Budget Consultation 2008-09
As a publicly accountable and democratically elected organisation, we again want to consult people in County Durham on our budget for 2008/09.
We have produced a 'Your Council, Your Say' consultation document and an online budget consultation form.
At this stage, the document contains only proposals and nothing is set in stone. Before we finalise the budget in February next year, we want to give you an early opportunity to comment on our initial suggestions and key issues, such as where we should invest, where we should cut back and what level of Council Tax increase we should set.
The document summarises the approach we are considering and provides detail on our initial investment and saving options.
Through the consultation, we pose a number of questions which you might like to consider to provide us with feedback. We also ask for your views on the priorities we should address in the budget and what level of Council Tax increase we should set next year.
Last year’s consultation gave us a number of areas to think about and we were pleased with the level of response. As part of our drive to make the Council’s decision-making more responsive, open and transparent, we welcome comments again from residents, businesses, community and voluntary organisations and our partner organisations. In addition, this year we would particularly welcome views from more children and young people, the voluntary and community sector and the County’s business sector.
We hope you will take this opportunity to help inform our budget decision making process and please let us know your views by 30 November 2007.
Councillor Albert Nugent
Leader of Durham County Council
Consultation documents
The budget consultation document and glossary can be downloaded below as Adobe PDF files. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Adobe website.
Your Council Your Say 2008-09 budget consultation.pdf (44 pages, 286kb)
Glossary of Terms.pdf (5 pages, 138kb)
