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Budget Recommendations to Full Council, including Treasury Management Strategy
- Meeting of Budget, Cabinet, Tuesday, 21st January, 2020 4.00 pm (Item 10.)
- View the background to item 10.
Decision:
Cabinet noted:
a) The report from the Budget Scrutiny will follow after the meeting on 24 January and 6 February
b) The categorisation of earmarked reserves and provisions set out in Section 16.
c) The advice given by the Chief Finance Officer with respect to the robustness of the budget estimates and the adequacy of the Council’s reserves as set out in Section 15.
d) The results of consultation as set out in Section 17 and detailed in Appendix 4.
Cabinet agreed to recommend to Full Council:
e) An overall 3.99% increase in the Council’s element of council tax for 2020/21 with 2% as a precept for Social Care and a 1.99% general increase.
f) The General Fund revenue budget for 2020/21, as summarised in Section 6, the detailed budget summary by Directorate as outlined in Appendix 1.
g) The Capital Programme as set out in Appendix 2.
h) The Treasury Management Strategy, including the Prudential Indicators measuring affordability, capital spending, external debt and treasury management, as set out in Appendix 4.
i) That they note the results of consultation as detailed in Appendix 6.
Delegation of authority
j) Cabinet delegated authority to the Director, Finance after consultation with the Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Finance, Governance & Performance and the Mayor, to make any necessary adjustments following receipt of the final settlement information, West of England Combined Authority budget or other technical adjustments to the figures to be submitted to Full Council on 25th February 2020.
Supporting documents:
- Appendix A - Budget Report final, item 10. PDF 286 KB
- Appendix 1 - Budgets by Directorate, item 10. PDF 373 KB
- Appendix 2 - Capital Programme 2021-2425, item 10. PDF 355 KB
- Appendix 4 - Treasury Management Strategy, item 10. PDF 509 KB
- Appendix 5 - Flexible use of capital receipts strategy, item 10. PDF 314 KB
- Appendix 6 - Budget Consultation Report, item 10. PDF 11 MB
- Appendix 7 - Relevance Check - Council Budget 2020-21, item 10. PDF 128 KB
- Exec Summary Report, item 10. PDF 133 KB