Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: December 10, 2024

Purpose: To approve the Council’s budget proposals for consultation.

Content: RESOLVED that   i.       Approves the draft budget proposals for 2025/26 as the basis for consultation with the Overview & Scrutiny Commission and other interested parties and individual is approved.   ii.     the Treasury Management Strategy and associated documents at Annexe E for detailed review by the Governance and Audit Committee at its meeting in January is approved.   iii.    the 2025/26 Schools Budget be set in accordance with the arrangements set out in section 9 is approved.   iv.     Authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Learning to agree the allocation of the sums available for schools and Early Years funding as set out in recommendation 3.3, having regard to the decisions and recommendations of the Schools Forum and to agree detailed budgets for services centrally managed by the Council, including those in the High Needs Block.   v.     the Council Tax Base be set at 50,488 (Band D equivalents) for 2025/26 as outlined in Annexe H be approved.   vi.    the virements relating to the 2024/25 budget as set out in Annexes F and G are approved.   RECOMENDED that the virements relating to the 2024/25 budget as set out in Annexes F and G that are over £0.100m are approved by Council.