Outline budget 2009/10 - 2011/12

Presented at outturn 2009/10 prices. Similar inflation assumptions have been made in the following two years - 2.5% for pay, 5.0% for pension payments that the Authority is still liable for and 2.5% for most other costs.


	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12
	£'000	£'000	£'000
Employees
Wholetime firefighters	33,841	33,841	33,841
Retained firefighters	6,277	6,277	6,277
Other staff	10,060	10,108	10,132
Other employees expenses	1,090	1,090	1,090
Net cost of pensions	739	848	851

Total Employees	52,007	52,164	52,191

Premises
Building maintenance	1,612	1,612	1,612
Cleaning and refuse collection	260	260	260
Utilities, rents, rates etc	1,678	1,678	1,678

Total Premises	3,550	3,550	3,550

Transport
Leasing	653	606	511
Other transport	1,807	1,807	1,807

Total Transport	2,460	2,413	2,318

Supplies and Services
Operational equipment	1,250	1,192	1,527
IT and communications	2,829	2,829	2,829
Insurance	696	696	696
Other supplies	2,724	2,724	2,724

Total Supplies and Services	7,499	7,441	7,776

Bought in support services	470	470	470
Unallocated efficiency savings	32	32	32
Depreciation	1,370	1,370	1,370
Savings to be identified	0	0	0
Revenue Contributions to Capital-budgeted	730	730	730
Revenue Contributions to Capital financed from reserves	0	0	0
Provision for inflation	0	1,695	3,390

Gross Expenditure	68,118	69,865	71,827

Less income	(1,384)	(1,384)	(1,384)

Net cost of Service	66,734	68,481	70,443

Interest on bank balance	60	60	60
Interest on external loans	416	516	564

Contribution to/(from) Capital Payment Reserve	0	0	0
Contribution to/(from) General Balance	0	0	0
Contribution to/(from) Improvement and Sustainability Reserve	223	0	0
Contribution to/(from) Equal Pay Reserve	0	0	0
Contribution from Capital Adjustments Account	(774)	(715)	(655)

Budget Requirement	66,659	68,342	70,412

Indicative increase in Council Tax	3.60%	3.60%	4.20%