so we can see progress or decline from the two previous years in the document. The Lord Mayor invited Cllr Berman to move the Liberal Democrat amendment, which was seconded by Cllr Carter. The Liberal Democrat amendment was as follows: Delete existing recommendation and replace with: “Council is concerned that the Corporate Plan as drafted does not sufficiently meet many of the key challenges the city faces, and recommends that it is referred back to Cabinet to be strengthened through the inclusion of: - Clear measures outlining a strategy to reduce the number of schools having to set deficit budgets in the short- to medium-term; - Stronger plans to tackle litter and fly tipping, including increased litter linked to the roll out of the new segregated recycling system due to spillage from the current red and blue sacks; - A clear vision to restore lost bus services and increase passenger numbers across the network; - A more complete set of KPIs, basing them where necessary on Q3 outturns, rather than leaving many of them not currently specified and only to be agreed following the end of the 2024-25 financial year; - A re-examination of the council's planned core office strategy to reassess if a new County Hall is required recognising that any refurbishment of the existing provision does not necessarily have to be to Grade A standard.” The Lord Mayor invited debate on the Corporate Plan and the amendments. Cllr Thomas confirmed that the amendments were not accepted. The Lord Mayor called for a vote on the Conservative amendment as proposed by Cllr Lancaster and seconded by Cllr Cowan. The vote on the Conservative amendment was LOST. FOR (20) Cllrs Berman, Brown-Reckless, Carter, Cowan, Davies, Driscoll, Gibson, Hopkins, Lancaster, Latif, Livesy, McEvoy, Molik, Naughton, Robson, Shimmin, Taylor, Waldron, Williams and Wood AGAINST (48) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Boes, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Burke, Carr, Chowdhury, Cunnah, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Ebrahim, Ferguson-Thorne, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Keith Jones, Joyce, Kaaba, Lay, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Michael, Moultrie, Palmer, Proctor, Sangani, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Weaver, Wild and Wong ABSTAIN (2) Cllrs Littlechild and Reid-Jones The Lord Mayor called for a vote on the Liberal Democrat amendment as proposed by Cllr Berman and seconded by Cllr Carter. The vote on the Liberal Democrat amendment was LOST. FOR (11) Cllrs Berman, Carter, Hopkins, Latif, McEvoy, Molik, Naughton, Shimmin, Taylor, Waldron and Wood AGAINST (59) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Boes, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Brown-Reckless, Burke, Carr, Chowdhury, Cunnah, Davies, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Driscoll, Ebrahim, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Keith Jones, Joyce, Kaaba, Lancaster, Lay, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Littlechild, Livesy, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Michael, Moultrie, Palmer, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Robson, Sangani, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Weaver, Wild, Williams and Wood ABSTAIN (0) The Lord Mayor called for a vote on the recommendations in the report as proposed by Cllr Thomas and seconded by Cllr Merry. The recommendations in the report were CARRIED. FOR (51) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Boes, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Burke, Carr, Chowdhury, Cunnah, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Ebrahim, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Jackie Jones, Keith Jones, Joyce, Kaaba, Latif, Lay, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Michael, Moultrie, Palmer, Proctor, Sangani, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Weaver, Wild and Wong AGAINST (17) Cllrs Berman, Brown-Reckless, Carter, Cowan, Davies, Driscoll, Hopkins, Lancaster, McEvoy, Molik, Naughton, Robson, Shimmin, Taylor, Waldron, Williams and Wood ABSTAIN (4) Cllrs Gibson, Littlechild, Livesy and Reid-Jones RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1. Approve the draft Corporate Plan 2025-28 (Appendix A); 2. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make any minor amendments as necessary to the Corporate Plan 2025-28 following consideration by Council on 6th March 2025 and prior to publication by 1st April 2025.