Senior councillors in North East Lincolnshire will propose a 2.98% increase in council tax for 2019/20.
The increase is expected to raise £61.2 million for the council over the next year, with £4.9 million ringfenced for adult social care.
The authority said the move is in line with budget plans which were passed last March.
The council’s cabinet will meet to discuss the proposal on January 16 and the full council will give a final approval in February.
Council leader Ray Oxby said in November last year that the authority was “facing a challenging time” following cuts to local government.
Leader of North East Lincolnshire Council, Councillor Ray Oxby
Sharon Wroot, director of resources and governance, described council tax as the “key source of funding” for the authority.
“Government grants are reducing over the period of the financial plan, and will significantly change under the forthcoming spending reforms,” she said.
“There is an expectation that local sources of taxation, including council tax, are able to increase to offset this reduction and minimise disruption to service delivery.
“Whilst keeping council tax as low as possible can be helpful to residents, particularly in the current economic climate, the significance of this funding stream is such that not increasing it can have long term consequences.”
It comes as authority’s across the region are looking at other avenues of income in the face of funding cuts from government.
Councils are expected to see a further reduction in their revenue support grant, the main source of funding from central government.
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The Ruskington campus of an academy school in Sleaford has been temporarily closed due to cases of coronavirus.
St George’s Academy is located across two separate campuses in Sleaford and Ruskington.
It is understood that the Ruskington campus has been shut until November 2 for all students due to evidence of transmission across more than one bubble.
The Sleaford campus remains open as normal.
St George’s Academy has also introduced mandatory face masks at both campuses.
The school was contacted for further information, but there was no reply by the time of publication.
Meanwhile, a Year 12 student from Carre’s Grammar School in Sleaford has tested positive for coronavirus. The student was last in school on Thursday, October 15.
Police are looking for suspects of a distraction burglary in Boston that saw a man in his 90s get burgled.
At around 4.30pm on Tuesday, October 13, two people on Kenleigh Drive were part of an alleged burglary as one distracted the victims and another broke into the house.
Substantial amounts of jewellery were stolen from the home, with one of the victims being in his 90s.
One of the men distracted the victims by taking them away from the house. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Officers would like to identify the two people shown in the pictures and the Ford Mondeo.
Police are targeting this car to find suspects. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police
If you can help or recognise the vehicle or people, call 101 and quote 20000541816.
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