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County Council, 14th February 2006
CC7: Revenue Budget 2006/07 to 2009/10
Amendments by the Liberal Democrat Group
Amend the Cabinet's recommendation to Council by: |
£000
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a) |
Reducing/removing the following savings in Annex 2:
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Youth Service Admin Review (reduce -£85K saving) |
50 |
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Heritage Services - Close Records Office on Tuesdays |
17 |
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Library Service - Take one mobile library out of service |
50 |
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Countryside Service - Definitive Map |
29 |
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Countryside Service - footpath maintenance
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10 |
b) |
Removing the following savings in Annex 4:
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Children's Services - Social Inclusion |
121 |
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Children's Services - SEN & Social Inclusion |
90 |
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Trading Standards - Reduction in training |
17
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c) |
Reducing unfunded pressures in Social and Health Care - Older People in Annex 4
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1000 |
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d) |
Making the following additional expenditure:
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Foster Plus (result of Scrutiny Review) |
50 |
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Youth Service IT |
10 |
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Bus subsidy (re tendering costs to keep same level of service) |
100 |
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Youth Offending Team |
50 |
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Funded from:
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e) |
Not accepting the following additional expenditure pressure in Annex 4:
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Chief Executive's Office - 2 change management posts |
-133
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f) |
Making the following additional savings:
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Additional highways charges (review of fees for skips and scaffolding to reduce traffic congestion - part year effect; full year effect £100,000) |
-50 |
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Reduce councillors' training budget |
-25 |
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Reduce printing costs |
-50 |
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Reduce use of consultants in Environment & Economy |
-100
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g) |
As a first charge on the £1.5m allocated to the pension fund (if it is not needed), make the following additional expenditure:
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Road maintenance |
50 |
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Pavement and cycleway maintenance |
250 |
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h) |
Increase the Council Tax to 4.94%
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i) |
In 2007/8 (and onwards) add the following additional expenditure from Annex 3a:
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Safer Road Partnership - SID operators
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140 |
j) |
In 2008/09 (and onwards) reinstate the following saving in Annex 4:
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Waste Reduction Initiatives - reduction in Commercial and Community initiatives (£128K in 2009/10) |
105 |