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1 Approve the Revenue, Capital and Housing Revenue Account budgets including all proposals and increasing the Council Tax by 4.95% as set out in this report and that the Council resolve the following terms. 2 Note that at its meeting on 12 December 2024 Cabinet calculated the following amounts for the year 2025/26 in accordance with the regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992: a) 153,582 being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, as amended, as its Council Tax base for the year. Lisvane 3,200 Pentyrch 3,798 Radyr 4,169 St Fagans 2,037 Old St Mellons 2,692 Tongwynlais 835 being the amounts calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which special items relate. 2.1 Agree that the following amounts be now calculated by the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff for the year 2025/26 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:- a) Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (d) (including Community Council precepts totalling £612,155). £1,345,733,155 b) Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for items set out in Section 32(3)(a) and (c): £433,578,000 c) Amount by which the aggregate at 2.1(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2.1(b) above calculated in accordance with Section 32(4) as the budget requirement for the year: £912,155,155 d) Aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its Council Fund in respect of Revenue Support Grant, its council tax reduction scheme, redistributed Non-Domestic Rates: £674,886,000 e) The amount at 2.1(c) above less the amount at 2.1(d) (net of the amount for discretionary relief of £400,000), all divided by the amount at 2.0(a) above, calculated in accordance with Section 33(1) as the basic amount of Council Tax for the year: £1,547.51 f) Aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1): £612,155 g) Amount at 2.1(e) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 2.1(f) above by the amount at 2.0(a) above, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the area to which no special items relate: £1,543.52 h) The amounts given by adding to the amount at 2.1(g) above the amounts of special items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned below, divided in each case by the amount at 2.0(b) above, calculated in accordance with Section 34(3) as the basic amounts of Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the area to which special items relate. Lisvane 1,569.93 Pentyrch 1,596.12 Radyr & Morganstown 1,587.13 St Fagans 1,570.77 St Mellons 1,565.52 Tongwynlais 1,581.06 I) The amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 2.1(g) and 2.1(h) above by the number which in the proportion set out in the Council Tax (Valuation Bands) (Wales) Order 2003 is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D calculated in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands. A B C D E F G H I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Area Lisvane 1,046.62 1,221.06 1,395.50 1,569.93 1,918.80 2,267.68 2,616.55 3,139.86 3,663.17 Pentyrch 1,064.08 1,241.43 1,418.78 1,596.12 1,950.81 2,305.51 2,660.20 3,192.24 3,724.28 Radyr & Morganstown 1,058.08 1,234.44 1,410.78 1,587.13 1,939.82 2,292.52 2,645.21 3,174.26 3,703.31 St. Fagans 1,047.18 1,221.71 1,396.24 1,570.77 1,919.83 2,268.89 2,617.95 3,141.54 3,665.13 St. Mellons 1,043.68 1,217.63 1,391.58 1,565.52 1,913.41 2,261.31 2,609.20 3,131.04 3,652.88 Tongwynlais 1,054.04 1,229.72 1,405.39 1,581.06 1,932.40 2,283.75 2,635.10 3,162.12 3,689.14 All other parts of the Council’s Area 1,029.01 1,200.52 1,372.02 1,543.52 1,886.52 2,229.53 2,572.53 3,087.04 3,601.55 2.2 Note that for the year 2025/26, the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales has stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each of the categories of dwelling shown below:- VALUATION BANDS A B C D E F G H I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 252.45 294.52 336.60 378.67 462.82 546.97 631.12 757.34 883.56 2.3 Having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2.1(i) and 2.2 above, the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2025/26 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:- Part of Council’s Area VALUATION BANDS A B C D E F G H I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Area Lisvane 1,229.07 1,515.58 1,732.10 1,948.60 2,381.62 2,814.65 3,247.67 3,897.20 4,546.73 Pentyrch 