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A
A
No,
I
have
no
items
to
raise
under
the
urgency
provision.
Therefore,
item
four
housing
revenue
account
budget,
as
he's
got
the
lurgy.
B
I
was,
I
was
just
going
to
introduce
actually
don't
mind
this
item
in
the
next
one.
Before
I
quickly
hand
to
mrs
goby,
who.
B
In
this
and
all
things
just
because
I
wanted
to
say
a
big
thank
you
to
sarah
and
her
team,
I
think.
B
Really
impressive
set
of
documents
in
a
year
where,
like
we
have
you,
know,
sort
of
the
goal,
posts
have
changed
so
many
times
and
the
certainty
has
never
been
there
and
yet
we're
coming
out
of
this
with
a
balanced
budget,
and
I
think
some
really
am
you
know
continuing
to
support
your
ambitious
plans
for
ada,
and
that
is
down
to
the
work
of
a
lot
of
officers.
But
sarah
and
her
team
in
particular.
So
I
shall
hand
to
sarah
because
she
knows
way
more
about
it
than
me
with
a
thank
you.
D
Thank
you
leader,
so
before
the
executive
today
is
the
hra
budget,
and
I
just
wanted
to
reflect
a
little
on
the
history
which,
I
I
will
say
is
is
well
known,
which
is
the
impact
of
rent
limitation
upon
our
hra
effectively
over
the
four
years
we
lost
about
two
million
pounds
worth
of
revenue
and
consequently
we
have
been
in
deficit
now
for
for
three
years,
but
with
the
change
to
the
rent
regime
and
the
ability
to
put
our
rents
up
by
cpi
plus
one
percent,
we
will
gradually
return
to
financial
stability.
D
I
have
set
up
with
for
you
within
the
reports
more
one-off
pressures
that
we're
expecting
to
experience
this
year
and
that's
set
out
at
a
paragraph
5.3,
and
those
pressures
include
some
one-off
need
to
invest
in
ensuring
that
our
homes
are
safe,
that
our
electrical
testing,
our
asbestos
testing
and
our
other
compliance
work
is
is
properly
undertaken.
D
We
have,
of
course,
continued
our
commitment
to
invest
in
council
homes,
investing
5.6
million
in
new
schemes
each
year,
and
we
obviously
have
to
fund
the
revenue
consequences
of
that,
but
that
investment
is
critical
if
we
are
to
ensure
that
homes
are
both
safe
and
fit
for
our
tenants
to
live
in.
D
We
are,
of
course,
also
undertaking
some
significant
fire
safety
works
in,
what's
known
as
the
inner
rooms
project
to
ensure
those
homes
are
properly
fire
compliant
and
consequently
we
are
having
to
re
decant
our
tenants
into
alternate
homes,
and
so
we
are
experiencing
an
unusual
level
of
void
loss
in
the
next
year,
as
we
keep
those
properties
deliberately
empty
to
facilitate
that
important
project.
D
As
a
result
of
the
pressures,
I
am
recommending
to
you
that
we
increased
the
rent
by
the
maximum
allowable
by
the
regulator
which
is
set
at
cpi
in
september
plus
1,
so
that
is
4.1,
but
that
will
enable
us
to
do
some
critical
investment
for
the
future
in
our
homes.
Thank
you
at
leader,
happy
to
take
any
questions
that
members
may
have.
D
D
When
we
sell
a
home,
we
are
only
entitled
to
keep
a
proportion
of
the
receipts.
We
have
signed
an
agreement
with
the
department
which
ensures
that
we
can
keep
a
larger
percentage
for
future
development,
but
we're
only
allowed
to
apply
a
percentage
of
that
receipt
to
the
new
development.
D
So,
although
it's
described
as
one
for
one
replacement
because
of
the
limitations
of
how
the
scheme
works,
you
can
only
fund
30
of
a
replacement
unit
from
your
right
to
buy,
so
it
will
never
effectively
replace
a
unit
and
and
that
that
is
in
itself,
a
limitation
because
we
don't
have
the
freedom
to
use
all
of
our
capital
receipts
say
to
buy
a
unit.
We
can
only
ever
pay
do
30
and
if
we're
doing
street
purchases
or
buying
back
the
actual
amount
we
can
apply,
is
lower
at
about
seven
percent.
D
So
street
purchases
don't
necessarily
offer
the
best
value
because
you
have
to
fund
so
much
of
it
through
borrowing,
whereas
actually,
if
you're
constructing
particularly
for
constructing
on
your
own
land,
you
will
get
better
value
for
the
longer
term.
