Budget Consultation 2010 - 2011

Budget 2010-11

The Budget for 2010-11 will be decided at a meeting of Full Council on Tuesday 23rd February

You will be able to watch this on a live webcast from 2pm on 23rd February at www.bristol.gov.uk/webcast
There will online commentary from the Director of Communications summarising what is going on as it happens.  You will also be able to get involved in an online discussion with other people watching the webcast to share your views. 

 A message from the Leader of the Council, Cllr Barbara Janke

Bristol City Council has published its draft budget for the public to comment on – pledging to protect services to vulnerable people, invest for a sustainable recovery and keep council tax down.

Our priorities are very clear. We are putting an extra £4.6 million into health and adult care to meet growing demand.

We are increasing our investment in green ICT for the council and expanding digital facilities to parts of the city where there is low take-up by £650,000.

We are doing this because we want to build on Bristol’s strength in green industries and we know digital growth will provide jobs and opportunities to help keep us out of recession in future.

We will keep the council tax increase down to 2%.

We believe the council needs to invest to save for the future. For example, making our buildings more energy efficient and increasing our improved effectiveness on waste collection will save us money in the medium and long term.

We expect to gain £3 million in the coming year from our ongoing programme transforming the way the council works. This money will be ploughed back into protecting frontline services where it is needed most.

Thank you to everyone who gave their views in the budget consultation which closed on 18th January 2010.  The results of this are being considered by cabinet prior to the budget setting meeting on 23rd February 2010.

Cllr Barbara Janke
Leader of the Council

Ask The Leader questions in a youtube video interview

This year, in advance of the budget-setting meeting in February, we invited questions from the public about the draft budget proposals for 2010-11.  The leader of the council, Councillor Barbara Janke responds to these questions in a series of youtube interviews you can watch at  www.youtube.com/bristolcitycouncil

Questions relate to:

• Public sector spending
• Digital city
• Paying for services
• Spending on mental health services and vulnerable people
• Spending on schools
• Transport and traffic
• Carbon reduction

Also join in the public conversation online at askbristol.wordpress.com 

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