1,316.53 1,535.95 1,755.38 1,974.79 2,413.63 2,852.48 3,291.32 3,949.58 4,607.84 Radyr & Morganstown 1,310.53 1,528.96 1,747.38 1,965.80 2,402.64 2,839.49 3,276.33 3,931.60 4,586.87 St. Fagans 1,299.63 1,516.23 1,732.84 1,949.44 2,382.65 2,815.86 3,249.07 3,898.88 4,548.69 St. Mellons 1,296.13 1,512.15 1,728.18 1,944.19 2,376.23 2,808.28 3,240.32 3,888.38 4,536.44 Tongwynlais 1,306.49 1,524.24 1,741.99 1,959.73 2,395.22 2,830.72 3,266.22 3,919.46 4,572.70 All other parts of the Council’s Area 1,281.46 1,495.04 1,708.62 1,922.19 2,349.34 2,776.50 3,203.65 3,844.38 4,485.11 2.4 Authorise the Corporate Director Resources to make payments under Section 38 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 from the Council Fund by equal instalments on the last working day of each month from April 2025 to March 2026 in respect of the precept levied by the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales in the sum of £58,156,896; 2.5 Agree that the Common Seal be affixed to the said Council Tax; 2.6 Agree that the Common Seal be affixed to precepts for Port Health Expenses for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, namely: County Council of the City and County of Cardiff £163,375 Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council £18,391 2.7 Agree that notices of the making of the said Council Taxes signed by the Chief Executive be given by advertisement in the local press under Section 38(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992; 3.0 In accordance with the Local Government Act 2003, the Local Authority (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) Regulations 2003 and subsequent amendments and the CIPFA Prudential Code and Treasury Management Codes of Practice: (a) Approve the Capital Strategy 2025/26. (b) Approve the Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 and authorise the Section 151 Officer to raise such funds as may be required to finance capital expenditure by temporary or long-term borrowing. (c) Approve the Prudential Indicators for 2025/26 – 2029/30 including the affordable borrowing limit. (d) Delegate to the Section 151 Officer the ability to effect movement between the limits for borrowing and long-term liabilities, within the limit for any year, and to bring forward or delay schemes in the Capital Programme. (e) Approve the Minimum Revenue Provision Policy for 2025/26. 4.0 To approve the Budgetary Framework outlined in this report. 5.0 To maintain the current Council Tax Reduction Scheme as set out in this report.
Council was asked to receive and approve the Cabinet Budget Proposals for 2025–2026. Two alternative budget proposals had been received in accordance with the Council Procedure Rules, including Statutory Officer advice, and had been circulated as part of the Amendment Sheet. The Lord Mayor reminded Members that Appendix 5b to the report was exempt from publication because it contained information of the kind described in paragraphs 14 and 21 of parts 4 and 5 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The Lord Mayor invited Cllr Weaver (Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation & Performance) to propose the report, which was seconded by Cllr Thomas. The Lord Mayor invited the proposer and seconder of each of the of the alternative budgets to move their proposals. Cllr Cowan presented the Conservative alternative proposals, which were seconded by Cllr Lancaster, as follows: Line Directorate Description (Savings)/ Costs Cumulative £000 £000 Directorate Cost/ (Savings) Council Wide Release of Vacant Posts (excluding Social Services and Education) (3,120) (3,120) Council Wide Reduction in Consultancy Budget for non-essential Council services (150) (3,270) Council Wide Increased Income from Debt Recovery (100) (3,370) Council Wide Reduction in sickness absence (500) (3,870) Economic Development Outsource Waste Management (500) (4,370) Total Directorate Savings (4,370) (4,370) Additional Expenditure/Financial Pressures Planning, Transport and Environment Increase budget for pothole and pavement repairs 150 (4,220) Planning, Transport and Environment Retain the 2 free hour parking for on street and district car parks 311 (3,909) Economic Development Reintroduce community skips four times a year in paired wards 65 (3,844) Economic Development Increase budget for Sports Club grants 112 (3,732) NET REVENUE POSITION (3,732) (3,732) FUNDING In addition to the above adjustments to net expenditure, it is proposed to drawdown from the General Reserve an amount of £0.500 million and from Earmarked Reserves an amount of £0.500 million to fund the budget. Collectively, the impact of all these proposals allows for a reduction in the proposed increase to the rate of Council Tax from 4.95% to the proposed 2.47%. CAPITAL Reduced Expenditure Commitments: Planning, Transport and Environment Strategic Cycleway Network Development. Reduce by £500,000 and transfer to Bus Corridor Improvements (500) (500) New/Increased Expenditure Commitments: Planning, Transport and Environment Bus Corridor Improvements. Additional sum for Bus Corridor Improvements with a focus on securing match funding. 