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1.1     Approved the Council budget for
2025/26 as set out in the report
 
1.2     Agreed a 2.99%
increase in the borough element of council tax in support of
service delivery pressures
 
1.3     Agreed an Adult Social Care
precept of 2%
 
1.4     Agreed the
addition to the council tax in 2025/26 on the taxpayers in premises
surrounding the garden in Gloucester Circus SE10 (Section
4)
 
1.5     Approved the
overall council tax level and the relevant statutory calculations
and resolutions (Section 4 and Appendix B)
 
1.6     Agreed the
schools funding formula for use in 2025/26 as presented to Schools
Forum on 15 January 2025 (Section 5)
 
1.7     Noted the overall additional
cost of 139p per week at Band D
(Section 4) of decisions 1.2 and 1.3.
 
1.8     Noted that the
GLA precept for 2025/26 is due to increase by 4.0% (36p per week at
Band D) (Section 4)
 
1.9     Noted the
level of Dedicated Schools Grant for Education purposes and that
the budget proposals for 2025/26 were agreed by the Schools Forum
on 15 January 2025 (Section 5)
 
1.10   Noted the comments on
financial standing, future risk and robustness of the budget
process (Section 6)
 
1.11   Noted that it shall have
regard to the s151 / Chief Finance Officer’s statement in
Section 6, as required under s25(2) of the Local Government Act
2003, when making decisions in this report