COUNCIL tax will be frozen for a second year, Buckinghamshire County Council confirmed today.
The Cabinet approved final budget recommendations for savings of £21.7m for 2012/13.
Officials described 84 per cent of the total revenue savings as representing 'service efficiencies', 10 per cent as 'service reductions' and six per cent as additional income.
In a statement BCC said: “The proposals, agreed by Cabinet today ensure that the Council will be able to meet the financial challenges ahead, protect grants to the voluntary sector, continue support for the most vulnerable and provides for an additional £5 million investment in road maintenance, the highest priority area identified by local residents and businesses.
“The County's current two year road programme now comprises £30m with another £15m in the following two years.
“Plans have been prepared in the light of a 10.4% reduction in core Government funding and year-on-year service pressures such as an ageing population, the increasing number of looked after children, inflationary pressures and increasing landfill tax.
“If approved, the Council's net operating revenue budget for 2012/13 will be £328 million, with capital investment of about £105 million to spend in areas like improving schools and repairing buildings.”
BCC Leader Cllr Martin Tett, said the council tax freeze, thanks to a Government grant, was good news for residents.
