Bideford Town Council

Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2007/2008

			Actual	Budget	Probable	Budget
			Previous Year	Currrent Year	Actual Current Year	Next Year
Administration

	Employees:	Salaries, N.I. & Pensions	69,545	71,600	72,800	83,250
		Car Parking	75	100	75	100
	Honorariums:	Beadle	300	300	300	350
		Mace Bearer	0	300	0	350
		Town Crier	150	150	150	200
		Town Marshal	75	75	75	100
	Allotments		1,055	2,500	3,350	4,000
	Allowances:	Mayor's	2,200	2,200	2,200	2,200
		Members	0	0	0	6,420
	Advertising	Annual Grants/Parish Meetings	87	200	158	200
	Audit Fees		1,070	1,320	1,070	1,450
	By Elections		0	1,500	0	0
	Ex Mayors' Badges		0	200	1075	0
	Flag		0	0	255	0
	H & S Advisory Service		135	140	135	140
	Insurance		3,816	4,000	4,397	5,000
	Insignia Maintenance		191	250	0	250
	Newsletter		0	4,500	4,176	4,500
	Mayor's/Council Portraits		97	100	95	200
	Postages, Stationery & Sundries etc		1,466	1,800	1,800	1,800
	South West Provinvial Employers	Job Evaluations	1,335	0	0	1,500
	Subsistence/Expenses:	Members	1,039	150	50	250
		Officers		900	750	900
	Training Courses/Seminars:	Members	185	50	45	1,000
		Officers		250	375	750



Ceremonies

	Civic Ball		500	500	0	0
	Manor Court		2,208	1,800	1,800	1,800
	Mayor Election		1,276	1,400	1,431	1,500
	Remembrance Sunday		276	250	300	350
	Twinning Visits/Reception		320	150	90	350


Crime Prevention

	East-the-Water - Feet on the Street Project		0	0	0	5,000


Environmental

	Dog/Litter Bins		2,400	2,400	2,400	2,400
	Bus Shelters - Maintenance		0	400	400	500


Grants

	Band Stand/Building		0	25,000	0	0
	Bideford Amateur Rowing Club		3,500	0	0	0
	East-the-Water Cemetery		1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
	Local Organisations		14,122	22,475	22,475	30,920
	Youth Council		1,000	1,000	1,000	2,000


Memberships

	AHGTC		26	30	26	30
	DAPC		1,046	1,100	1,037	1,200
	DCPRE (Affiliate)		0	15	10	15
	Guild of Mace Bearers		20	30	30	30
	Society of Local Council Clerks		175	180	180	200
	South West Provincial Employers		90	100	93	100
	Taw/Torridge Estuary Forum		0	15	16	20

Office Equipment

	Computer, Software & Internet		1,186	3,000	4,555	4,000


Regeneration Projects

	Bideford		0	0		100,000


Public Clocks and Furniture

	Benches		0	1,000	1,000	0
	Millennium Clock		148	150	155	180
	St Mary's Parish Church Clock		250	300	260	280
	Town Signs/Notice Boards		0	0	0	5,000


Section 137 Expenditure

	Bideford Regeneration Initiative		15,558	10,000	10,000	10,000
	Gifts		10	120	30	250
	Grants		3,300	2,200	2,200	6,790
	Prizes-Christmas/Floral Competitions		1,208	100	0	0


Tourism

	Bridge Floodlighting		1,024	5,000	1,500	1,500
	Christmas Lights		4,628	6,000	8,525	18,000
	Decorative Lighting - Quay		5,490	4,000	5,271	6,500
	New Year's Eve		9,000	9,000	9,000	9,000
	Planters/Floral Displays		13,231	10,000	8,121	8,500
	TIC - Atlantic Village		1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
	Town Guide		0	100	100	100
	Town Tours		0	100	0	0
	Water Festival		2,000	2,000	0	0


Contingency

	General Expenditure		2,197	2,500	2,500	2,500

Totals
			171,000	207,000	179,836	335,925


Earmarked Reserves

	Band Stand					25,000
	Bus Shelters					3,000
	CCTV					10,000
	Christmas Lights					5,500
	Church Handbells					500
	Ford House Woodland					35,000
	Heywood Road Roundabout Project					1,000
	Town Council Reserves					45,000
						125,000

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Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2007/2008