Monday, 7 March 2016

Fireworks costs rocket


Once again the Fireworks event busts it's budget.


This is an annual event. Each year there is a fireworks display and each year the annual budget is busted. This is wrong. The point of having a budget is the enable enough cash to be put aside for each service to ensure the programme is delivered. By busting the budget this means the money may not be there for 2016/17. 

The budget for 2015/16 was £2660 and £4784 was spent. The year before the budget was the same yet the council spend £4370. In the previous year £4809. The budget for next year is: £2660. 

Now I'm not calling for the end of the Fireworks Event. What I want to see is the right amount budgeted for rather than the illusionary amount that is allocated each year. Bad budgeting is not good governance.

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