Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: To gain approval to implement the most viable garden waste collection service based on customer responses on consultation to meet the full cost recovery for the service. Service will be £50 per bin for 20 collections March through November.

Author: Carl Touhig

Contact Details: carltouhig@monmouthshire.gov.uk

To approve implementation of the most viable garden waste collection service based

on customer responses on consultation to meet the full cost recovery for the service.

Service will be £50 per bin for 20 collections March through November indicates that

we can deliver a viable service to those residents at the required level.

To approve an annual uplift based on RPIx or less where a previous year’s income exceeds full cost recovery, and the annual charge would be reviewed and revised.

To implement for 2023/24 season

To provide an additional collection in January in recognition of changes to leaf fall season and to collect Christmas trees.

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to seek approval from Cabinet to enter into statutory consultation processes to establish a 3-11 seedling Welsh medium primary school in Monmouth.

Author: Will Mclean, Chief Officer, CYP

Contact Details: willmclean@monmouthshire.gov.uk

To agree to enter a statutory consultation process by the 1st June 2023 that seeks to obtain the views of a wide range of statutory consultees as listed on page 24 of the draft consultation document which can be found at appendix 2.

To approve the draft consultation document (appendix 2) and to delegate responsibility to the Cabinet Member for Education and the Chief Officer of Children and Young People, so that changes can be made to the document prior to starting the statutory consultation.

To agree to undertake the statutory consultation process in line with the timeline proposed under appendix 1.

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: To outline the discretionary powers that councils have available to them to charge higher amounts of council tax (i.e. premiums) on certain types of property.

To seek approval to go ahead with a public consultation exercise to consider introducing council tax premiums from 1st April 2024. 

Author: Ruth Donovan – Assistant Head of Finance: Revenues, Systems and Exchequer

Contact Details: ruthdonovan@monmouthshire.gov.uk

To note details of the discretionary powers that Councils have relating to council tax premiums, as detailed in the report.

To agree to undertake a public consultation exercise for proposals to introduce a council tax premium for long term empty properties and second homes, to sit alongside the planned budget consultation exercise due to run until 16th February 2023.

To use the results of the consultation to determine whether or not to introduce council tax premiums for either or both long term empty properties and second homes from 1st April 2024.

That the response to the consultation and the resultant proposal for any introduction of council tax premiums is considered by Scrutiny Committee prior to being considered for approval.

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose:To set out draft revenue and capital budget proposals for financial year 2023/24.

To commence a period of consultation on draft budget proposals for a four-week period ending 16th February 2023.

Author: Peter Davies, Deputy Chief Executive (S151 Officer)

Jonathan Davies, Head of Finance (Deputy S151 Officer)

Contact Details:peterdavies@monmouthshire.gov.uk; jonathandavies2@monmouthshire.gov.uk

That Cabinet approves the release of its draft revenue budget proposals for 2023/24 for consultation to run until 16th February 2023.

That Cabinet notes the positive implications arising out of the provisional budget announcement of Welsh Government and agrees the response outlined at appendix 4.

That Cabinet approves the release of its draft capital budget proposals for 2023/24 and indicative capital budgets for 2024/25 to 2026/27 as set out in appendix 8 for consultation to run until 16th February 2023.

That Cabinet agrees that immediate capital pressures identified for 2023/24 highlighted in figure 6 and in appendix 1 are funded from re-purposing existing capital budgets.

That Cabinet recommends the use of £3.0m of capital receipts to fund revenue costs associated with service reform that support the draft revenue budget proposals