Decision details

It was RESOLVED:

7.1       That an overall 4.99% increase in the Council’s element of council tax for 2018/19, with 2% as a precept for Adult Social Care, and a 2.99% general increase be recommended to Full Council for approval;

7.2       That the General Fund revenue budget for 2018/19, as summarised in Appendix A, be recommended to Full Council for approval;

7.3       That the cost pressures, technical adjustments and savings detailed in Appendix B, be noted;

7.4       That the Dedicated Schools Grant as set out in section 9 of the report, be noted;

7.5       That the report from the Budget Scrutiny Panel in Appendix C, be noted;

7.6       That the capital programme as set out in Appendix D be recommended to Full Council for approval;

7.7       That the Treasury Management Strategy and the Annual Investment Strategy for 2018/19 set out in Appendix E, be recommended to Full Council for approval;

7.8       That the Prudential Indicators measuring affordability, capital spending, external debt and treasury management set out in Appendix F, be noted;

7.9       That the advice of the Director of Legal and HR as set out in Appendix G, be  noted;

7.10    That the schedules of fees and charges set out at in Appendix H, and the proposed new fees and charges policy, including the officer delegated powers to which it refers be agreed, and where relevant, be recommended to Full Council for approval;

7.11    That the results of the consultation, as set out in section 7, and detailed in Appendix I, be noted; and

As per the Chief Finance Officer’s briefing on the final local government finance settlement which was provided verbally at the meeting:

7.11A              It be noted that the final local government settlement contained changes from the draft settlement on which the report was based and the Chief Finance Officer be authorised to do the following:

(i)            amend the figures at 2.24(a) and 2.24(b) of the report to reflect this, subject to these changes being equal and therefore not affecting the calculation of the council tax, which is presented at 2.24(c) and 2.24(d); and

(ii)          to make consequential (but no other) changes to other numbers and statutory calculations in the report, and such minor factual changes to the narrative reporting as may be required.