Issue - decisions

RESOLVED:

That Full Council agreed to:-

a.

approve the Net Revenue Budget for 2020/21 of £15,207,150, as set out in the Revenue Account Summary (paragraph 40) and in detail in Appendix A for the District Executive and four Area Committees, subject to any final amendments;

b.

approve a 2020/21 Council tax annual increase of 2.99%, increasing the annual Band D rate by £5.00 to £172.11. Full Council to note this new annual rate comprises £170.26 for SSDC services, raising £10,448,932, and £1.85 on behalf of the Somerset Rivers Authority, raising £112,315;

c.

approve the prioritisation of Business Rates pooling gain to Regeneration as detailed in paragraph 38;

d.

approve the new capital programme as shown in Appendix D, with includes an additional funding request of £1.887m as detailed in paragraph 62.

Reason:

To approve the proposed budget and council tax for 2020/21. This report is based on the Medium Term Financial Plan (Revenue Budgets.