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BUDGET 2006-07

The councillors decided upon the budget for 2006-07 for Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council on 3^rd November 2005, (minute 05.48)

These notes are intended to explain in more detail the calculations leading to the decision.

The usual practice is to build a budget where the carried over reserves are in the region of £700. However, in 2005-06, some expenditure was incurred that was not built into the budget for those years. These were a nationally agreed pay agreement (between the National Association of Local Councils representing the town and parish councils, and the Society of Local Council Clerks, representing town & parish clerks.) The effect of this was to increase the salary bill for 2005-06 by over £450 – although the scale point appropriate to this council was reduced by one point from the level applying in 2004-05, the recommended number of hours was increased from 13 per month to 18.25 per month.

Other unbudgeted, but agreed items of expenditure, during 2005-06 were £225 to Milborne Port Computer Services for designing and maintaining the website, and £100 to Oborne Village Hall Committee. This grant enabled the committee to “unlock” a grant from Dorset Community Action for repairing the floor in the main hall.

The result of this is that the precept to be requested from the West Dorset District Council for 2006-07 will be £5,498. The planned expenditure for the period is £4,896.05 and the additional £601.95 in the precept will enable the reserves to be restored to their normal level. If there are no unexpected demands on the council’s funds for 2006-07, it is possible that the precept for 2007-08 will be smaller than that requested on this occasion.

The parish council’s budget can be divided into those items, listed below, that are either statutory requirements or matters where an agreement has been entered into:

The more discretionary components of the budget that were agreed by the councillors are:

There is a likelihood of further small savings for the administrative expenses, clerk’s expenses and training, and councillors’ training and expenses. If these are achieved, the effect will be upon the level of the precept requested for 2007-08.

Please contact us at:-

Mike Fraser, The Parish Clerk, Church Farm Cottage, Oborne, Dorset, DT9 4JY

Tel: 01935 816537

Email: michael.fraser1@btinternet.com

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