Issue - meetings

Report of the Senior Leadership Team on behalf of the Leader of the Council

The Deputy Chief Executive introduced the proposed 2018/19 general fund budget. The Director of Organisational Development and Democratic Services gave an overview of the Gedling Plan for 2016-19 and summarised a number of key points.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve a 3% discretionary income inflation increase for the individual portfolios as shown in the table at paragraph 3.6.5 of the report;

2)    Recommend to Council on 5 March 2018:

a)    That the financial threshold above which decisions will be regarded as Key Decisions be set at £0.5m for 2018/19;

b)    A Council Tax increase of £5 which balances the financing of a Net Council Tax Requirement of £5,974,500 in 2018/19;

c)    That the Gedling Plan and the detailed budget for 2018/19, as detailed in Appendices 1 and 3 of the report be approved;

d)    The future cumulative efficiency target of £1.1m with the following annual ongoing targets: 2019/20 £100,000; 2020/21 £200,000; 2021/22 £400,000; 2022/23 £400,000; and to instruct officers to develop delivery plans for the 2019/20 budget process.