The Parish Council is proposing to set the precept for 2017/18 at £35,683, the same level as 2016/17. Please see the spending proposals below and if you have any questions or would like more information about the precept or budgets, please contact the clerk, Carla Boyles: or 07399 497077. The precept will be set at the parish council meeting on Tuesday 13th December 2016, so please forward any comments on the proposals to the clerk before then.
SPENDING PROPOSALS 2017/18No / Actual / Budgeted / Expenditure / Projected / Proposed / Budgeted / Proposed
Expenditure / Precept / Income / Budget / To Date / Expenditure / Precept / Income / Budget
Item / 15/16 / 16/17 / 16/17 / 16/17 / 16/17 / 16/17 / 17/18 / 17/18 / 17/18
ADMINISTRATION
1 / Fees/Subscriptions / £1,174.47 / £2,228.00 / £0.00 / £2,228.00 / £1,217.56 / £2,228.00 / £1,325.00 / £0.00 / £1,325.00
2 / Insurance / £1,993.30 / £2,000.00 / £0.00 / £2,000.00 / £1,956.61 / £1,956.61 / £2,054.00 / £0.00 / £2,054.00
3 / Newsletter / £107.00 / £200.00 / £0.00 / £200.00 / £0.00 / £200.00 / £200.00 / £0.00 / £200.00
4 / Training / £97.50 / £150.00 / £0.00 / £150.00 / £0.00 / £150.00 / £300.00 / £0.00 / £300.00
5 / Postage and Travel / £1,115.35 / £1,150.00 / £0.00 / £1,150.00 / £524.55 / £1,150.00 / £1,150.00 / £0.00 / £1,150.00
6 / Stationery and Office costs / £538.77 / £650.00 / £0.00 / £650.00 / £310.80 / £650.00 / £650.00 / £0.00 / £650.00
7 / Salaries / £15,093.62 / £14,000.00 / £0.00 / £14,000.00 / £8,803.47 / £14,000.00 / £14,000.00 / £0.00 / £14,000.00
8 / Hire of Premises / £299.50 / £300.00 / £0.00 / £300.00 / £162.00 / £300.00 / £300.00 / £0.00 / £300.00
Sub total = / £20,419.51 / £20,678.00 / £0.00 / £20,678.00 / £12,974.99 / £20,634.61 / £19,979.00 / £0.00 / £19,979.00
PREMISES AND LAND
9 / Recreation Ground / £147,723.51 / £3,920.00 / £1,808.00 / £8,254.31 / £2,811.95 / £8,254.31 / £3,920.00 / £700.00 / £4,520.00
10 / Litter Control / £912.81 / £1,213.98 / £0.00 / £1,213.98 / £593.55 / £1,213.98 / £1,213.68 / £0.00 / £1,213.68
11 / Water / £100.29 / £350.00 / £0.00 / £350.00 / £94.90 / £350.00 / £350.00 / £0.00 / £350.00
12 / Electricity / £643.95 / £650.00 / £0.00 / £650.00 / £276.00 / £650.00 / £650.00 / £0.00 / £650.00
13 / Kemble Centre / £5,680.16 / £3,946.00 / £0.00 / £12,196.00 / £8,951.00 / £12,196.00 / £3,893.20 / £0.00 / £3,893.20
Sub total = / £155,060.72 / £10,079.98 / £1,808.00 / £22,664.29 / £12,727.40 / £22,664.29 / £10,026.88 / £700.00 / £10,626.88
GRANTS/DONATIONS
14 / Local groups/projects / £1,425.00 / £1,000.00 / £0.00 / £1,000.00 / £650.00 / £1,000.00 / £1,000.00 / £0.00 / £1,000.00
Sub total = / £1,425.00 / £1,000.00 / £0.00 / £1,000.00 / £650.00 / £1,000.00 / £1,000.00 / £0.00 / £1,000.00
SPECIAL CONTINGENCIES
15 / Elections / £180.20 / £0.00 / £0.00 / £1,282.80 / £0.00 / £0.00 / £0.00 / £0.00 / £1,282.80
16 / Capital Projects / £0.00 / £2,057.00 / £0.00 / £2,057.00 / £0.00 / £2,057.00 / £0.00 / £0.00 / £0.00
17 / Misc Expenditure / £0.00 / £0.00 / £0.00 / £100.00 / £33.13 / £100.00 / £100.00 / £0.00 / £100.00
Sub total = / £180.20 / £2,057.00 / £0.00 / £3,439.80 / £33.13 / £2,157.00 / £100.00 / £0.00 / £1,382.80
GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS
18 / Lengthsman Scheme / £2,848.22 / £0.00 / £3,832.00 / £4,044.99 / £3,105.00 / £4,044.99 / £2,394.00 / £798.00 / £3,192.00
19 / P3 Scheme / £837.75 / £0.00 / £4,895.00 / £6,391.89 / £4,106.75 / £6,391.89 / £771.00 / £2,570.00 / £3,341.00
20 / Neighbourhood Plan / £8,494.20 / £0.00 / £798.94 / £798.94 / £0.00 / £798.94 / £0.00 / £0.00 / £0.00
Sub total = / £12,180.17 / £0.00 / £9,525.94 / £11,235.82 / £7,211.75 / £11,235.82 / £3,165.00 / £3,368.00 / £6,533.00
General Reserve / £1,868.02 / £1,200.00 / £0.00 / £1,412.12
TOTALS / £189,265.60 / £35,683.00 / £12,533.94 / £59,017.91 / £33,597.27 / £57,691.72 / £35,683.00 / £4,068.00 / £39,521.68
Restricted for a specific purpose
Number of Band D Equivalent Properties in 2014/2015 (Precept £20,000) / 424.20 / Council Tax per Band D Equivalent property in 2014/2015 / £44.37
Number of Band D Equivalent Properties in 2015/2016 (Precept £28,500) / 427.66 / Council Tax per Band D Equivalent property in 2015/2016 / £63.92
Number of Band D Equivalent Properties in 2016/2017 (Precept £35,683) / 434.40 / Council Tax per Band D Equivalent property in 2016/2017 / £82.14
Comments
1 / Estimated SLCC subscription of £80, Information Commissioner fee of £35, PAYE administration of £60, internal audit honorarium of £50, HALC subscription of estimated £570, audit fee of approx £400, website support of £100, website hosting of approx £20 and domain name £10.
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4 / Training for clerk and members.
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8 / Includes community library rent of £100.
9 / Covers all recreation ground costs except litter, water and electricity which are under their own budget headings. Also includes £540.00 for three Wildplay sessions and £520.00 budgeted for cleaning for 16/17 and 17/18. Recreation ground working group currently looking at maintenance requirements for consideration.
10 / Trade waste collections currently £8.34 per collection, emptying of litter bins £15.00 per time. Budget allows for weekly collections of both if necessary, but this would be monitored and less frequent collections arranged where necessary.
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13 / Budget 17/18 allows for PWLB repayments of £3493.20 and £400 for grass cutting (16 cuts at £25.00 per time).
14 / All grant applications to be made via the grant application form and to be considered on their merit within the budget available.
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18 / To remain in the lengthsman scheme 17/18 changes to scheme mean HC funding reduced to £30 per km and mandatory contribution from PC of £60 per km. 17/18 precept figure would mean that the budget for the lengthsman scheme would remain at the same level as 15/16.
19 / To remain in the P3 Scheme 17/18 changes to the scheme mean HC funding remains at £50 per km for 17/18 but a mandatory contribution from the PC of £15 per km must be made.
20 / £798.94 is the remaining Front Runner grant, held by Herefordshire Council to be claimed when needed.