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10.1

The purpose of this report is
to set out new financial pressures facing the Waste & Street
Scene Committee in 2024/25, including fees, grant and other income
available to the council to offset these pressures and proposals
for how pressures may be addressed

 

 

10.2

RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That the Waste and Street
Scene Policy Committee:-
 

1.    
notes the new financial pressures facing Waste and
Street Scene for 24/25 and the new income available to help
mitigate them; and
 

2.    
notes that the proposals/mitigations will be
presented to the Strategy and Resources Committee as part of the
Council’s budget for 2024/25.

 

 

10.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

10.3.1

Members are asked to note the
unsustainable financial position highlighted by the medium-term
financial analysis presented to Strategy and Resources Committee in
September 2023. This report and its recommendations, sets out the
scale of the challenge ahead, the limited resources available and
some of the difficult decisions that will need to be
taken.

 

 

10.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

 

 

10.4.1

The Council is required to both
set a balance budget and to ensure that in-year income and
expenditure are balanced. The options presented in this paper, if
accepted, will negate the need to make any staff or resource cuts
to the respective services and therefore, should allow the
continuation of good quality customer services.