Decision details

This will present the draft budget for Cabinet's comments prior to final approval at Council.

28/2006 The Cabinet approved the capital budget proposals, as set out in Appendices 1 to 5 to the report, for referral to Council. This included the three unfunded priority schemes reflected in Table 3 of the report.
29/2006 The Cabinet noted the recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny committees and reversed the proposal to cut the 'out of hours' noise service, adding back the £33,000 to the budget requirement.
30/2006 When considering fees and charges the Cabinet also amended the car parking proposals so as not to agree any increases for the basic tariff, to withdraw proposals for Sunday charging and to not increase permit fees. The effect of these amendments will be to add a further £60,000 to the budget requirement set out in Appendix 9 of the report.
31/2006 The Cabinet recommended to Council that the net revenue budget summarised at Appendix 9 of the report, amounting to £300.129m, should be adopted and that this be financed by a 6.3% increase in Council Tax to £956.43. Officers were instructed to identify further savings of £93,000 to finance the two amendments referred to at decisions 29/2006 and 30/2006 above.
32/2006 The Cabinet recommended to Council the fees and charges set out in the booklet 'Medway Council - Fees and Charges' noting that it now incorporated the amended parking fees, subject to the removal of the time restrictions for golf at Deangate, referred to in the pricing structure for 2006/2007 (page 37 of the booklet).
33/2006 The Cabinet requested that the Director of Finance and Corporate Services calculate the formal requirements under Sections 32 and 33 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for resolution by Council on 2 March 2006.
34/2006 The Cabinet agreed that a deputation be sent to government concerning Medway's budget position.

The constitution requires that Cabinet's budget proposals be forwarded to Council for consideration.The Council is required by statute to set a budget and Council Tax levels by 11 March each year.