The budget, once approved, will come into action from April for the next financial year.
Cardiff Council’s draft budget for 2022-23 has been published and it contains a proposed 1.9% Council Tax rise.
The budget proposal will go to cabinet for approval on Thursday and will be finalised via a vote on the March 3.
One section of the budget which has is being contested by some councillors is the proposed 1.9% increase in council tax.
This would mean that homes in band A would see their bill go up by 48p to £1.38 a month, whilst those in band I would see their bill go to £4.84 a month.
Leader of the Conservative party, Adrian Robson, said: “I think a Council Tax rise is absolutely avoidable this year.
“Cardiff Council have had the biggest settlement from the Welsh government [and] they’ve had an increase of 10.7% in the money given to them by Welsh government which is the second {largest} of any council in Wales.”
The settlement from the Welsh Government grant accounts for about 73% of the council’s entire budget – an extra £52.6 million in cash terms.
Labour councillor for Cathays, Norma Mackie, said: “Ideally we wouldn’t want a rise at all, but in practicality that’s not possible.”
One factor that the council has had to consider is the removal of the Welsh Government’s Covid 19 hardship fund, which the council has received for the previous two years.
This means the council will have to cope with financial pressures of COVID-19 without the additional funding from Welsh Government.
The draft budget also proposes spending for many other public services.
It includes £9.3 million for schools, £23.9 million for social services and £2.4 million for youth services.
It will also includes plans for £400 million in funding to build social housing over the next five years.
If approved, the tax hike, as well as the rest of the budget proposals, will come into effect from April 2022.