Decision details

To recommend the General Fund Revenue Budget 2024/25 to Council.

1.         To thank scrutiny committees who have considered our draft budget and to thank the Overview Select Committee for endorsing the budget;

2.         To note the equality assessment of the proposed tax rise and changes to council tax premium rules, and (in the light of the findings and having regard to the implications) to recommend the budget and tax rise to the Council as proposed in the report;

3.         To ask the Director of Finance to prepare the formal budget resolution for 2024/25, referred to in Section 3 of the Council report

The revenue budget forms part of the budget and policy framework.  Its approval is the responsibility of the full Council. The City Mayor is responsible for the preparation of a proposal for Council consideration.

A draft budget was published, and a formal decision to that effect was made by the City Mayor on 13th December 2023.  The budget was considered by a number of scrutiny commissions, followed by Overview Select Committee on 8th February.  Minutes of the commissions and Overview Select Committee will be circulated to Council members in advance of the budget meeting.

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