North Lincolnshire Council sets its budget for the 2013-14 financial year
NORTH Lincolnshire Council has agreed its budget for the forthcoming financial year.
Councillors met at the Civic Centre in Scunthorpe to set the authority's spending plans for the 2013-14 year and agree indicative budgets for the following three years.
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As expected, council tax rates were frozen, meaning residents in Scunthorpe and Ashby will pay the same charges for council services as they have done in 2012-13.
Residents in other areas may see variations in their charges after precepts for parish council services are added to the overall bill.
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Charges for police and fire services have also remained at their current levels.
Other measures announced as part of the budget include:
£250,000 to roll out the Imagination Library scheme across North Lincolnshire.
£400,000 over the next four years to provide home checks for people aged over 75.
£1 million extra from the revenue budget and £3 million from the capital budget to repair potholes and roads over the next two years.
£15,000 to provide a loyalty bonus for school crossing patrol workers.
£3.5 million over the next three years to detrunk the M181 in order to enable access to the proposed Lincolnshire Lakes development.
£2 million over the next three years for housing in Scunthorpe town centre.
£700,000 to access industrial land off the A18 Mortal Ash Hill, with a view to creating a science and technology park.
£790,000 for projects in Scunthorpe town centre.
£25,000 to create more 20mph zones outside schools.
£500,000 for Brigg Recreation Ground.
£350,000 to create a new community library in Bottesford.
£250,000 per year to create skate parks and multi-use games areas.
£15,000 to create wi-fi hotspots in towns across North Lincolnshire.
£2.1 million to make improvements to Quibell Park stadium in Scunthorpe.
£1 million to provide the Local Lend a Hand scheme for first-time home-buyers.
£200,000 per year for community grants.
£100,000 extra for youth service provision.
Among the savings identified by the council in its budget are:
£57,000 by ending membership of local government organisations, such as the Local Government Association and Local Government Yorkshire and the Humber.
£495,000 over the next two years through the sale of buildings and land through the council's commercial policy.
£100,000 per year through reviewing senior management posts.
£111,000 over the next two years through carbon efficiencies.
£382,000 over the next four years through human resources service restructures.
£750,000 through procurement savings in 2013-14.
3 Comments
by TurkishAli
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 7:17PM
“Labour councillors have been dipping into council tax funds (and increasing revenue to cover up their greed) for many years, and have finally been rumbled by the voting public (those that can be bothered to vote). Now we have "austerity measures" , which means that projects thought up by those self seeking, waste of time, good for nothing labour despots have to be abandoned. About time too!!!”
by longjohn48
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 6:09PM
“I can save NLC £3.5 million by scrapping the ridiculous Lincolnshire lakes project and a further reportedly £450,000 per year propping up Kirks folly The Baths Hall !!!!!!!”
by AndrewCappEsq
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 11:06AM
“Given that council tax levels have doubled since 1997 and, in these times of tight household budgets; I for one am grateful to the current NLC and its leadership for freezing the NLC element of our council tax for a 3rd year.
But notwithstanding the fact that compared to many other UK councils-including our immediate neighbouring NE Lincs and Hull City councils - who froze their council tax in 2010; whilst NLC Labour increased ours by 2.9%.
And please lets not forget, over the last 3 years and for this next year we are still being subjected to that 2.9% increase, as set by Mark Kirk and his cynical stunt of consulting 119 homes to justify the increase!!
No doubt designed to raise the revenue to enable NLC to keep funding Kirk's follies!! ;-)”