County Council looking at 3% rise in Council Tax.

In a series of reports to the Cabinet (Link here) the Conservative controlled council is proposing to increase the Council Tax by 3%. The County Council is the major part of the Council Tax Total.

The tables below are taken from a report and is in MS Word.

The first table shows the amount a 3% increase has on the CCC portion of the Council Tax.

The next table shows the amount that has had to be cut/saved to get this budget to equate to a 3% rise. The £15.976 million of savings equates to 6.7% cut in Council Tax.

This table shows the forecast for spending over the next 5 years. This shows the priority sector is going to be Community and Adult services.

This table shows how the budgets are going to rise and fall over the 5 year period. This graphically shows which sector is going to loose and which will gain.

A 1% cut in the precept = £2,375,165.41. To make the 3% rise go away it would mean further cuts of £7,125,496.23. This is on top of the £15.9 already cut/saved.

The County Council is looking towards some massive spending cuts. The forecast is for a basic 1.1% rise a year over the 5 year period. From the forecast I take it the Conservatives have already decided on what is important. Those who pay for the majority of services haven't been asked. There needs to be a conversation between the rulers and the ruled. On current form I don't see that happening in St. Neots.