According to a council report, external, the authority plans to put £17m from its reserves into next year’s budget, adding that without new savings it would need to take £59.3m in total over the next three years.
Deputy leader Gareth Dadd said: “We are fortunate that we can make services as efficient and cost-effective as possible for our taxpayers through the launch of North Yorkshire Council, when eight former authorities merged into one in 2023.
“However, the truth is that we are faced with some very difficult options to ensure that we can provide services as effectively and as efficiently as we can to the public.”
Peter Lacey, who leads the council’s Liberal Democrat opposition group, said his group recognised the “challenging context” in which the budget will be set.
But he said the Conservative-led council had relied too heavily on savings made after 2023, when North Yorkshire’s eight councils were merged into one.
“While efforts have been made to address rising cost pressures, we have consistently called for a more ambitious approach that re-invests short term savings into long term, sustainable solutions,” he said.