2025 / 26 Budget & Precept
At its meeting on 2nd December 2024, the Council set its expenditure budgets for the 2025-26 year. Given the Council’s growing workloads, the budget was increased by £482,830 from the 2024-25 year. Around 91% of this increase will allow the Town Council to provide services it previously agreed to take ownership of from Somerset Council in light of their ongoing financial difficulties. These include:
- Open Spaces – A large number of the open spaces belonging to Somerset Council will have ownership transferred to the Town Council including 16 play areas and Wellington Park. An inhouse team of three additional FTEs will be recruited to look after these spaces.
- Toilets – The Town Council will take on the management and maintenance public toilets in North Street Car Park and the Park to avoid closure of these facilities.
- Community – Somerset Council has indicated that it will reduce its capacity in areas impacting early identification of the need for support of more vulnerable members of the community. A new full time equivalent position within the Town Council is planned to support this area of work. As well as this, the Town Council has made provisions in it’s reserves for Youth Provision.
The graphic below indicates how much per pound goes to the services the Council provides. You can also view the full budget and precept information by clicking the icons below.
