Issue - decisions

Revenue Budget 2022/23

28/02/2022 - 2022/23 Revenue Budget

The Cabinet resolved to:

 

Recommend to full Council the following:

 

1.  Approval of the 2022/23 budget to enable the Council Tax for 2022/23 to be set;

 

2.  Approval of the Model Council Tax Resolution 2022/23 as set out in Appendix B;

 

3.  Delegate authority to the Director of Finance, to place a notice in the local press of the amounts set under recommendation 2 within a period of 21 days following the Council's decision;

 

4.  Approve the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) as based on the estimated financial deficit in the Capitalisation Direction and to be funded by capitalisation of:

 

a. £223.1m up to 2021/22

b. £84.1m for 2022/23

c. £171.1m for beyond 2022/23

 

5.  Approve the Capital Receipts Flexibility Strategy as agreed in 2021/22.

 

6.  Approve the overall General Fund revenue budget of £191.7m, to include:

 

a. growth for pressures for contract inflation and pay inflation of £8.178m

b. proposed savings by directorate of £19.959m

 

7.  Approval of the Members Allowances Scheme for 2022-23 at Appendix I

 

The noted the following:

 

8.  The balanced budget position for 2022/23 requiring savings of £19.959m and the projected financial deficit between 2023/24 to 2028/29

 

9.  The inclusion within the Capitalisation Direction of £1m per year from 2022/23 onwards as a means to rebuild the General Fund and Earmarked Reserves balance

 

10.The intention to increase Council Tax by 1.99% in 2022/23

 

11.The intention to increase Council Tax by a further 1% in 2022/23 in respect of the Adult Social Care Precept

 

12.The assumed funding for the protection of social care 2022/23 through the Better Care Fund

 

13.That due regard has been had to the s.25 report by the Director of Finance at Appendix H

 

To agree the following:

 

14.Approval of the Fees and Charges Policy Framework, with a recommendation that Council approve this for non-executive functions

 

The Cabinet considered an Addendum set out in the Supplementary Agenda and agreed to:

 

Recommend to full Council:

 

i.  Acceptance of the capitalisation direction of £223m up to 31.03.22

ii.  Acceptance of the capitalisation direction of £84.1m for the 2022/23 financial year

iii.  Acceptance of the accompanying conditions set out in the report.

 

Noted:

 

i.  The capitalisation direction is not a grant.  The Council needs to fund the revenue expenditure capitalised from disposing of assets to repay the resulting debt.

ii.  The Council is in a precarious state and will be required to request future capitalisation directions to balance future years budgets, estimated at an additional £172m, £479m in total

iii.  The minded to directions will be converted into actual directions on an annual basis as the accounts for each year are closed and audited