Voting record

A £0.003m increase in social welfare funding to each of the 18 Area Boards, and the establishment of a central fund of £0.036m that Area Boards can bid for extra social welfare funding.

Provision of funding of £0.075m to enable partnership working with Visit Wiltshire or an equivalent body in both 2024/25 and 2025/26.

To remove the income budget introduced in 2022/23 as a result of the saving included in the budget to introduce parking charges for Blue Badge holders of £0.040m.

That a net general fund budget of 2024/25 of £490.298m is approved;

b)        That the Council Tax requirement for the council be set at £351.077m for 2024/25 with a Band D charge of £1,805.73, an increase of £1.65 per week;

c)         That the Wiltshire Council element of the Council Tax be increased in 2024/25 by the following:

                        i.   A 2.99% general increase;

                        ii.  Plus a levy of 2% to be spent solely on Adult Social Care;

d)        That the Extended Leadership Team be required to meet the revenue budget targets for each service area as set out in Appendix 1 to this report, for the delivery of council services in 2024/25;

e)         That the Extended Leadership Team be required to deliver the revenue savings plans for each service area as set out in Appendix 1 to this report, over the MTFS period 2024/25 to 2026/27;

f)          That the changes in the fees and charges as set out in Appendix 4 are approved;

g)        That the Capital Programme 2024/25 to 2030/31 is approved;

h)        That the Capital Strategy set out in Appendix 2 is approved;

i)          That the DSG budget as approved by Schools Forum is ratified;

j)          That the Medium Term Financial Strategy, the forecast balanced budget over the 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years and the MTFS 2024/25 to 2026/27 is endorsed.