Have your say on Barry Town Council’s 2025/26 budget proposals…

Have your say on Barry Town Council’s 2025/26 budget proposals…

On 10 February 2025, Barry Town Council will meet to agree its budget for 2025/26.

The budget consultation is being launched so that residents, businesses, and the community of Barry can express their views and opinions on the budget proposals for 2025/26, including the proposed Council Tax precept increase.

In 2024/25, Barry Town Council will spend £1,609,144 on services – this is the gross expenditure budget. Next year, the Town Council projects that the expenditure will be £1,592,174. The income from fees and charges will be £174,773. This means that Barry Town Council requires £1,361,865 to fully deliver its services, after using £55,536 from reserves.

Therefore, the draft budget proposes an increase of 5%. What this means to a “Band D” Council Tax payer is a total cost of £64.26 per year or £1.24 per week.

The full set of draft budget proposals are available to view as part of the agenda of Full Council (held on Monday 9 December 2024) and can be found by visiting https://buff.ly/3Doiczy

Barry Town Council welcomes everyone to have their say on the budget proposals, including the Council Tax precept for 2025/26, by visiting https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TRL982X before 24/01/25.

The closing date for the consultation will be Friday 24 January 2025.