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BUDGET UPDATE, PROCESS AND TIMETABLE 2024/25

Meeting: 15/11/2023 - Cabinet (Item 3.)

3. BUDGET SETTING PROCESS AND TIMETABLE 2024/25 pdf icon PDF 187 KB

Division/Wards Affected: Whole Authority

 

Purpose:To set out an initial modelled budget shortfall of £14.4 million for financial year 2024/25 and to agree a budget setting process that will enable a balanced budget to be presented to Council in February 2024.

 

Author: Peter Davies, Deputy Chief Executive (Section 151 Officer)

Jonathan S. Davies, Head of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer) 

 

Contact Details: peterdavies@monmouthshire.gov.uk

   jonathandavies2@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

That Cabinet notes a modelled initial budget shortfall of £14.4 million to be addressed.

 

That Cabinet sets an expectation that the budget build for 2024/25 will recognise priorities set within the Community and Corporate Plan with reducing the impact of inequality on citizens and climate change on communities being central to all considerations.

 

That Cabinet adopts the budget planning framework and timetable outlined in Appendix 1 and 2.