Here's how much the average council tax bill for Scarborough residents is set to be this year
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Scarborough Council will meet on Friday to finalise a 2.13% rise in its share of the precept, the equivalent of an extra £5 a year for a Band D property.
It would bring the total paid to the council by borough residents in a Band D property to £239.75.
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Hide AdScarborough Council’s share of the precept makes up approximately 13% of the total council tax bill.
Close to 70% is paid to North Yorkshire County Council, which last week voted to raise its share by 3.99%, which includes a 2% rise in the adult social care precept. That equates to an extra £52.31 a year.
Including rises from the police (up 3.91%), fire brigade (up 1.99%) and parish councils (up 6.9%) a Band D property owner in the borough will get a bill for £1,966.41 for 2020/21.
It is a rise of more than £70 on the previous 12 months.
Residents in Scarborough town centre will have a slightly lower bill as there is no town or parish council covering that area.
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Hide AdA meeting of Scarborough’s full council on Friday will be asked to approve the budget and the council tax rise.
A report prepared for councillors sets out the reduction in budgets the council has seen in the last decade.
It states: “The council’s policy has always been to be as efficient as possible and protect front line services and since 2010 the council has delivered savings of £21 million from its annual revenue budget. Over that same period, performance in many areas has increased.”
It goes on to add: “The projections show that, subject to the levels of funding cuts applied as a result of the Fair Funding Review, savings of £6.674 million will need to be identified from the current annual revenue budget to balance the funding gap over the period to 2023.
“The proposed savings for the 2020/21 year total £3.096m.”
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Hide AdAs part of the budget, more than £1m will be spent on upgrading a number of the borough’s public toilets.
Eight ageing bin lorries will also be replaced at the cost of £1.5m to replace eight refuse collection vehicles
Other proposed changes include the council tax premium on properties that have been empty and unfurnished for more than five years will increase from 100% to 200% for the 2020/21 year onwards and the premium on properties that have been empty and unfurnished for more than 10 years will increase from 100% to 300% from April 1 2021.
Council tax breakdown for 2020/21 for a Band D property in Scarborough
Scarborough Council (proposed) – £239.75
North Yorkshire County Council – £1,243.61
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Hide AdNorth Yorkshire County Council (Adult Social Care precept) – £119.86
The Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire – £265.77
North Yorkshire Fire Authority – £72.69
Town and Parish councils – £24.73
Total bill – £1,966.41 (up from £1,896.08 in 2019/20).