Welcome to
SB Connect
We are delighted to be able to freeze Council Tax for the coming financial year.
The settlement we received from the Scottish Government was challenging and meant that we had difficult choices to make in setting the budget for the Borders.
We are confident that we’ve put together a prudent, affordable, sustainable budget. It’s also a budget that allows us to meet the aims set out in our Bright Future for the Borders manifesto.
To help us spend more on priorities and frontline services, each Council department was tasked with looking closely at its day-to-day operations and identifying areas where savings could be made.
This is never an easy task and our finance officers will continue to help our managers across all departments to deliver these essential savings while still continuing to improve our services.
That should not detract from the fact that the 2008/09 budget contains many benefits for Borderers.
We have come up with a good plan to maintain and improve our services, while making efficiency savings, which will be reinvested in our frontline services.
David Parker, Leader
Neil Calvert, Depute Leader
Scottish Borders Council