Argyll and Bute Council are considering a council tax rise of 10% in order to tackle ‘enormous budget challenges’.
The Scottish council is facing a £20m revenue gap projected over the next few years and a current capital gap more than £20m.
Deputy leader, and policy lead for Finance and Commercial Services, Cllr Gary Mulvaney, set out the financial position: ‘Meeting as a group last weekend it was clear to us that the funding being offered by the Scottish Government to freeze Council Tax this year was inadequate.
‘The SG [Scottish Government] speak of increases, but when you look at the detail and do the calculations, there are cuts, plain and simple.’
Council leader Robin Currie added: ‘As an administration we will continue to work with COSLA to press the Scottish Government for fair funding to save our services. However, with the current offer we will have no choice but to consider increasing council tax by 10%.’
