Issue - meetings

General Fund Budget and Council Tax 2024/25

Meeting: 31/01/2024 - Cabinet (Item 83)

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The report of the Strategic Director of Resources

Presented by the Corporate Portfolio Holder

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Corporate Portfolio Holder presented the report.

 

It was moved by Councillor N Rushton, seconded by Councillor T Saffell, and

 

RESOLVED THAT:

 

  1. The attached Council Report (Appendix A) be endorsed and recommended to Council for approval at its meeting on 22 February 2024 subject to the following amendments:

 

·         That the proposal to remove the grant of £1460 funding to Ashby Museum be withdrawn. The full amount is to be paid in 2024, but the Council is minded to reduce the grant in equal instalments over three years beginning the financial year 2025/26.

·         That the proposal to remove the freephone number, to make a saving of £2500, be withdrawn.

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2.  The fees and charges as set out in Appendix 3 of the Council report be approved.

 

  1.  Authority be delegated to the Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Corporate Portfolio Holder to make amendments to the Council report prior to consideration at Council on 22 February 2024.

 

Reason for Decision: to allow the Council to approve the 2024/25 budget.