Out
of
that
that
that
approach
does
that
answer
the
question.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
I
know
everyone's
gone
through
this
and
and
read
it
and
understands
it
completely,
but
I
think
the
problem
that
ada
holmes
has
can
all
be
summed
up
in
4.5.2
on
this
on
this
document.
Here
the
the
dilemma
that
the
council
faces
is
how
to
balance
the
need
to
spend
more
on
current
stock,
with
the
need
to
provide
more
council
housing
to
meet
the
local
needs.
E
We
have
problems
and-
and
I'm
just
thank
sarah
for
for
bringing
those
to
the
forefront,
but
I'm
glad
to
say
that
as
time
goes
on
in
and
within,
I
think
it's
about
two
years.
We
should
be
back
on
even
keel,
and
I
know
we're
all
looking
forward
to
that
day
because
being
in
deficit
is
not
not
the
best
way
to
go
and
depleting
resources.
E
F
Yes,
thank
you.
Sarah
just
one
question
I
mean
4.1
sounds
in
current
sort
with
everything
else.
That's
going
on
currently
sounds
a
significant
sum
to
tenants,
but
can
you
just
give
us
an
indication
of
what
percentage
of
our
tenants
would
in
fact
be
paying
the
increase
and
how
many
would
be
benefiting
from
housing
support
and
not
paying
the
full
sum
that
we're
talking
off.
E
Of
our
tenants
are
in
universal
credit
that
the
rent
is
paid
for
them.
C
A
I
mean
the
reality
is
when
good
old
george
introduced
the
cut
when
he
was
before
he
went
off
to
run
a
newspaper
which
should
be
undone
a
few
years
earlier.
There
we
are,
you
know
he
was
doing
it.
I
think
it's
a
bit
of
a
smoke
screen
for
the
government
at
the
time.
Wasn't
he
and
we're
still
paying
the
cost
and
unfortunately
the
tenants
didn't
notice
there
when
it's
being
reduced
by
one
percent,
but
there's
certainly
noticed
it
going
the
other
way,
but
there
we
are
right.
We
have
the
proposals
before
us.
A
On
page
two
right,
the
executive
is
recommended
to
consider
and
approve.
Do
we,
okay
to
approve
the
housing
revenue,
account
estimates
on
2223
I
set
out
in
appendix
one
agreed.
E
A
A
That
agreed
agreed
and
then
determine
the
basically
council
rents
for
garages
four
point:
one
percent
increase
to
eleven
pound
seventeen
plus
that
for
non-council
tenants
is
that
agreed
and
prove
the
service
charges
be
delegated
to
the
head
of
housing
and
chief
financial
officer
in
consultation
with
the
executive
member
for
customer
service
in
setting
service
charges,
as
in
paragraph
9.2
grid,
agreed
and
look
forward
to
approve
the
hra
treasury
management
strategy,
combined
because
sorry
contained
in
appendix
3.
A
D
Thank
you
leader,
so
before
the
committee
is
the
proposed
revenue
budget
for
2223,
we
entered
this
last
part
of
the
budget
cycle
in
a
strong
position
to
set
a
balanced
budget
without
use
of
reserves
and
within
the
report
we
consider
options
for
the
level
of
council
tax
to
for
the
fourth
coming
year,
together
with
some
proposals
to
invest
in
in
services
when
thinking
about
the
level
of
council
tax,
I
I
think
we
need
to
reflect
on
not
just
22
23,
but
also
our
future
years,
and
particularly
23
24.
D
D
settlement,
I
have
to
say,
was
surprisingly
good
and
as
a
result
of
settlement,
we
did
receive
a
considerable
additional
resources,
but
it
should
be
appreciated
that
most
of
these
resources
are
one-off
and
for
22
23
only
and
consequently
we
are
suggesting
to
you
to
set
aside
as
much
of
those
resources
into
a
contingency
budget
and
to
address
one-off
pressures
only
so
that
we
don't
become
overly
reliant
on
one-off
resources,
which
will
simply
disappear
in
the
fairer
funding
review.
D
Members
have
at
appendix
2
got
the
opportunity
to
consider
some
investments
in
services
and,
if
they're
minded
to
accept
those-
and
I
think
at
that
point
I
will
stop
and
take
questions.
