Lyme Regis: Tax bills to rise one per cent (From Bridport and Lyme Regis News)

Lyme Regis: Tax bills to rise one per cent

10:31am Thursday 10th December 2009

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THE average Band D property in Lyme Regis will see a 63p increase for town council services next year ‘in view of the current economic times’.

Lyme Regis Town Council is expected to increase the precept by a modest one per cent, below the current 1.5 per cent inflation rate.

Properties in Band D will pay £64.06 for the town council’s part of the council tax, compared to £63.43 this year.

Although councillors rejected town clerk Mike Lewis’s recommendation to hold the precept at the 2009/10 level, they claim the rise is fair to taxpayers.

Budget Working Group chairman Ken Meech said: “It’s a balance. We have got to bear in mind that inflation is around one per cent but also utility charges are way above that.

“As a council we have to manage it as far as we are financially able, but in view of the fact that there is a recession on, we decided we would pitch it rather low at one per cent.”

The budget proposals for 2010/11 are expected to be officially approved at the full council meeting next week.

The precept will contribute £130,340.50 to the town council’s budget, helping to cover projects planned for next year.

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