Which council services would you maintain or reduce funding for? The council鈥檚 on-line budget calculator is open till 11 August for you to tell us about the services that matter most to you.
Leader of P站色情片, Councillor Robin Currie outlined the importance of giving views:
鈥淲e all use council services. They are everywhere in our day-to-day lives. However P站色情片 and Bute is facing yet another multi-million pound cut to its funding for these services.
We want to involve as many people as possible in deciding how best to use the budget we have. Thank you to everyone who has already told us about their priorities. If you haven鈥檛 yet, please do get involved and give your views.鈥
Savings can only come from controllable parts of the council鈥檚 budget. Some areas of spend are protected by national priorities, such as teacher numbers, or are outwith the council鈥檚 control, for example inflationary costs.
The online budget simulator lists services where savings can come from, and gives options to reduce or increase spend by different amounts until the target of 拢10 million is reached. There are also options to increase income to fund services, including through council tax or fees.
Councillor Gary Mulvaney, Policy Lead for Finance Services said:
鈥淲e鈥檇 love to do everything communities want us to. Such huge cuts to council budgets make that impossible unfortunately. Community views will help us make the right decisions in what are very difficult circumstances.鈥
The budget simulator is available on the council鈥檚 website at