Post by Admin on Feb 13, 2016 15:42:40 GMT
Council consults further on 2016/17 budget proposals.
Southampton City Council seeks residents' views on proposals to deliver a balanced budget for 2016/17.
Southampton City Council has published its November Cabinet Report including further budget proposals for the next financial year. A fresh public consultation is now underway, seeking the views of residents, partners and businesses on proposals which aim to deliver a balanced budget in the face of ever-reducing government funding.
The consultation ends on Wednesday 20 April 2016.
This current round of budget proposals offer savings of £8.57 million. This is on top of savings of £9.4 million agreed by Cabinet in October2015, and savings of £13 million proposed in November 2015 Cabinet report identified further. Our total forecasted 2016/2017 funding gap was £39.1 million so the remainder will be met from our reserves and balances.
As undesirable as these cuts are, they give us the opportunity to look very closely at how we operate. Our ambitious transformation programme focuses on creating an organisation fit for the future. By concentrating on distinct priorities and developing new internal skills and behaviours, re-structuring, and changing our relationships with customers, communities, partners and contractors, we aim to both reduce our budget gap and deliver better outcomes. As an example, we know the way our customers want to contact us has changed a lot over recent years and we need to better meet their needs and capabilities. So we are working to improve our online and digital services, moving to a position where our digital services are so good that people prefer to use them.
www.southampton.gov.uk/news/article.aspx?id=tcm:63-378407
Southampton City Council seeks residents' views on proposals to deliver a balanced budget for 2016/17.
Southampton City Council has published its November Cabinet Report including further budget proposals for the next financial year. A fresh public consultation is now underway, seeking the views of residents, partners and businesses on proposals which aim to deliver a balanced budget in the face of ever-reducing government funding.
The consultation ends on Wednesday 20 April 2016.
This current round of budget proposals offer savings of £8.57 million. This is on top of savings of £9.4 million agreed by Cabinet in October2015, and savings of £13 million proposed in November 2015 Cabinet report identified further. Our total forecasted 2016/2017 funding gap was £39.1 million so the remainder will be met from our reserves and balances.
As undesirable as these cuts are, they give us the opportunity to look very closely at how we operate. Our ambitious transformation programme focuses on creating an organisation fit for the future. By concentrating on distinct priorities and developing new internal skills and behaviours, re-structuring, and changing our relationships with customers, communities, partners and contractors, we aim to both reduce our budget gap and deliver better outcomes. As an example, we know the way our customers want to contact us has changed a lot over recent years and we need to better meet their needs and capabilities. So we are working to improve our online and digital services, moving to a position where our digital services are so good that people prefer to use them.
www.southampton.gov.uk/news/article.aspx?id=tcm:63-378407