Social Value Ideas for Burnley Borough Council

Council tax set at 1.99% rise

The revenue budget proposes a 1.99% council tax increase, moving Burnley’s council tax from £306 to £312. This is a budget decision and indicates the funding available for service delivery and procure…

“This is just looking at setting the net would you require the council tax requirements for the financial year um and increasing pencil tax by 1.99 um …”

Fees and charges rise 2%

The council approved its fees and charges schedule from 1 April 2022, with a general 2% increase across most charges. Exceptions were car parking, bulky and white goods collection, and cemeteries/crem…

“thank you mr mayor um i'm happy to move this report it again has been through scrutiny committee without uh without substantial comment uh the main po…”

2021/22 budget and council tax rise

The executive recommended a balanced 2021/22 revenue budget, a 1.99% council tax increase, and a £500,000 business hardship fund plus £50,000 for street scene enforcement and clean-ups. This is a sign…

“item number 14 revenue budget 20 21 22 including savings proposals howard thank you chair the purpose of this report is to recommend full council set …”

COVID-driven revenue overspend

Quarter 1 revenue monitoring projected a net overspend of around £2.7m, driven mainly by coronavirus impacts on income and service pressure. Officers said central government support and later compensa…

“The current projections are we're predicting a net overspend of 2.7 million um which is shown in paragraph and this is after taking into account 1.271…”

2023/24 fees and charges approved

Council approved the 2023/24 schedule of fees and charges after scrutiny and executive consideration. The report included charges affecting multiple services, with debate centring on garden waste, bul…

“thank you councilor Graham will you move the report thank you madam scrutiny committee endorsed the schedule of fees and charges set out in this repor…”

Year-end budget and treasury reports approved

Full Council approved the final outturn revenue budget report, final outturn capital budget 2021/22, and the treasury management activity annual report 2021/22. These are routine but important financi…

“item 5b council of fewings i think you may wish to leave the room at this point thank you we'll call you back when it's over councillor sue graham wil…”

2024/25 Budget and Council Tax

Council approved the 2024/25 budget, including a 2.99% council tax increase, with debate over financial resilience, reserves and service priorities. The budget package included growth items, use of re…

“I take pleasure in proposing the council's budget for the municipal year 201 2425 which are the items 5f to 5 L on our agenda papers and I propose tha…”

Elected member pension scheme adopted

Full Council had to approve changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme for elected members because regulations had been laid in Parliament. Officers confirmed it is a legal requirement for the cou…

“Members will have noticed in paragraph two of the report the recommendation was subject to the releant statutory instrument having been laid in parlia…”

Update registers after appointments

Members appointed to outside bodies, and anyone whose appointments ended, were reminded to update their register of interest forms within 28 days. This is an administrative compliance action rather th…

“Can you remind all members who have just been appointed to an outside body and or were appoint or whose appointment on any body have now ended to upda…”