Decision details

To recommend Cabinet's budget proposals to Council on 28 February 2008 for consideration and approval.

- The Cabinet noted the recommendations from overview and scrutiny committees as summarised in Section 7 and detailed in Appendix 6 of the report.
31/2008 The Cabinet approved the capital budget proposals, as set out in Appendices 1 to 5 of the report, together with the additions to the current capital programme outlined in paragraph 3.3 of the report, for referral to Council. This included the unfunded priority schemes reflected in Table 3 of the report.
32/2008 The Cabinet recommended to Council that the net revenue budget summarised at Table 9 of the report, amounting to £332.5 million, should be adopted and that this be financed by a 5% increase in Council Tax to £1,041.48.
33/2008 The Cabinet agreed as part of the budget setting proposals the additional delegations to schools and to seek the efficiency and other savings identified at section 3 of the addendum report tabled at the meeting.
34/2008 The Cabinet recommended to Council the fees and charges adjustments set out at Appendix 8 to the report as amended by the information set out in paragraph 3.1 of the addendum report.
35/2008 The Cabinet requested that the Chief Finance Officer calculate the formal requirements under Sections 32 and 33 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for resolution by Special Council on 28 February 2008.

The Constitution requires that Cabinet's budget proposals must be forwarded to Council for consideration and approval.The Council is required by statute to set a budget and council tax levels by 11 March each year.Cabinet is required to recommend a balanced budget to Council on 28 February 2008 and the actions set out in the addendum report are required to ensure that the assumptions in the main report on the budget proposals, as far as the restriction of spending to the received DSG for 2008/2009, is maintained.