But
there's
just
one
final
thing,
which
is:
we
haven't
yet
received
final
settlement
and
the
consultation
ended
earlier
this
month
and
until
we
get
final
settlement,
these
flood
figures
may
be
subject
to
minor
revision.
We're
not
expecting
a
significant
change
to
come
out
of
final
settlement.
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
that
members
may
have.
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair.
If
I
wanted
to
ask
a
question
about
7.4.3
about
the
interest
rates,
obviously
being
extremely
low
at
present
and
reflected
in
the
budgets,
interest
rates
look
like
they
might
be
rising
to
0.5
this
week.
How
does
this
impact
our
finances,
and
will
the
budget
be
updated
to
reflect
this.
D
So
interest
changes
have
can
affect
our
budget
in
two
different
ways.
Firstly
and
joyfully:
it
would
improve
our
investment
yield.
It
may
affect
our
cost
of
borrowing,
but
we
do
tend
to
budget
quite
prudently
for
the
cost
of
borrowing,
assuming
an
average
rate
of
around
two
to
two
and
a
half
percent.
D
D
So
it
will
only
really
affect
the
new
borrowing
for
the
new
program,
which
is
around
about
one
and
a
half
to
two
million
pounds.
So
I
actually
think
interest
rates
will
be
manageable
within
our
treasury
management
budgets
that
we
have
in
fact
set.
D
G
Okay,
thank
you
so
question
4.57
about
the
county
business
rate
pooling
which
was
suspended
last
year
due
to
uncertainty.
Would
we
be
better
off?
Not
pooling,
doesn't
seem
to
be
an
option
here
and
do
we
know
how
much
of
the
proportion
of
the
county
pool
is
reinvested
back
here
in
ada?
D
So
the
county
will
be
significantly
better
off
as
a
result
of
of
pooling,
I
think,
oh
gosh.
I
will
confirm
this
to
you,
but
I
think
the
pool
itself
will
generate
something
like
three
million
additional
resources
across
the
county
area
and
the
approach
to
the
pool
is
that
it's
generally
invested
in
projects
that
benefit
the
whole
area,
and
you
should
remember
when
we're
talking
about
pooling
that
these
are
resources
that
would
have
gone
to
treasury.
D
So
it's
managed
by
the
county
council
and
it's
allocated
in
conjunction
with
the
the
joint
leaders
who
consider
there's
a
sort
of
bidding
process
that
goes
goes
forward.
We
have
benefited
quite
significantly
out
of
the
pool
in
recent
years.
It's
funded
the
walking
and
cycling
strategy.
We
got
significant
resources
towards
the
investment
in
in
gigabit,
and
so
it
it
has
benefited
us,
probably
more
than
we
actually
put
in.
D
I
shouldn't
say
that
too
loudly,
because
actually
ada
only
contribute
a
fairly
small
amount
to
the
pool,
but
we
have
done
quite
well
out
of
the
resources
we've
levered
out
of
the
pool.
A
Yeah
over
the
recent
years,
the
pool's
been
mainly
been
using
it
on
broadband,
extending
that
you
know
the
gigabit
in
adrian
worthing
and
then
in
other
places,
getting
a
decent
broadband
out
into
the
country
parts
where
you
know
they
just
haven't,
had
it
before.
That's
where
a
lot
of
the
money's
been
going.
H
Thank
you
and
I
think
the
really
important
bit
which
mrs
goby
did
pick
up
there
is
that
without
the
pooling
we
wouldn't
see
any
of
this
at
all,
it
would
just
go
back
into
that
great
big
vast
pot
in
whitehall
somewhere.
So
it's
working
out
pretty
well
for
us,
I
think
so.
Firstly,
I
would
like
to
echo
the
chief
execs
comments
earlier
on
regarding
the
reports
and
performance
of
mrs
goby
and
her
team
in
particular,
in
achieving
a
balanced
budget
in
what
has
been
most
difficult
times
again.
H
H
What's
in
front
of
us
and
and
that's
the
key,
we
can
only
play
the
football
that
is
in
front
of
us
that
around
this
table,
I'm
pretty
sure
we
we
have
our
concerns
about
the
way
in
which
local
authorities
are
funded
and
how
much
they're
funded,
but
as
a
local
authority,
we
can
only
play
the
ball,
that's
in
front
of
us
and
I
think
we're
playing
that
ball
pretty
well,
so
far,
the
increase
in
council
tax.