500 500 TOTAL NET CAPITAL POSITION 0 0 Cllr Carter presented the Liberal Democrat alternative proposals, which were seconded by Cllr Berman, as follows: Revenue Directorate Description (Savings)/ Costs Cumulative £000 £000 Planning, Transport & Environment` Increase in Digital Advertising Income (125) (125) Council Wide Increase NI funding assumption of support to 95% (984) (1,109) Council Wide Savings on car allowances (25) (1,134) Council Wide Reduce by 5 Operational Managers (300) (1,434) Council Wide Additional Increase in income across all Fees and Charges (375) (1,809) Council Wide Reduction in Consultant Costs (200) (2.009) Council Wide Vacancy Management & improvements in productivity (800) (2,809) Corporate Increase funding Support for Bus Services 100 (2,709) Corporate Increase funding in Youth Services 100 (2,609) Education Increase Delegated School Budgets 1,000 (1,609) Recycling Neighbourhood Services Increase in Street Cleansing. 100 (1,509) Planning, Transport & Environment Increase in Parking Enforcement Officers 150 (1,359) Recycling Neighbourhood Services Pilot – Alternative collection system to current red and blue sacks 50 (1309) Recycling Neighbourhood Services Reverse increase in Bulky Waste Charges 50 (1259) Capital The proposal amends the following lines: Annual Sums 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 Total £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 3 Alleygating 50 50 50 50 50 250 20 Play Equipment 130 130 130 130 520 6 Carriageway 100 100 100 100 100 500 New Schemes 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 Total £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Business District Regeneration 100 100 0 0 0 200 There is also a proposal to increase the Empty Homes Premium to 300% with effect from 1 April 2025. There is also a proposal that Cabinet reconsiders the proposal in respect of Core Office Accommodation approved at the Cabinet meeting of the 24th October 2024 and receives a further report setting out more cost effective solutions in both the short and medium term. The Lord Mayor invited debate on the Budget Proposals. The Lord Mayor thanked Members for their contribution to the debate and invited Cllr Weaver to respond to matters raised. He confirmed that neither of the alternative budget proposals were accepted. The Lord Mayor called for a vote on the Conservative alternative budget proposals, as proposed by Cllr Cowan and seconded by Cllr Lancaster. The vote on the Conservative proposals was LOST. FOR (7) Cllrs Brown-Reckless, Cowan, Davies, Driscoll, Lancaster, Robson and Williams AGAINST (62) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Berman, Boes, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Burke, Carr, Carter, Chowdhury, Cunnah, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Ebrahim, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Hopkins, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Jackie Jones, Keith Jones, Kaaba, Latif, Lay, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Livesy, Mackie, McEvoy, McGarry, Merry, Michael, Molik, Moultrie, Naughton, Proctor, Sangani, Shimmin, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Taylor, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Waldron, Weaver, Wild, Wong and Wood ABSTAIN (1) Cllr Reid-Jones The Lord Mayor called for a vote on the Liberal Democrat alternative budget proposals, as proposed by Cllr Carter and seconded by Cllr Berman. The vote on the Liberal Democrat proposals was LOST. FOR (10) Cllrs Berman, Carter, Hopkins, Latif, Molik, Naughton, Shimmin, Taylor, Waldron and Wood AGAINST (59) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Boes, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Brown-Reckless, Burke, Carr, Chowdhury, Cowan, Cunnah, Davies, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Driscoll, Ebrahim, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Jackie