No specific funding is being provided by the government to cover the costs of the election in May.
The staging of a historic election to choose the first North East mayor is set to cost taxpayers more than £3m.
A report presented to council leaders on Tuesday said the cost would have to be covered from the budgets of the region’s existing authorities.
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