Agenda and decisions

Members are asked to declare any interests in the items under consideration and in doing so state:

(1) the type of interest concerned either a

(a)   personal interest

(b)   prejudicial interest

(c)    disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI)

and

(2) the nature of the interest concerned

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To consider proposals for Blackpool Council’s level of Council Tax for 2021/22 and the General Fund Revenue Budget 2021/22.

The Executive resolved as follows:

1. To confirm the Executive’s recommendation to Council on 8 February 2021 to agree the savings of £350,000 identified in Appendix 2 of the General Revenue Budget 2021/2022 papers through service improvements and efficiencies by the integration of Environmental and Cleansing services into Blackpool Waste Services Limited trading as Enveco.

(Councillor Kirkland having declared a prejudicial interest left the room during consideration of this decision.)

2. To confirm the Executive’s recommendation to Council on 8 February 2021 to agree the remaining budget savings of £19.95m (£20.3m minus £350,000 already approved in decision 1) (ref. paragraphs 7.1 and 7.2 and Appendix 2 of the General Fund Revenue Budget Papers )

3. Having considered all information received since the meeting of the Executive on 8 February 2021 including the Final Settlement Funding Assessment announced on 4 February 2021, to confirm all other Executive recommendations to Council regarding the General Fund Revenue Budget 2021/22.

4. To recommend to Council approval of a level of Blackpool Council’s Council Tax for the year 2021/22 of £1,699.13 at valuation band D equivalent (an increase of 4.99% including the 3% Adult Social Care Precept).

5. To recommend to Council the level of net expenditure for the General Fund Revenue Budget 2021/22 of £149,062,000.

6. To note that the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire’s precept for the financial year 2021/22 at valuation band D equivalent was agreed on 22 February 2021 and reported verbally to the Executive meeting as £226.45 an increase of 7.09%

7. To note that the Lancashire Combined Fire Authority met on the morning of 22 February 2021 to set its precept for the financial year 2021/22. This again was reported verbally at the Executive meeting as £72.27 at valuation band D an increase of 1.99%.