Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: February 24, 2025

Purpose: To update on the final budget proposals for 2025/26.

Content: (a)       That the revised additional budget requirement for 2025/26 be noted and approved;   (b)       That the final proposals for the cost reductions that will contribute to the budget be approved;   (c)        That a legal and balanced budget based on the calculations set out within the report be recommended to Council;   (d)       That the open risks with remain to be managed in the 2025/26 financial year be noted;   (e)       That an overall annual increase in Council Tax for 2025/26 of 8.93% for Council Services and 0.57% for contributions to North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and Regional Coroners Service, which constitutes an overall uplift of 9.5%, be recommended to Council;   (f)        That Cabinet invites Council to pass the formal Council Tax resolution now that notification had been received of the precepts of the Police and Crime Commissioner and all Town and Community Councils in Flintshire; and   (g)       That the medium-term forecast be noted as a basis for the next revision of the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS).