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A brief roundup of last night's budget debate - with the outcome.
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Independent Labour Party councillor, Geoff Brodie, is proposing to re-direct £2.2m of Conservative 'savings' (planned for Reserves) to reduce the Council Tax increase to 4.49%.
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Cllr Lilley says that despite the smoke and mirrors and his party can think out of the box and find solutions even with smoke in their eyes.
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Cllr Brodie has discovered the much-lauded extra £500,000 to "help fund social care" will not affect the proposed budget cuts to be voted on at tonight's Isle of Wight council meeting.
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The Green councillor believes that in order to make real savings the IW Council needs to ‘think out of the box’ long-term and tackle the causes of poverty and deprivation on the Island with new approaches.
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Reinvesting in youth services and the cross-Solent travel scheme that helps people attending appointments on the mainland for radiotherapy, chemotherapy and renal dialysis are just some of the budget amendments being put forward by the LibDems this week.
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Island Independent councillors say by re-financing the Highways PFI contract, it would help release enough funding to reverse some of the proposed cuts by the Conservative administration. OnTheWight has details of what they intend to save.
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If the Conservative budget proposals are accepted at the Isle of Wight council meeting this Wednesday (they have the majority with 25 councillors against 15 from other parties/groups) changes could be in store for holiday let owners and nursing homes.
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Ahead of next week's budget setting at the Isle of Wight council, Ian Stephens, Leader of the Island Independent Group, announces they will be issuing an alternative budget.
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Getting on for half of all Isle of Wight bottle banks could be scrapped if budget approved next week
38 per cent of all bottle banks around the Isle of Wight could be removed by the Conservative council, as the Government continue to slash funding to local authorities across the country.
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The majority of those who responded to the consultation were against the proposals, as were the council's own Scrutiny Committee, but last week the Cabinet voted in favour means testing vulnerable adults who receive non-residential care.
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The Isle of Wight Conservative council were last night accused by the Scrutiny Committee of ignoring the public's responses on caring for vulnerable Islanders. The responsible Cabinet member claimed she nearly resigned (but didn’t).
