With just over a year until both Scarborough Borough Council and North Yorkshire County Council are replaced with a new unitary authority, discussions are underway about what happens to the existing council's cash.
The Borough Council has recently approved proposals for it's final budget, which includes a number of significant investments in the area.
Borough Council Leader Steve Siddons says there is a balance to be struck between handing on a sensible amount of money to the new authority and spending what needs to be spent.
Fylingdales Councillor Jane Mortimer says she has heard concerns that the district and borough councils are spending cash now rather than handing it on to the new county wide authority.
But Councillor Mortimer says there is a balance to be struck.
The Borough Council says that it's budget proposals for the next year are balanced:
"A balanced budget had been proposed thanks to the careful management of our financial resources despite the challenges presented by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The budget responds to our immediate priorities and needs of local council tax payers. It also supports the financial resilience of the new unitary authority.
In reaching our balanced spending plans, we put forward ways of saving another £1.5 million in the coming year."
Councillors on the cabinet also agreed proposals to allocate an additional £7.1 million to the capital spending programme for larger or longer-term projects.
The extra money is on top of the £16.8 million already in the existing agreed capital budget.
The spending and investment plans in the budget include:
- £1 million for Filey to support projects in the emerging town ‘masterplan’
- £2 million to extend the ‘Project Sunshine’ initiative to improve public realm in Whitby, Scarborough and coastal areas
- £4 million to support projects contained in the Whitby and Scarborough blueprints, including the aspiration for a new cinema
- £2.6 million for improved infrastructure, coastal protection works and harbours
- £750,000 for the Scarborough Fair project for a programme of year-round cultural, music and performance activities
- £150,000 for a feasibility study into restoring and reinvigorating the tree walk in Peasholm Park, Scarborough
The budget proposals are currently in a period of public consultation. Cabinet will review the responses at its meeting on February 15th before full council discusses the budget and sets the council tax for 2022/23 when it meets on 25 February.
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