| Reference Number :- | 2520 |
| Date :- | 2015/01/23 |
| Decision Maker :- | Cabinet |
| Subject to Call-in :- | No |
| Subject of Decision :- | Housing Revenue Account Budget Proposals - Revised Budget 2014/15 and Original Budget 2015/16 |
| Decision :- | (a) Cabinet approved that, if the financial position changed prior to Council considering the budget on 10 February 2015, delegation be given to the Corporate Director (Corporate Services) to adjust the use of the Austerity Reserve, as required, in consultation with the Finance and Transformation Portfolio Holder; and (b) That, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Finance and Transformation Portfolio Holder, the Corporate Director (Corporate Services) reports directly to Council in respect of the formal draft resolutions necessary to implement the Cabinet’s budget proposals along with any late information, or notifications received from Communities and Local Government etc. as may necessarily affect the budget. That, Cabinet recommended to Full Council that: (a) Following the consideration of the comments from the Corporate Management Committee and the responses from the budget consultation activities undertaken, the following final budget proposals be made (based on a 0% increase in a Band D Council Tax for District services: (i) That the detailed budgets as per Appendix A of the Report A.6 of the Finance and Transformation Portfolio Holder were approved which provided for a Council Tax requirement for 2015/16 of £6.539m (£6.419m for 2014/15) (excluding parish precepts); and (ii) That the Council agrees and formally approves: (a) The specific recommendations, calculations and other matters in respect of the Council’s requirements – as at Appendix C of the aforementioned report; and (b) The Council Tax for this Council’s services – as at Appendix F of the aforementioned report. |
| Reason for Decision :- | Having considered the contents of the report. |
| Alternative Options Considered :- | None. |
| Conflicts of Interest Delared (and Dispensations Granted by the Monitoring Officer) :- | None. Consultation with Ward Member: N/A. |
| Contact Officer :- | Finance and Procurement Manager - Richard Barrett |
| Decision to Take Effect at end of :- | 2015/02/02 |
| Attachments :- | A.7 HRA Account Budget Proposals - Revised Budget (278K/bytes) |