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Budget and Council Tax Setting 2024 to 2025 and Medium Term Financial Strategy 2024 to 2028

 

 

The Cabinet will be asked to consider the proposals for the 2024 to 2025 budget and Medium Term Financial Strategy 2024 to 2028 for West Suffolk Council, prior to its approval by Council.  This report includes the Minimum Revenues Provision (MRP) Policy and Prudential Indicators, and also the outcomes of the Council’s review of its fees and charges.

 

The fees and charges have been reviewed in accordance with the Council’s Fees and Charges Policy, which has resulted in proposed increases to some. Where the proposed increase is greater than five percent, this constitutes a Key Decision. The Cabinet will consider the proposals as part of its consideration of this report. 

 

26 January 2024

Issue of Special Urgency Notice (Inclusion of Exempt Appendices)

The Cabinet will be asked to consider the proposals for the 2024 to 2025 budget and Medium Term Financial Strategy 2024 to 2028 for West Suffolk Council, prior to its approval by Council.

 

The inclusion of exempt Appendices are the business cases for new projects under the Capital Programme and are required to be included

to enable the Council to have access to all relevant information.  It has not been possible to provide 28 days’ notice for the reporting of these Appendices being considered in private session, as it was not known that exempt Appendices would be attached to the consideration of this report.

 

Under the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Council’s Constitution, paragraphs 16.1 and 17.2, which requires that where the normal procedure cannot be followed in respect of the consideration of matters in private, agreement is to be sought from the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee as to why the matter cannot be reasonably deferred.  This has been undertaken accordingly.

 

 

 

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: New expenditure, reduced income, or savings of more than £100,000;

Decision status: Recommmend Forward to Council

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 10/03/2023

Special urgency notice

This item is subject to the Special Urgency procedure. It is proposed to take a key decision and/or consider an item in private session on the decision date shown below. It would be impracticable to defer the decision until it has been included on the next Decisions Plan and it is not possible to proceed under the General Exception procedure by virtue of the date by which it is proposed to take this decision. The Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee has agreed to the use of the Special Urgency procedure in this case.

Exempt information notice

It is anticipated that this report will contain information which is exempt from publication and during discussion of this information the public may be excluded from the meeting. View the reasons for the exemption

Representations on exempt information

If you wish to make representations that the public should not be excluded from the meeting during discussion of this item please write to the Service Manager (Democratic Services) stating the reasons why you think the discussion should be held in public

Decision due: 6 Feb 2024 by Cabinet

Lead member: Councillor Diane Hind, Cabinet Member for Resources diane.hind@westsuffolk.gov.uk

Contact: Rachael Mann, Director (Resources and Property) 01638 719245.

Type of Decision: (KD) (e) – in relation to fees and charges element where proposed increases will be more than five percent (R) – Council 20/02/24. Unless separate proposals are recommended by Cabinet, consideration by Council will take place as part of the separate budget setting paper on 20/02/24.

Documents to be submitted: Report to Cabinet with recommendations to Council.

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