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Barnham & Eastergate Parish Council
Budget and Precept for 2023/24 & Working Party updates
Edited extracts from draft minutes of the Parish Council meeting on 24th January 2023.
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Budget and Precept for 2023/24: Revised 2023/ 24 budget from Dec meeting circulated with discussion options and recommendations for approval of precept amount to be requested and to approve 2023/24 budget. Points to note:
• Taxbase confirmed at 2333 (increase of 33).
• Budget presented was based on a no increase in Council Tax payments and a 2% increase.
• Two new budget lines for project funding included new People, Places and Spaces Working Party and Community Resilience Team totalling £7k.
• Annual reserves build-up reduced to £5k.
• Pavilion electricity costs capped at £200 per month. Cricket Club (main facility users) agreeing to contribute to any additional amount incurred.
• S106/CIL funds continue to be received and ring-fenced in interest bearing savings account for use as projects are developed and monies spent. The options considered were as follows:
(a) No increase in Council Tax Band D Payments (remain at £72.04 p.a.) which would result in a precept sum request to ADC of £168,069
(b) A 2% increase resulting in Council Tax Band D payments rising £1.44 per household, per annum (i.e. less than 3p per week) and would result in precept sum request to ADC of £171,429.
Council agreed to approve Option (b) a 2% increase which equates to Band D household payments of £73.48 per annum (£1.44 increase on 2022/23). Approved budget for 2023/24 except for amendment to Pavilion electricity costs.
Working Party Update - Community Resilience Team – Successful meeting and were moving forward positively. Contact established with WSCC Resilience Officers and started compiling a list of local contractors that could be brought into assist. First aid training being looked into and leaflet to be distributed to all households being considered to get volunteers. DP and PW meeting with Middleton PC reps for information sharing session. www.barnhamandeastergate-pc.gov.uk
