We are committed to creating a prosperous and healthy Torbay and a Council fit to meet the challenges of the future. It’s a big task; £17 million worth of savings and new income have to be made over the next three years to achieve a balanced budget - £7.5 million of those budget reductions will be made in 2019/2020. That’s on top of the £76 million already made over the last seven years.
The Elected Mayor published his proposals for his Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2019/2020 in November 2018.
Following consultation, the Elected Mayor has amended his proposals. The proposals in the documents below will be considered at meetings of the Council in February 2019.
The Plan sets out what the Elected Mayor proposes to spend on capital projects during 2019/2020.
Sets out the principles to be used in the allocation of capital investment across all the Council’s services and informs decisions on capital spending priorities within the Council’s four year Capital Plan.
Where a proposal has been assessed as having a material impact on service users, an Equality Impact Assessment has been prepared.
The Council's proposed fees and charges for 2019/2020.
Provides information about the Council’s financial reserves.
Consultation report on the public consultation carried on on the 2019/20 budget proposals.
Provides the Elected Mayor’s proposals following the consultation period.
Provides technical details to support the Elected Mayor’s budget proposals.
This is the key financial planning document and supports the Council in ensuring it can plan effectively for the use of resources in the medium term. The Plan sets out the resource projections for the next three years and the financial challenges and will help the Council deliver the priorities as set out in the Corporate Plan.
Provides a description of what each Council service does and how much it is proposed to spend next year including how much income they will receive. It sets out details of all of the draft proposals for service change, income generation and savings in order to produce a balanced budget for 2019/2020.