Council tax is to rise by 5% in Argyll and Bute after the local authority set its budget for the coming year.
Councillors dropped a controversial plan to cut the number of school crossing patrollers to bridge their £13m funding gap.Instead councillors, who met on Thursday, were able to make savings by extending loan repayment schedules for new schools.Council leader Robin Currie said setting the budget had not been easy.
He said: "Local government continues to be crucial but crushed by the unrelenting need for multi-million pound savings. "It's through effective financial management, and listening to what our communities tell us they need, that we have succeeded today in setting a responsible and progressive budget."
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