Issue - meetings

[To consider the responses to the 2017/18 Budget Consultation and to take the responses into account for the 2017/18 Final Budget to be presented to Cabinet on 22 February 2017]

That the responses to the 2017/18 Budget Consultation be taken into account for the 2017/18 Final Budget to be presented to Cabinet on 22 February 2017.

Cllr Andrew Johnson presented the report on the consultation process undertaken to support the 2017/18 budget setting process, allowing for Councillors’ consideration of the responses to the consultation.

He placed on record his thanks to Cllr Steve Evans, Cabinet Member for City Environment who attended all of the community consultation meetings and Cllr John Reynolds for his input at the business consultation meetings. And Jane Dixon, Finance Business Support Manager for her co-ordinating role.

The completed set of responses to the consultation would be taken into account in the final budget that Cabinet recommends to Full Council on 1 March 2017.

Resolved:

That the responses to the 2017/18 Budget Consultation be taken into account for the 2017/18 Final Budget to be presented to Cabinet on 22 February 2017.