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Medium Term Financial Strategy Consultation 2025/26 - 2028/29 Provisional Settlement Update (Environment & Communities Committee)

 

 

Meeting: 30/01/2025 - Environment and Communities Committee (Item 15)

15 Medium Term Financial Strategy Consultation 2025/26 - 2028/29 Provisional Settlement Update (Environment & Communities Committee) pdf icon PDF 311 KB

To consider the proposals within the budget consultation relating to the committee’s responsibilities.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The committee received the report on the development of the Cheshire East Medium-Term Financial Strategy 2025/26 to 2028/29 in relation to the responsibilities of the Environment and Communities Committee.

 

It was queried whether the Local Government Settlement would increase the base rate for calculating future Council Tax as it would be included in the Core Spending Power total. Officers advised that it would not affect the base rate as the funding was to offset the pressure of the National Insurance change to staff costs. It was requested that this assurance be provided in writing.

 

It was proposed and seconded that a recorded vote be carried out. The following results were recorded:

 

For:

 

Councillors Braithwaite, Bratherton, Brooks, Marshall, Place, Seddon and Warren

 

Against:

 

Councillors Dean, Gardiner, Posnett, Smetham and Whitaker

 

Abstentions:

 

Councillor Moss

 

RESOLVED (by majority):

 

That the Environment and Communities Committee:

 

  1. Recommend to the Corporate Policy Committee, for their meeting on 6 February 2025, all proposals within Appendix A, as related to the Committee’s responsibilities, for inclusion on the Council’s budget for 2025/26

 

  1. Identify any further budget change proposals, as related to the Committee’s responsibilities, that could assist Corporate Policy Committee in presenting an overall balanced budget to Council for 2025/26

 

  1. Note the capital growth items listed in Appendix B and the revenue implications noted in paragraph 23. These will be reviewed by the Capital Review Programme Board in January before a final list is brought to Corporate Policy committee in February

 

  1. Note the contents of Appendix C – Provisional Local Government Settlement 2025/26 (Finance Sub Committee)

 

  1. Note the contents of Appendix D – Council Tax benchmarking and scenarios (Finance Sub Committee) and consider what the impact of any requests for a change of Council Tax policy would be