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RESOLVED: that
 

(1)        
the updated Budget Position for 2024/25 at
Provisional Settlement Stage be noted.
 

(2)        
the proposed approach to Budget Consultation for
2024/25 be agreed, and :

 

·          
It be noted that the formal budget consultation will
commence on the 8 January 2024 and run until 4 February 2024. The
results of the consultation process will then be considered by
Cabinet in preparing their final 2024/25 budget
proposal.

(3)        
It be noted that the Chief Executive as Head of Paid
Service will be issuing all necessary statutory and non-statutory
employment consultation in respect of the staffing implications of
budget preparation.
 
 
 

Reasons for the decision

To issue
the 2024/25 Budget Consultation and to provide stakeholders with
the opportunity, through a range of mechanisms, to provide feedback
to Cabinet. In addition, to note that the consultation will
commence on the 8th January 2024 and run until the
4th February 2024.