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Performance Scrutiny Committee - Place and Corporate. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
2023-24 draft budget proposals for Place and Corporate services
The Committee noted the budget proposals for the Place and Corporate directorates and agreed to send the minutes to Cabinet as a summary of the issues raised. It also made comments and recommendations to Cabinet. It recommended that the plan to switch off streetlights from midnight to 6am should not go ahead. It recommended that cuts to the Community Safety Warden Service should not be made before talks with partners, including social landlords, about helping to fund it. A majority recommended that the plan for three-weekly domestic waste collections should not go ahead. It accepted the higher fees and charges for Environment and Leisure services, but asked that the increase match the Council Tax rise. It was happy with the reduction in the Newport Live management fee. It was happy with the registration service staffing proposal provided targets could still be met.
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
2023-24 budget and Medium Term Financial Plan
No decision recorded for this item.
Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
2023/24 budget and council tax rise of 8.5%
Council also approved the council tax resolution, which includes the precepts for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent and community councils. Council noted the Medium Term Financial Plan, and approved the reserves strategy and the transformation fund protocol. Council declined an amendment to the budget. A recorded vote on the budget was 33 in favour and 16 against.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
2024/25 draft budget and medium-term financial plan
Cabinet agreed draft budget proposals for public consultation. These include budget savings in Appendices 2 and 10, an 8.5% Council Tax rise, fees and charges in Appendix 5, and budget investments in Appendix 1. Cabinet approved savings in Appendices 3 and 11 to be put in place straight away by Heads of Service. Cabinet noted that the budget is still being developed, will be finalised in February, and that further work is needed on key risks in the draft funding settlement.
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
2024-25 budget and Medium Term Financial Plan
The Committee was content with the budget setting and consultation processes. It agreed to acknowledge the minutes of the Performance Scrutiny Committee - People and the Performance Scrutiny Committee - Place and Corporate for forwarding to Cabinet.
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