Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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DDC RELEASE **********
COUNCIL TAX DECISION
Dover District Council has confirmed Council Tax for the district at its meeting on 5 March - and the District Council part of the bill for a Band D property will be £147.77.
The average total bill for a Band D property in Dover District will be £1,383.74, an increase of £57.30 or 4.3%.
The total bill includes the element of Council Tax for Kent County Council (£1,001.79), Kent Police Authority (£128.25), the Fire Authority (£63.81), Dover District Council (£147.77) and an average Parish precept of £42.12. The element of the Council Tax bill for Dover District Council is increasing by 4.95%, representing a rise of £6.97 per year, or 13 pence per week, for Band D properties.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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I guess on the scale of things a rise of 13p a week by Dover District Council doesnt seem a lot. Following yesterdays Budget by Chancellor Alastair Darling, if you drink a bottle of wine a week, it will cost you more (total 14 p more tax on wine ) than the rise in council tax on a Band D house here in Dover.(1p more)
So I guess on the scale of things its not too bad.
Guest 654- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Its the add ons;
Police, Kent county Council, Fire Brigade
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Ah yes indeed but speaking from the Dover District Councils point of view it looks like they have managed to keep their end pretty low.
Guest 648- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Dont forget the Town Council and Parish precept.Dovers was very high.
Guest 659- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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not to mention the climate change officer, it never rains but it pours
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i saw his remuneration!!!
he must do a rain dance through a drought to serve that.
Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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To follow what Sue Nicholas said the town councils precept has risen by 27.4% how can that be what do they actually do? Surely DDC could do what they do. It appears to just be a talking shop maybe it is time to get rid of them or at least put some form of control on the money they get.
beer the food of the gods
Guest 648- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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My point.Hence the Town Council paying for a few dog bins.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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Town Council not responsible for waste,hence my point,DDC should pay for Dog Bins
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 654- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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but my council tax is over £1,200 now
far to high
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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Budgets are strange things,you are looking at things that might happen up to15 months,and of course things happen to change these things so you build into them a little surplus to cover over running costs,inflation and unforseen problems,but you can nearly always bet that it will be more than you budgeted for.
This is where our side had a problem,because we were told that it was a balanced budget,yet when you look at your important information about your Council Tax 2008/9 on the pinky page the Less forcast deficit,£49,000 is in fact spending over the budget,again on Income and Expenditure near the bottom 49 is in fact the same amount,so how can it be a balanced budget when it is already in £49,000.00 in deficit?
Also an intresting fig is the Council need £16 MILLION BUT ONLY £5.881 comes from Council Tax,the other £10.113 million comes from Goverment Grant
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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so if we did not have a climate change officer, the books would balance?
Budgets are indeed strange things, and at best based on guesswork, but it must be educated guesswork based on demographic and economic predictions, which will be based on statistics gathered locally. The guesswork and its accuracy will depend on the stats gathered, the questions asked in order to gather them, and the agenda of the group doing the gathering!!!!!!!
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!