CBC’s draft budget consultation
CBC are starting their consultation on the draft budget today (January 4) – reponses to the consultation must be received before January 31, 2022.
Although the proposals are subject to Executive approval next week, CBC want to give residents as much time as possible to have their say on the proposals, therefore they are opening the consultation for feedback from today.
The headlines from the budget reports are as follows:
- Next year CBC anticipate spending some £468million on a full range of services.
- CBC are also continuing to focus on efficiency with £9.6million of efficiency proposals for next year.
- CBC continue to face big increases in demands, particularly in providing care for more older people and adults with disabilities, providing more support for children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) and children who need CBC’s protection.
- To bridge the gap between what CBC need and what they anticipate in terms of income, CBC propose to:
- Apply the Adult Social Care Precept of a 1% increase on council tax to contribute towards funding care services, and
- Increase council tax by 0.95% for funding other services.
- Additionally, the consultation will highlight proposals for a further £240million of capital investments, including schools (including £10million on specialist school places for SEND), roads, care homes, leisure provision and other infrastructure projects.
The consultation is available online and paper copies will be available in CBC libraries and residents can request a paper copy by calling 0300 300 8000.
Feedback from the consultation will be collated and presented to the February Executive, in advance of decision making on the finalised budget which will be recommended to Full Council.