Decision - General Fund Revenue Budget & Council Tax 2016/17

That the Committee recommends to Council:

1)     The Administration’s proposed Council Tax increase in the Brighton & Hove element of the council tax, comprising:

(i)        A general Council Tax increase of 1.99%;

(ii)       An Adult Social Care precept increase of 2.00%;

(iii)      The Council’s net General Fund budget requirement for 2016/17 of £209.571m;

(iv)      The 2016/17 budget allocations to services as set out in Appendix 1;

(v)       The reserves allocations as set out in paragraph 3.25 and table 2;

(vi)      The Prudential Indicators as set out in Appendix 9 to this report.

2)     That Council note the Equalities Impact Assessments to cover all budget options and their cumulative effect are set out in Appendices 10 and 11.

3)     That Council approves the authorised borrowing limit for the year commencing 1 April 2016 of £404m.

4)     That Council approves the annual Minimum Revenue Provision statement as set out in Appendix 8.

5)     That Council note the 4-Year Service & Financial Plans including savings proposals for later years up to and including 2019/20.

6)     That the Council note the approach to managing risk and successful delivery set out in paragraph 3.47.

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.

8)     The the Committee agrees that:

i)          Officers be authorised to make any necessary technical, presentational or consequential amendments to this report before submission to full Council.

9)     That the Committee agrees that Low Emission Vehicle and Car Club permits be frozen at current rates.