ON Monday night the executive board will discuss the proposed 2016-17 budget, £20.5 million saving strategy and 3.98 per cent council tax hike.

Councillors look set to recommend the £133.65 million budget and planned saving measures but fears over the future of services in the town continue to grow.

Here is everything you need to know about what could lie ahead.

Council bill:

If council tax proposals are passed the average band D taxpayers living in unparished homes in the town, will pay an extra £47.98 a year, amounting to just over 92p a week.

Fire chiefs:

Fire Authority chiefs have agreed a new £42 million budget to fund a safer Cheshire for 2016-2017 and are set to increase the amount needed from council tax by 1.99 per cent.

This means that the charge for a band D home will be £71.86 – an increase of 2.7p a week or £1.40 a year.

Warrington Guardian:

Police hike:

This follows the announcement confirming police and crime commissioner John Dwyer has agreed a 3.2 per cent increase of 10p per week in the police precept to support the delivery of more officers around the county.

So, where does all this leave residents?

Council tax for band D residents in unparished homes totals £1,253.48 – an increase of 3.98 per cent from 2015-16.

Band A taxpayers will pay £835.65, band B £974.93, band C £1,114.20, band E £1,532.03, band F £1,810.58, band G £2,089.13 and band H £2,506.96.

What if I live elsewhere in town?

Parish precepts have also been set.

The total for band D taxpayers in; Appleton is £1,270.48, Birchwood £1,349.67, Burtonwood and Westbrook £1,275.74, Croft £1,326.48, Cuerdley £1,253.48, Culcheth and Glazebury £1,273.76, Grappenhall and Thelwall £1,290.69, Great Sankey £1,279.11, Hatton £1,267.34, Lymm £1,279.35, Penketh £1,313.79, Poulton with Fearnhead £1,272.77, Rixton with Glazebrook, £1,286, Stockton Heath £1,283.48, Stretton £1,274.48, Walton £1,264.11, Winwick £1,314.17 and Woolston £1,261.32

The authority anticipates a 1.97 per increase in the Cheshire Constabulary precept, which for a band A property equates to £106.21, band B £123.91, band C £141.61, band D £159.31, band E £194.71, band F £230.11, band G £265.51 and band H £318.62.

It is also assumed a 1.99 per cent rise will be brought in by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service.

For band A properties this equates to £47.91, band B £55.89, band C £63.88, band D £71.86, band E £87.83, band F £103.80, band G £119.77 and band H £143.72.

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So what will the final bill be for residents when all this is added together?

The breakdown of costs for those in unparished band D properties is £1,253.48 council tax, £159.31 for Cheshire Police and £71.86 for Cheshire Fire, which amounts to £1.484.65.

Total council, police and fire service taxes will cost people in unparished areas the following;

band A properties £989.77,

band B £1,154.73,

band C £1,319.69,

band E £1,814.57,

band F £2,144.49,

band G £2,474.41

band H £2,969.30.

If all three increases are implemented unparished band D taxpayers in the town are set to be forced to fork out an extra £54.58 a year.

What does this mean for services?

The budget ties in with the £20.5 million proposed cuts as a result of a 14.1 per cent fall in Government funding, which equates to a £7.5 million drop – the equivalent to more than £36 per resident.

The authority anticipates it will have to slash around 120 positions but is vowing to 'work closely with staff and trade unions to reduce the need for compulsory redundancies'.

Cuts totalling £2.35 million are due to be made in resources and strategic commissioning departments, £8.58 million in families and wellbeing, £3.22 million in economic regeneration, growth and environment, and 6.36 million in corporate financing.

Proposals include an overhaul of Contact Warrington, which could see staff numbers reduced and closure on Saturdays in bid to deliver £183,000 savings.

A redesign of advisory school improvement services, which would see the reduction in the number of senior advisers in schools, is also on the cards to save £112,000.

And in an attempt to save £50,000 CCTV operation in the town centre could be reduced.

If recommended, the proposals will be debated at the full council meeting on February 29 before a vote.