Council chiefs approve cuts and raise council tax
Councillors have also decided to not fill vacant posts or delay appointments, reduce more services and cut-back on “office efficiencies”.
The council says the 6.4 per cent rise in council tax will generate an extra £141,358 across the whole borough to spend on “essential services”.
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Hide AdIt comes as the council faces a further £1.5million in funding cuts in the next 12 months - on top of £4million of cuts since 2010.
Councillor John Burrows, leader of Chesterfield Borough Council, said: “Despite facing severe austerity cuts every year since 2010 we managed to freeze council tax for Chesterfield Borough Council services over the past two years.”
Mr Burrows added: “But the scale of cuts being asked of councils up and down the country in 2016/17 and beyond is so huge that local authorities are being left with little option but to increase council tax.”