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

The Service Manager Financial Services introduced the proposed 2020/21 general fund budget.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve a 3% discretionary income inflation increase for the individual portfolios as shown in the table at paragraph 2.5.6 of the report; and

2)    To recommend to Council on 5 March 2020:

a)    that the financial threshold above which decisions will be regarded as Key Decisions be set at £0.5m for 2020/21;

b)    a Council Tax increase of 3.07% (£5.00) which balances the financing of a Net Council Tax Requirement of £6,283,600 in 2020/21;

c)    that the detailed budget for 2020/21, as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report is approved.