Decision - General Fund Revenue Budget & Council Tax 2017/18
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General Fund Revenue Budget & Council Tax 2017/18
Decision Maker: Policy, Resources & Growth Committee, Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Sets out the final proposals for the General
Fund Revenue Budget and Council Tax for 2017/18 together with
Service & Financial Plans up to 2019/20
Decision:
RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND:
1) That Council agree the Administration’s proposed Council Tax increase in the Brighton & Hove element of the council tax, comprising:
a) A general Council Tax increase of 1.99%;
b) An Adult Social Care precept increase of 3.00%;
c) The Council’s net General Fund budget requirement for 2017/18 of £203.590m;
d) The 2017/18 budget allocations to services as set out in Appendix 1 incorporating 2017/18 savings proposals contained in the 4-Year Integrated Service & Financial Plans;
e) The reserves allocations as set out in paragraph 3.26 and table 2;
f) The Prudential Indicators as set out in Appendix 8 to this report.
g) That disabled bay application fees and individual bays be frozen at current rates.
2) That Council note the Equalities Impact Assessments to cover all budget options and their cumulative effect are set out in Appendices 9 and 10.
3) That Council approves the authorised borrowing limit for the year commencing 1 April 2017 of£419m.
4) That Council approves the annual Minimum Revenue Provision statement as set out in Appendix 7.
5) That Council notes the 4-Year Integrated Service & Financial Plans and associated Budget Strategies including savings proposals for later years up to and including 2019/20 at appendix 6.
6) That Council approves the strategy for funding the investment in change and flexible use of capital receipts set out in paragraphs 3.63 to 3.66.
7) That Council note that supplementary information needed to set the overall council tax will be provided for the budget setting Council as listed in paragraph 4.3.
RESOLVED – That the Committee agrees that officers be authorised to make any necessary technical, presentational or consequential amendments to this report before submission to full Council.
Report author: Nigel Manvell
Publication date: 14/02/2017
Date of decision: 09/02/2017
Decided at meeting: 09/02/2017 - Policy, Resources & Growth Committee
Accompanying Documents:
- Item 123 - Extract from ET&S - Fees & Charges PDF 234 KB
- Generla fund report PDF 520 KB
- Appendix 1 - Movements in Budget Allocations 2016/17 to 2017/18 PDF 84 KB
- Appendix 2 - Changes in Budget Projections PDF 185 KB
- Appendix 3 - Special and Specific Grant allocations PDF 224 KB
- Appendix 4 - Review of reserves PDF 279 KB
- Appendix 5 - Assessment of Risks PDF 184 KB
- Appendix 6 - 4 Year Service & Financial Plans PDF 2 MB
- Appendix 7 - MRP statement PDF 35 KB
- Appendix 8 - Prudential Indicators PDF 350 KB
- Appendix 9 - EIA Cumulative impact PDF 381 KB
- Appendix 10 - EIA Individiual Assessment PDF 1 MB
- Appendix 11 - Carbon Budget PDF 117 KB