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Aberdeen City Council has agreed a council tax freeze after accepting extra Scottish government funding to keep charges unchanged.
It will see council tax bills for a band D property remain at £1,377.30 for 2021/22.
The local authority is led by a Labour and Conservative administration.
The budget was passed by 22 votes to 19 over an SNP amendment, with four abstentions.
At a meeting to agree finances for the coming year, council co-leader Douglas Lumsden set out the economic impact of Covid on Aberdeen.
He said footfall in the city centre had been 800,000 in the first six weeks of 2021, down from 3.3m at the same time last year.