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To consider whether any items should be dealt with in private because of the likely disclosure of Exempt or Confidential Information |
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Declarations of Interest PDF 63 KB
Minutes:
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To confirm the Minutes of the Council Meeting held on the 14th December 2023 PDF 158 KB Minutes: Resolved:
That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on the 14th December 2023 be approved and confirmed as a correct record.
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To receive any announcements from the Mayor, Leader or other Members of the Cabinet |
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Minutes: Resolved:
That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Licensing Committee held on the 16th January 2024 be approved and adopted.
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Minutes: Resolved:
That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Regulatory Committee held on the 16th January 2024 be approved and adopted.
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Additional documents: Minutes: (a) Cabinet – 25th January 2024
Resolved:
That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Cabinet held on the 25th January 2024 be received and noted.
(b) Cabinet – 22nd February 2024
Resolved:
That subject to the expiry of the period by which decisions arising from the Meeting of the Cabinet held on the 22nd February may be called in, i.e. 6th March 2024:-
(i) the Minutes of the Meeting of the Cabinet held on the 23rd February 2024 be received and noted with the exception of Minute No. 318.
(ii) the recommendations in Minute No. 318 be deferred for consideration as part of the agenda item dealing with the Budget and Council Tax Resolutions 2024/25.
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Minutes: Resolved:
That (i) the Budget for 2024/25 as recommended by the Cabinet in Minute No. 318, and as amended by the tabled papers with revised fees and charges, and the amendments passed at this Meeting, be approved (the table below contains details of those amended fees and charges).
(ii) the formal Council Tax resolutions set out below be approved.
1. It be noted that on 26 October 2023 the Cabinet calculated: a. The Council Tax Base for 2024/25 for the whole Council area as 49,832 (Item T in the formula in Section 31B(3) of the Local Government Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)) and, b. For dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates as in the attached Table A. 2. Calculation that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2024/25 (excluding Parish precepts) is £9,366,420 (Tables D and E). 3. That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2024/25 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:
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Minutes: Resolved:
That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Standards Committee held on the 30th January 2024 be received and noted.
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Annual Report of the Council's Monitoring Officer 2023 PDF 448 KB Minutes: Resolved:
That the Annual Report of the Council’s Monitoring Officer 2023 be received and noted.
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Programme of Meetings 2024/25 and 2025/26 PDF 220 KB Minutes: Resolved:
That the Programme of Meetings for 2024/25 and 2025/26 as appended to these Minutes be adopted.
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Freedom of the Borough PDF 125 KB Minutes: Resolved:
That (i) in accordance with the provisions of Section 249(5) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Council of the Borough of Ashford do confer Mrs Jo James OBE with the Freedom of the Borough of Ashford in recognition of her achievements and significant and eminent services rendered to the Borough; that the Common Seal of the Council be affixed to the Scroll recording such admission; and their name be entered in the Honorary Roll.
(ii) in accordance with the provisions of Section 249(5) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Council of the Borough of Ashford do confer Mr Gerry Clarkson CBE with the Freedom of the Borough of Ashford in recognition of his achievements and significant and eminent services rendered to the Borough; that the Common Seal of the Council be affixed to the Scroll recording such admission; and their name be entered in the Honorary Roll.
(iii) the arrangements for the ceremony as set out within the report be noted.
(iv) it be noted that the Borough Council, in consultation with His Worshipful the Mayor, and the proposed recipients, have agreed that the formal ceremony be held in St Mary’s Church, Ashford on 24th April 2024.
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Report of the Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer - Rolvenden Parish Council PDF 37 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Resolved:
That
(i) the Order, substantially in the form attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be made with effect from 1st March 2024.
(ii) in order to ensure that similar decisions in future can be made without delay, the authority to make s.91 Orders be delegated to the Solicitor to the Council and Monitoring Officer, in accordance with the Procedure Note for Appointing Persons to Inquorate Local Councils, at Appendix 2 to the report.
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Questions by Members of which Notice have been given pursuant to Procedure Rule 10
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