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    Have Your Say - Budget Consultation 2025/26

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    Closing date

    19/09/2024

    This consultation is now closed.

    Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill in the survey. We are now collating and analysing your responses.

    East Dunbartonshire Council sets its annual Budget in February each year. For over a decade now, the Council has had to make significant savings each year to set a balanced budget. As we prepare to set our Budget for 2025/26 we continue to face a significant funding gap.

    Councils are legally required to set a balanced budget which means we must find ways to make savings or increase our income. This is why it’s important for us to understand what services and priorities matter most to you.

    In our strategic planning approach, 'East Dunbartonshire Forward in Partnership', we committed to engaging with our communities on our decision making.

    In this Budget consultation survey, we are seeking your views on what is most important to you within our four key themes of:

    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Access to Services
    • Finance & Employment
    • Community & Environment 

    We then want to hear your views on how you think we should generate more income, including potential increases to Council Tax and Fees & Charges. We also want to hear how you think we can reduce our costs through things such as further efficiencies and changes to service delivery.

    This short survey should only take about 10 minutes to complete so please Have Your Say. The survey is open until Thursday 19 September. As a thank you for completing the survey, we have five £80 food store vouchers to give away.

    In addition, the Council are offering digital assistance sessions for completing this year’s survey.

    During these sessions East Dunbartonshire Council staff will provide residents with support in completing the survey.

    Details of the sessions:

    • Kirkintilloch Community Hub - Tuesday 10 September at 2pm – 4pm
    • Bishopbriggs Community Hub - Thursday 12 September at 2pm – 4pm
    • Lennoxtown Community Hub - Tuesday 17 September at 2pm – 4pm

    The views and feedback gathered as part of this consultation will be reviewed and shared with both Officers and Elected Members which will then inform decisions taken at Council in February.

    The infographic below, highlights how our budget is made up and how we spend it each year.

    A graphic detailing the council's budget breakdown with text saying Our budget is made up of a combination of: £227.778millon Government Grants, £7.513 million Funding from Capital, £76,405 million Council Tax, £25.901 million Non-Domestic Rates and £1.840 million Short term use of Reserves to underwrite transformation. The Council spends approximately £141.752 million on Education, £71.689 million on Health and Social care, £102.744 million on other services and £15.739 million on debt charges

    To understand the Council’s budget and the difference between the Revenue and Capital budgets please watch the short video (Subtitles available by turning on the captions).

    You can also read last year’s budget consultation report and watch the video below where we highlight some of the main feedback and views we received and the decisions we made as a result (Subtitles available by turning on the captions).