This consultation finished in February 2008.
Each year the council consults with local businesses as part of the budget-setting process. With more and more businesses and members of the public accessing the council website, the council decided to continue to use this as its primary route to consult with business on the council tax.
The council's budget is the council's spending plan for the next 12 months and takes into account the revenue budget - the day to day running costs of council services - and the capital budget which is investment in assets.
The council's detailed budgeting process identifies pressures and potential savings, matches resources to priorities and makes spending fit available resources.
The council asked local residents:
- Which services they would want to protect
- Which services they would be prepared to cut
- At what level they would set the council tax
The comments received were fed into the budget making process.
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