Additional guidance regarding voting on proposed amendments:

 Chief Finance Officer Comments:

(1) The following amendments (shown in order of voting) allocate in whole or in part the £0.117m additional resources set out in paragraph 3.5 of the Supplementary Financial Information for Budget Council report.

· Independent Councillor amendment 1    £0.117m

· Independent Councillor amendment 2    £0.035m

· Conservative amendment 1                      £0.117m

· Labour Group amendment 1                     £0.095m

· Labour Group amendment 3                     £0.022m

· Green Group amendment 1                      £0.095m

· and Green Group amendment 6             £0.022m

Should any amendment be passed, any subsequent amendment that is passed using the same resources will mean all previous amendments would fall.

(2) Conservative group amendment 1 and Green amendment 2 both reverse in part or in full the Youth-led Grants saving.  If both amendments are passed the full saving will be reversed and additional unallocated resources of £0.075m would be added to contingency.

(3) Labour amendment 1 and 3 reverse the Supported Employment saving of £0.210m. Green group amendment 3 ,5 and 6 reverse the Supported Employment saving in part by £0.178m. If all amendments are passed, the saving will be reversed and additional unallocated resources of £0.178m would be added to contingency.

(4) Labour Group amendment 1 and Green Group Amendment 3 include increase charges for scaffolding on the highway. If both amendments are passed then the additional income identified in Green Group amendment changes from £0.005m to £0 (as it effectively reduces fees for the scaffolding over 12 metres agreed in labour amendment 1 which offsets the additional 5% increased income for scaffolding fees below 12 metres ) and the amendment would change to reversing £0.097m of the saving to Supported Employment.

(5) Labour amendment 5 and Green amendment 5, both allocate funding from freezing members allowances in 2023/24 (£0.039m). If both amendments are passed then Labour amendment 5 would fall.