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February 2012
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“The Toughest Yet, But Starting To Take Shape” Councillors also decided to drop the consideration of short-stay car parking charges and called a halt – pending a review – to planned further reductions in the grants available to community groups. Cllr Jennie Jenkins, Chairman of the Strategy Committee, reflected that “I believe that these proposals accurately reflect the kind of balance that our residents and other bodies are asking us to strike as we go about the painful and difficult business of sorting out next year’s budget. I believe I speak on behalf of all Babergh councillors when I say thank you to our staff who once again have borne the brunt of these cutbacks. Their support and resilience in tough times is much appreciated”. “For such a well-run council as Babergh, having to find such enormous savings is difficult. Indeed, this year’s budget is the toughest yet, but at least it is beginning to take shape”. Cllr Jenkins was also keen to thank the many community groups and parish and town councils who had been working with Babergh since August last year to look at new and more cost-effective ways of delivering its services in the longer-term. Many of these ideas are being worked up in more detail and Babergh is looking forward to receiving more information in due course.
Babergh District Council which needs to find £1.3m of savings next year has taken a major step forward in identifying exactly how it will do this. Members on Babergh District Council’s Strategy Committee today (January 12) considered a range of packaged options and after a thorough debate are recommending to all councillors the main areas where both new cuts and extra income could be found to balance the books for the 12 months from April. In addition to £1m worth of savings coming from the integration of the council’s staff with those of Mid Suffolk and radical changes to working practices, Strategy Committee councillors also backed: • a below-inflation Council Tax increase of 3.5% • use of part of the New Homes Bonus allocated to Babergh by the government(with the reminder targeted upon way to support local economic growth) • an increase in long-stay car parking charges from £1.50 to £2 for anyone parking for three hours or longer • a continuation of the public convenience closure scheme – again in consultation with local parish and town councils to identify new management opportunities with them • an expansion of the customer-funded brown (garden waste) bin scheme
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