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Spring 2015


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The budget for 2015/16 was set and an indicative budget for 2016/17 agreed unanimously. The revenue budget for next year


A budget for savings and investment


will deliver over £91m for education, communities and organisational development; nearly £49m for health and social care services and £31m for environment, regeneration and resources. Councillors have agreed savings


totalling £4.1m for the second year with the temporary use of reserves agreed to deliver a total savings package of £7.4m for 2016/17. Council leader, and proposer of the


Council budget, Councillor Stephen McCabe described the budget as one built on delivering based on sound feedback following an extensive consultation exercise. Councillor McCabe said: “The


revenue budget for Inverclyde in the next year is £193m. That’s money invested in schools, invested in roads


and lighting, and invested in social work services. It’s money invested in services which affect every corner of Inverclyde that touch every community. “Our school estate programme is still


the most ambitious in Scotland and is continuing apace. The refurbishments of Ardgowan and St John’s primaries will be completed and work is starting on the refurbishment of Kilmacolm primary with a new build for St Patrick’s Primary School. “Funding has been earmarked for


new community facilities in Inverkip, Woodhall and Broomhill and for the refurbishment of Ravenscraig Sports Centre. Plans are in place to build two new children’s homes in Greenock and Port Glasgow to replace the outdated existing ones. “We are also continuing to invest in


regeneration projects in Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow. Over the next two years we plan to spend a further £16m on improving our roads,


footways and street lighting and tackling the area’s flooding problems. Depute Leader of Inverclyde Council,


and seconder of the budget, Councillor Jim Clocherty, said: “The Council conducted an extensive budget consultation over the last few months and the valuable information from that has informed the cross party budget working group. “The feedback we have received


through the innovative online budget simulator, community events, the citizen’s panel, focus groups, and our ‘your say’ budget consultation webpages has helped to shape the difficult decision faced by the members of the budget working group. “Working closely and with the


public behind us means that we can deliver the investment needed for Inverclyde while making sure that our essential services get the maximum level of protection we can.”


There will also be additional areas of investment in this year’s Council budget.


Council tax levels agreed Inverclyde’s Council tax bands for 2015/16 are:


band Range of values A A b C d e F


(disabled) values not exceeding £27,000


G H


values exceeding £27,000 but not exceeding £35,000 values exceeding £35,000 but not exceeding £45,000 values exceeding £45,000 but not exceeding £58,000 values exceeding £58,000 but not exceeding £80,000 values exceeding £80,000 but not exceeding £106,000 values exceeding £106,000 but not exceeding £212,000 values exceeding £212,000


Budget special


Amount payable £665.56 £798.67 £931.78


£1,064.89 £1,198.00 £1,464.22 £1,730.44 £1,996.67 £2,396.00


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