North Yorkshire CC faces having to draw on its cash reserves to meet service demand in its last year before the transition to unitary.
The council has a recurring shortfall of £18m and needs to use £35m reserves over the next three years.
Council leader Carl Les said: ‘We are facing an unprecedented range of risks – the continuing impact of COVID-19, harsh winters and climate change, the need for interventions to prop up social care, the escalating costs of transport for special educational needs students, to name but a few.
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