Jones, Keith Jones, Kaaba, Lancaster, Lay, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Livesy, Mackie, McEvoy, McGarry, Merry, Michael, Moultrie, Proctor, Robson, Sangani, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Weaver, Wild, Williams and Wong ABSTAIN (1) Cllr Reid-Jones The Lord Mayor called for a vote on the recommendations in the report, as proposed by Cllr Weaver and seconded by Cllr Thomas. FOR (50) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Boes, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Burke, Carr, Chowdhury, Cunnah, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Ebrahim, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Jackie Jones, Keith Jones, Kaaba, Latif, Lay, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Michael, Moultrie, Proctor, Sangani, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Weaver, Wild and Wong AGAINST (10) Cllrs Brown-Reckless, Cowan, Davies, Driscoll, Gibson, Lancaster, Livesy, McEvoy, Robson and Williams ABSTAIN (10) Cllrs Berman, Carter, Hopkins, Molik, Naughton, Reid-Jones, Shimmin, Taylor, Waldron and Wood RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1 Approve the Revenue, Capital and Housing Revenue Account budgets including all proposals and increasing the Council Tax by 4.95% as set out in this report and that the Council resolve the following terms. 2 Note that at its meeting on 12 December 2024 Cabinet calculated the following amounts for the year 2025/26 in accordance with the regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992: a) 153,582 being the amount calculated in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, as amended, as its Council Tax base for the year. Lisvane 3,200 Pentyrch 3,798 Radyr 4,169 St Fagans 2,037 Old St Mellons 2,692 Tongwynlais 835 being the amounts calculated in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Regulations as the amounts of its Council Tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which special items relate. 2.1 Agree that the following amounts be now calculated by the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff for the year 2025/26 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:- a) Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32(2)(a) to (d) (including Community Council precepts totalling £612,155). £1,345,733,155 b) Aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for items set out in Section 32(3)(a) and (c): £433,578,000 c) Amount by which the aggregate at 2.1(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2.1(b) above calculated in accordance with Section 32(4) as the budget requirement for the year: £912,155,155 d) Aggregate of the sums which the Council estimates will be payable for the year into its Council Fund in respect of Revenue Support Grant, its council tax reduction scheme, redistributed Non-Domestic Rates: £674,886,000 e) The amount at 2.1(c) above less the amount at 2.1(d) (net of the amount for discretionary relief of £400,000), all divided by the amount at 2.0(a) above, calculated in accordance with Section 33(1) as the basic amount of Council Tax for the year: £1,547.51 f) Aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1): £612,155 g) Amount at 2.1(e) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 2.1(f) above by the amount at 2.0(a) above, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the area to which no special items relate: £1,543.52 h) The amounts given by adding to the amount at 2.1(g) above the amounts of special items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned below, divided in each case by the amount at 2.0(b) above, calculated in accordance with Section 34(3) as the basic amounts of Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the area to which special items relate. Lisvane 1,569.93 Pentyrch 1,596.12 Radyr & Morganstown 1,587.13 St Fagans 1,570.77 St Mellons 1,565.52 Tongwynlais 1,581.06 I) The amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 2.1(g) and 2.1(h) above by the number which in the proportion set out in the Council Tax (Valuation Bands) (Wales) Order 2003 is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D calculated in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands. A B C D E F G H I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Area Lisvane 1,046.62 1,221.06 1,395.50 1,569.93 1,918.80 2,267.68 2,616.55 3,139.86 3,663.17 Pentyrch 1,064.08 1,241.43 