Budget consultation 2025-26

[UPDATE 13/02/2025: the budget summary document has been attached to this news item]

Councillors want to hear your views on spending priorities for the coming financial year, so we're holding a meeting which is open to all businesses and residents. The details for the meeting are as follows:

Date: Tuesday 18 February 2025

Time: 4.30pm to 6pm

Venue: Wesleyan Chapel, St Mary’s

Dial into meeting: 020 7660 8305 (phone conference ID: 177 065 809#)

If you are unable to attend in person

Please be aware that if you are unable to attend this meeting in person, you are welcome to join by conference call using the dial-in details above.

Please understand that this call may have a lot of participants on it, so we ask that anyone dialling in mutes their phone, unless invited to speak. If there are any issues with particular lines, we may need to remove those lines from the call to ensure the meeting can proceed smoothly.

How to view the draft budget proposals

A summary of the latest draft budget proposals can be viewed at the following link:

Draft budget proposal summary document

Printed copies of this document will also be available at the meeting venue on the day of the meeting.

If you would like to provide written feedback on the budget proposals once you have read the document, please either:

  • email your comments to Councillor Frances Grottick, Lead Member for Finance, Governance, Risk and Performance at frances.grottick@scilly.gov.uk; or
  • deliver your comments to St Mary’s Library in a sealed envelope, marked for Councillor Grottick’s attention.

Please submit your comments by 5pm on Monday 17 February 2025 to ensure they can be considered ahead of the budget being presented to Members at Full Council on 26 February 2025.

Publishing date: 
Tuesday, 11 February, 2025