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Finance strategy - Medium term
Members have refined their corporate planning process and have re-iterated in the Corporate Plan 2005-2008 their commitments to the community and stakeholders by placing the following priorities at the core of what they do :
- Protect and enhance core services ot the community
- Create a clean, green and safe environment
- Revitalise Adur
- Keep council tax increases to the minimum level practicable
- Contribute to the implementation of the Community Strategy and other partnership initiatives where practicable and beneficial to do so
The purpose of this strategy is to set out the council's approach to finance over three years, 2005-2008, to ensure the effective management of potential opportunities and threats to the council's achievement of its objectives and to secure the long term sustainability of service provision. In essence it will ensure that resources follow the above priorities and that overarching principles exist to guide, challenge and support decision making in relation to the financial resources of the council.
The principles embraced will attempt to secure a balance between control and facilitation. The strategy does not attempt to provide set budgets for three years as these are detailed and up-dated annually in the corporate and financial overview, but it does seek to provide a framework for decision making and to ensure corporate priorities are delivered.
- Medium Term Financial Strategy (.PDF 48kb)