1,418.78 1,596.12 1,950.81 2,305.51 2,660.20 3,192.24 3,724.28 Radyr & Morganstown 1,058.08 1,234.44 1,410.78 1,587.13 1,939.82 2,292.52 2,645.21 3,174.26 3,703.31 St. Fagans 1,047.18 1,221.71 1,396.24 1,570.77 1,919.83 2,268.89 2,617.95 3,141.54 3,665.13 St. Mellons 1,043.68 1,217.63 1,391.58 1,565.52 1,913.41 2,261.31 2,609.20 3,131.04 3,652.88 Tongwynlais 1,054.04 1,229.72 1,405.39 1,581.06 1,932.40 2,283.75 2,635.10 3,162.12 3,689.14 All other parts of the Council’s Area 1,029.01 1,200.52 1,372.02 1,543.52 1,886.52 2,229.53 2,572.53 3,087.04 3,601.55 2.2 Note that for the year 2025/26, the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales has stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each of the categories of dwelling shown below:- VALUATION BANDS A B C D E F G H I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 252.45 294.52 336.60 378.67 462.82 546.97 631.12 757.34 883.56 2.3 Having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2.1(i) and 2.2 above, the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 hereby sets the following amounts as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2025/26 for each of the categories of dwellings shown below:- Part of Council’s Area VALUATION BANDS A B C D E F G H I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Area Lisvane 1,229.07 1,515.58 1,732.10 1,948.60 2,381.62 2,814.65 3,247.67 3,897.20 4,546.73 Pentyrch 1,316.53 1,535.95 1,755.38 1,974.79 2,413.63 2,852.48 3,291.32 3,949.58 4,607.84 Radyr & Morganstown 1,310.53 1,528.96 1,747.38 1,965.80 2,402.64 2,839.49 3,276.33 3,931.60 4,586.87 St. Fagans 1,299.63 1,516.23 1,732.84 1,949.44 2,382.65 2,815.86 3,249.07 3,898.88 4,548.69 St. Mellons 1,296.13 1,512.15 1,728.18 1,944.19 2,376.23 2,808.28 3,240.32 3,888.38 4,536.44 Tongwynlais 1,306.49 1,524.24 1,741.99 1,959.73 2,395.22 2,830.72 3,266.22 3,919.46 4,572.70 All other parts of the Council’s Area 1,281.46 1,495.04 1,708.62 1,922.19 2,349.34 2,776.50 3,203.65 3,844.38 4,485.11 2.4 Authorise the Corporate Director Resources to make payments under Section 38 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 from the Council Fund by equal instalments on the last working day of each month from April 2025 to March 2026 in respect of the precept levied by the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales in the sum of £58,156,896; 2.5 Agree that the Common Seal be affixed to the said Council Tax; 2.6 Agree that the Common Seal be affixed to precepts for Port Health Expenses for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, namely: County Council of the City and County of Cardiff £163,375 Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council £18,391 2.7 Agree that notices of the making of the said Council Taxes signed by the Chief Executive be given by advertisement in the local press under Section 38(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992; 3.0 In accordance with the Local Government Act 2003, the Local Authority (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) Regulations 2003 and subsequent amendments and the CIPFA Prudential Code and Treasury Management Codes of Practice: (a) Approve the Capital Strategy 2025/26. (b) Approve the Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 and authorise the Section 151 Officer to raise such funds as may be required to finance capital expenditure by temporary or long-term borrowing. (c) Approve the Prudential Indicators for 2025/26 – 2029/30 including the affordable borrowing limit. (d) Delegate to the Section 151 Officer the ability to effect movement between the limits for borrowing and long-term liabilities, within the limit for any year, and to bring forward or delay schemes in the Capital Programme. (e) Approve the Minimum Revenue Provision Policy for 2025/26. 4.0 To approve the Budgetary Framework outlined in this report. 5.0 To maintain the current Council Tax Reduction Scheme as set out in this report.
There was no urgent business.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1. Receive nominations and approve appointments and nominations, as required, to the outside bodies listed.
Council was asked to receive nominations and make appointments and nominations of Members to outside bodies which were required for the 2025/26 municipal year. RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1. Receive nominations and approve appointments and nominations, as required, to the outside bodies listed.
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