If you’ve not said your two pennies worth yet, on how you think the Council should spend your Council Tax this year, then take note that today is the deadline for submissions.
You might remember the press release that came out on 19th December advising that the council wished to give the public an opportunity to make comment on how tax is spent on the Island.
Given that the consultation started just before Christmas and you may’ve been a bit distracted over the last 2-3 weeks, it is possible that this one has slipped your mind.
Here’s what Council leader, David Pugh had to say at the time ….
“This is about putting the public’s ideas into action. Last year we formed the One Island programme as a result of what we were told by Islanders. That has seen tremendous investment in areas including the public realm, road safety, free homecare to the over 80s, free swimming to young people during school holidays as well as new toilet blocks and dog wardens.
“Now we need to know if the priorities expressed this year remain areas where people want to see their money invested. As we have previously said, this will be a challenging year for us financially so in addition, we also want to know in which areas they feel revenue can be raised.”
You can have your input by completing the
online survey over on the Council website.
