Revenue Budget 2019-20 and Medium Term Financial Plan
Full council, 26 February 2019: a named vote on the report.
For 30, Against 0, Abstained 16.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (30)
- Abdul-Majid Rahman (Labour)
- Christine Jenkins (Labour)
- David Mayer (Labour)
- Deb Davies (Labour)
- Debbie Harvey (Labour)
- Debbie Wilcox (Labour)
- Gail Giles (Labour)
- Graham Berry (Labour)
- Herbie Thomas (Labour)
- James Clarke (Labour)
- Jane Mudd (Labour)
- Jason Hughes (Labour)
- John Guy (Labour)
- John Richards (Labour)
- Kate Thomas (Labour)
- Ken Critchley (Labour)
- Laura Lacey (Labour)
- Malcolm Linton (Labour)
- Mark Whitcutt (Labour)
- Miqdad Al-Nuaimi (Labour)
- Paul Cockeram (Labour)
- Phil Hourahine (Labour)
- Ray Truman (Labour)
- Rehmaan Hayat (Labour)
- Roger Jeavons (Labour)
- Stephen Marshall (Labour)
- Tracey Holyoake (Labour)
- Trevor Watkins (Labour)
- Yvonne Forsey (Labour)
- Allan Morris (Independent)
Abstained (16)
- Charles Ferris (Conservative)
- David Fouweather (Conservative)
- David Williams (Conservative)
- Joan Watkins (Conservative)
- Margaret Cornelious (Conservative)
- Martyn Kellaway (Conservative)
- Matthew Evans MBE (Conservative)
- Richard White (Conservative)
- Tom Suller (Conservative)
- Val Dudley (Conservative)
- William Routley (Conservative)
- Chris Evans (Newport Independents Party)
- Janet Cleverly (Newport Independents Party)
- Jason Jordan (Newport Independents Party)
- Carmel Townsend (Liberal Democrats)
- Holly Townsend (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
ess, including the public and specific consultees such as the Scrutiny Committees and the Fairness Commission. - The absence of alternative proposals being put forward. The following points were made against the report: - The impact of Welsh Government with regard to funding distribution. - The impact of historical decisions not to increase Council Tax. - Counter arguments regarding the impact of austerity on the Council's finances. - Examples of alternative proposals previously put forward to make budgetary savings. - The need to take into account precepts in the overall cost of Council tax. - The impact of the decision to change Community Council funding. The required number of elected members sought a recorded vote. The following members voted in favour of the proposals: Councillors Al-Nuaimi; Berry; Clarke; Cockeram; Critchley; Davies; Forsey; Giles; Guy; Harvey; R Hayat; Holyoake; Hourahine; Hughes; Jeavons; Jenkins; Lacey; Linton; Marshall; Mayer; Morris; Mudd; Rahman; Richards; H Thomas; K Thomas; Truman; T Watkins; Whitcutt; and Wilcox. A total of 30 votes. There were no votes against the proposals. The following members abstained: Councillors Cleverly; Cornelious; Dudley; C Evans; M Evans; C Ferris; Fouweather; Jordan; Kellaway; Routley; Suller; C Townsend; H Townsend; J Watkins; White; and Williams. A total of 16 absentions. It was therefore Resolved Revenue budget and council tax 19/20 (section 2-8) 1 To note that an extensive consultation exercise has been complet
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