H
Of
course,
we
don't
like
increasing
council
tax
any
more
than
we
like
increasing
the
the
rents
for
their
council
house
tenants,
but
I
think
I'm
writing
saying
that,
because
of
the
way
our
council
tax
scheme
support
scheme
works,
the
the
most
vulnerable
would
be
protected
from
those
increases
anyway
and
of
course,
actually,
when
it
comes
down
to
it,
we're
talking
about
five
pound
fifty
on
average
a
year,
an
increase,
so
12
p
a
week
or
11
p
a
week
depending
on
your
banding,
so
I
think
we're
we're
not
doing
too
badly.
A
C
Leader
and
first
of
all,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
the
budget
and
all
the
work
behind
it,
and
I
fully
support
the
idea
of
the
the
one-off
payments
being
used
for
one-off
expenditure,
and
we
should
not
bank
those
for
our
regular
expenses.
That
is
certainly
a
very
prudent
step
forward.
Thank
you
very
much
for
finding
a
a
useful
budget
for
health
and
well-being.
C
I
think
we're
going
to
see
in
the
next
three
or
four
years,
more
pressure
being
put
on
health
and
well-being
functions
in
order
to
keep
people
well
and
safe
and
away
from
a
very,
very
highly
stretched
nhs,
and
I
know
our
officers
are
working
very
closely
with
west
sussex
on
that
and
the
nhs.
So
I
I
certainly
welcome
those
and
I
will
always
support
additional
resources
in
that
to
to
basically
save
the
nhs
thank
you
channel.
A
Anybody
else
nope,
nope
well
I'd
like
to
thank
miss
kobe,
their
team
as
well
outstanding
work.
The
thing
I
can
never
get
over
is
the
fact
that
she
can
actually
write
a
report
that
I
understand
as
well.
You
know
it's
not
not
it
not
in.
I
guess
not
in
a
foreign
language
which
some
a
lot
of
financial
reports
are.
I
was
looking
at
one
earlier
today,
but
yes,
it's
actually
understandable
and
yeah.
No,
it's
and
I.
B
A
As
I
say,
putting
that
money
to
one
side
is
definitely
because
who
knows
what's
going
to
happen
this
year,
who's
gonna
and
regarding
the
new
or
the
investing
in
the
new
staff,
I
mean
I'm
reliably
informed
that
democratic
services
are
terribly
overworked,
especially
for
joshua
meetings.
I
don't
know
this
is
true,
but
also
the
the
other
yes
transformation.
Lady,
I
mean
yeah.
Anybody
who
hasn't
met
that
lady.
I
mean
whoa,
that's
a
tour
de
full.
Well,
very
impressive.
A
I
mean
I
just
think:
she'd
probably
qualify,
as
investor
save,
if
actually
probably
will
be
invested
to
say,
yeah
yeah,
absolutely
absolutely
amazing,
so
yeah,
no,
I'm
quite
happy
to
to
propose
these
recommendations.
Now,
apparently
I
don't
know
it's
true
or
not,
but
it's,
mr
terry,
just
doing
it
to
wind
me
up,
but
him
and
our
new
temporary
legal
advisor.
Mr
wilde,
here
I've
come
up
with
the
wiz
that
we've
got
to
go
around
individually.
A
Right
so
the
recommendations
to
the
executive,
we
are
to
agree
with
the
proposed
invest
services
outlined
in
appendix
2.
I
agree.
E
A
A
To
agree
to
recommend
to
the
council
draft
budgets
for
20
20
23
20,
22
23,
as
in
appendix
5,
I
submitted
in
executive
member
failure,
order
and
transfer
to
reserves
leading
to
the
net
budget
requirement
of
9
million
hundred
and
forty
two
thousand
three
hundred
and
sixty,
which
includes
the
provision
for
proposals
in
the
annex
two
subject
to
any
amendments
agreed
above.
A
Thank
you
to
set
the
bandy
council
tax
to
recommend
to
the
council
for
2223,
as
in
section
510.,.
D
And
just
below
the
referendum
limit,
so
that
would
be
an
average
band
d
of
317.61.
A
H
A
It's
because
you
live
there
right,
okay
and
we've
got
another
one.
There.
A
Put
one
on
the
next
page
to
catch
me
right
and
to
approve
the
council
tax
base,
a
pace
of
twenty
one
thousand
six
hundred
and
how'd.
You
get
point
seven
of
ours
anyway,
yeah
as
set
out
in
paragraph
12.3.
I
agree.