Welcome to Brixham Town Council Budget Consultation 2016/17
How do we work out our budget?
• Simple calculation
BTC generated income + precept raised = BTC expenditure +/- decrease in reserves
BTC Budget 2015/16
Income • Allotments £3500 • Newsletter (advertising) £5000 • Town Hall room hire £68,152
• Precept £223,028
Total Income £299,680 BTC Budget 2015/16 Expenditure General administration • Audit £2000 • Post and carriage £30 • Civic award £50 • Public notices £250 • Civic service £400 • Officer salaries and pensions • Courses £500 £80,000 • Election expenses £20,000 • Stationery £2500 • Meetings £1800 • Subscriptions £2000 • Member allowance • Travel £400 £800 • Brixham Signal £11,800 Total £122,630 • Noticeboards £100 Council projects Premises - Town Hall • Future projects £2500 • Hall keeper through • Youth Council £2000 SLA with TC £25,000 Total £4500 • Inspections £6000 • Insurance £4500 • Food Bank • Maintenance £20,000 • Neighbourhood plan • Rates £6000 • Refurbishment £6000 • Telephone (lift) £550 • Toilets £2000 • Utilities £31,000 Total £101,050
Community and the environment • Allotments £4500 • Community grants £20,000 • Seasonal displays £32,000 • Shoalstone Pool £15,000
Total £71,500
Future areas of expenditure?
• Community Emergency Plan (e.g. Flood Plan) • Brixham Future • Regeneration of the Town Hall complex as a multi-use community facility, including theatre and arts hub • Big Belly Bins • Skateboard park • Public toilets • Parks • Cemeteries
What you told us – BCP meeting February 2015 • Clean up our town – litter, graffiti, dog mess, grass cutting • Improve highways – potholes, road markings, transport infrastructure • Regenerate town centre – less empty shops, more jobs, sort Threshers site, promote Brixham • Protect and maintain our green spaces – parks, trees • Improve theatre/cultural facilities • Improve sports facilities • Increase cemetery provision • BTC in particular – improve consultation, be more visible, accountable, councillor surgeries, raise awareness of what we do What would you like us to spend your money on? • What are your priorities? • What assets would you like us to maintain in Brixham? • What improvements would you like to see? • What extra should we be taking on if Torbay Council are no longer able to support services? How is your Brixham council tax worked out? The tax base figure is the estimated number of band D properties in Brixham
= 5719 for 2015/16
Dividing the precept of £223,028 among these 5719 households gives an individual precept of a band D property of £38.99 per year 75p a week 10p a day
COMPARISON FIGURES WITH OTHER DEVON TOWNS FOR THE PERIOD 2015/2016 Precept £100,000 AND OVER
Town Precept Tax Base For Band D property Tavistock £497,844 4281 £116.29 Ivybridge £366,932 3725 £98.51 Okehampton £210,179 2276 £92.35 Broadclyst £116,478 1263 £92.22 Totnes £223,306 2618 £85.30 Seaton £203,896 2997 £68.03 Dartmouth £164,419 2705 £60.78 Sidmouth £413,328 6855 £60.30 Axminster £138,817 2449 £56.68 Honiton £206,859 3725 £55.53 Kingsbridge £101,195 2126 £47.60 Ottery St Mary £162,651 3545 £45.88 Brixham £223,041 5719 £39.00 Exmouth £372,757 12250 £30.43 • Would you be prepared for the precept to go up if we support extra projects? • Would you support the Council taking out a Public Works Loan to support major capital expenditure? So would you be prepared to spend an extra…. • 8p a week, to give £25,000 for Shoalstone Pool • 10p a week, for the Solar Big Belly Bins scheme to solve litter collection problems around the town • 8p a week, for a dedicated Town Centre Manager to look at regenerating the town centre area
OR Would you rather we stay as we are? ?