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RESOLVED that the question be put. The recommendation to approve the virement was moved by County Councillor Jackie Charlton and seconded by County Councillor Pete Roberts and by 25 votes to 21 with 1 abstention it was RESOLVED to support the Cabinet’s decision on 24.6.25 to accept Option A as set in paragraph 3.4 to the report (as recommended by the ERC Scrutiny Committee) by approving the virement of £1.349m in this financial year from SPF grant, reserve and the Risk Budget as set out in Table 5 ,with the required funding for 2026/27 onwards to be considered as part of the normal budget setting process.
Apologies for absence were received from County Councillors T Colbert, S Cox, A Evans, J Gibson-Watt, K Healy, P James, A Jenner, J Jones, A Kennerley, G Pugh, L Roberts, C Robinson, D Selby and A Williams.
County Councillor Deb Edwards declared a personal and prejudicial interest in this item.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED that the question be put. The recommendation to approve the virement was moved by County Councillor Jackie Charlton and seconded by County Councillor Pete Roberts and by 25 votes to 21 with 1 abstention it was RESOLVED to support the Cabinet’s decision on 24.6.25 to accept Option A as set in paragraph 3.4 to the report (as recommended by the ERC Scrutiny Committee) by approving the virement of £1.349m in this financial year from SPF grant, reserve and the Risk Budget as set out in Table 5 ,with the required funding for 2026/27 onwards to be considered as part of the normal budget setting process.
Council debated a request to approve a virement of £1.349 million in this financial year from SPF grant, reserve and the Risk Budget to finance the decision of Cabinet to award the contract for public bus services in Powys for the next 7 years. It was confirmed that the virement was for 2025/26 only and that future years’ funding would be considered as part of the budget setting process. Some members criticised the timing of the decision just before the date on which contracts would have to be signed. Other members welcomed the additional services operating up to seven days a week and later into the evening. It was moved by County Councillor Jeremy Pugh and seconded by County Councillor Gareth E Jones that the question be put. By 44 votes to 1 it was RESOLVED that the question be put. The recommendation to approve the virement was moved by County Councillor Jackie Charlton and seconded by County Councillor Pete Roberts and by 25 votes to 21 with 1 abstention it was RESOLVED to support the Cabinet’s decision on 24.6.25 to accept Option A as set in paragraph 3.4 to the report (as recommended by the ERC Scrutiny Committee) by approving the virement of £1.349m in this financial year from SPF grant, reserve and the Risk Budget as set out in Table 5 ,with the required funding for 2026/27 onwards to be considered as part of the normal budget setting process.
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