Decision details

Decision details

Budget 2014/15 and Medium Term Financial Plan 2014 to 2018

Decision Maker: EXECUTIVE

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To recommend to Council the Revenue Budget and Medium Term Financial, including the fees and charges, Plan 2014/15 - 2017/18 for approval.

Decision:

RECOMMENDED to Council

1.      That the response to consultation with Overview and Scrutiny, as set out in Appendix K to the report, and the responses from consultation with the public and stakeholders as set out in Appendix A to the report be noted.

2.      That the Revenue Budget for 2014/15 and the Medium Term Financial Plan for 2014/15 to 2017/18 be approved.

3.      That there are no adjustments to the draft Budget as described in paragraph 52 of the report.

4.      That the Council Tax Base as set out in Appendix G be noted.

5.      That a Band D Council Tax (CBC element) of £1,308.33 for residents of Central Bedfordshire, representing a 0% increase on the charge for 2013/14 be approved.

6.      That the fees and charges set out in Appendix J to the report be approved.

7.      That certain efficiency proposals identified in Appendix I to the report be noted and will be subject to formal consultation and Equality Impact Assessment in the coming months and that the Corporate Management Team be instructed to propose alternative compensatory savings if it appears, following a review of the outcome of the Equality Impact Assessment, that any specific proposal cannot be delivered.

Publication date: 06/02/2014

Date of decision: 04/02/2014

Decided at meeting: 04/02/2014 - EXECUTIVE

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