Issue - meetings

Report of Corporate Director (Chief Financial Officer).

Corporate Director Mark Kimberley presented a report, which had been circulated prior to the meeting, giving information about the finance settlement for the next financial year.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Note the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement;

2)    Approve in principle the payment of £28,400 grant funding to the Parish Councils to offset the taxbase reductions following implementation of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme as detailed in paragraph 2.1.5 of the report;

3)    Approve a 3% income inflation increase for the individual portfolios as shown in the table at paragraph 2.3 of the report; and

4)    Approve the draft letter attached at Appendix B to the report for circulation to a selection of Business Ratepayers.