Denbighshire County Council has set its budget for the 2012/13 financial year, resulting in a 2.8 % increase in council tax for the county’s residents.
Councillors have agreed £3.2m of savings and re-investing £1.3m in priority areas, supporting work coming from the new town plans and updating our ICT to modernise and improve our efficiency. Schools are getting an extra £1.25 million, with additional funds being invested in adult social care.
Councillor Julian Thompson-Hill, Cabinet Lead Member for Finance, said: “The Welsh Government released its final settlement in December which showed an increase of 0.7% in revenue grant but a 6.9% reduction in the capital settlement.
“Over recent years the Council has been working tirelessly to identify efficiency savings and more effective ways of working, in light of the predicted reduction in settlement for the coming years.
“The budget has been put together with a view to protecting front line services as much as possible and what we have agreed on is a sustainable budget which means that council tax will increase by 2.8%.
“As a Council we have consistently worked to keep council tax as low as possible as that is what residents have told us they want to see happening”.
Further information will be included in Your Money, the definitive guide to council tax which will be delivered with council tax bills to properties in March.
