Decision details

Medium Term Financial Strategy

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The report will set out the challenges and some of the options to enable the Council to deliver a balanced budget over the next 5 years. The main focus will be on the financial constraints within which the Council is operating over the next 2 financial years – 2018/19 and 2019/20.

Decision:

RESOLVED (unanimously) that the Cabinet agreed to:

 

1)  Approve the attached Medium Term Financial Strategy and the recommendations outlined in that strategy;

2)  Recommend approval of the Efficiency Strategy to Council.

 

Reasons for the decision:

The rationale for the recommendations is contained in the supporting paper to this report.

Alternative options considered:

The supporting paper outlines other options for balancing future budgets.

Report author: Donna Parham

Publication date: 11/10/2017

Date of decision: 11/10/2017

Decided at meeting: 11/10/2017 - Cabinet

Effective from: 19/10/2017

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