You said, we did!

Budget consultation 2009-10

Residents were given an opportunity to have their say on the council's budget for 2009-10.  Find out below what residents' priorities were and how the council used their views to help shape the budget.

You said:

• Waste collection and cleanliness were your top two priority services
• Of the council’s non statutory services, you said that economic development and
• Regeneration was your highest priority and that parks and open spaces and
• Crematoria and cemeteries were also important.
• The most popular ways to make savings were for internal re-organisation of staff and
• sharing services with other councils.
• Increasing council charges was the least popular way to generate savings.

So we did:

• £90,000 extra cash/resources into the waste, recycling and cleansing team
• Agreed not to charge for use of public toilets during 2009/10
• Started work on sharing services with other councils across East Kent. This is likely to
• Include putting finance, IT, procurement and human resources, into a shared services
• Vehicle, operated by Canterbury, Dover, Shepway and Thanet councils. It is hoped
• That this could produce savings, on its own, of between £2.5 and £3 million
• Over the next five years.
• Continued to reduce the senior management structure and froze staff vacancies
• Reduced use of agency staff and consultants
• Reduced overtime payments

Communications

Email:

hannah.thorpe@
thanet.gov.uk

Phone:

01843 577120