{"id":25015,"date":"2018-02-09T16:27:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25015"},"modified":"2018-02-09T16:27:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:27:47","slug":"penarth-precept-rises-funding-landmarks-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/09\/penarth-precept-rises-funding-landmarks-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Penarth tax precept rises \u2013 but funds for landmarks fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PENARTH&#8217;S new budget was given the green light this week, increasing the council&#8217;s precept by 7% while cutting funding for two of the town&#8217;s landmark buildings. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nine councillors voted for and five voted against the new budget and precept increase, at a town council meeting on Wednesday, February 7. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The precept will go up by 37p per month, or \u00a34.43 per year, based on houses in council tax band D. According to the council website, the increase is to renovate and develop the Kymin, Paget Rooms, and the cemetery. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But spending on the Paget Rooms will be cut by more than \u00a310,000 while spending on the Kymin will be cut by almost \u00a330,000.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25018\" style=\"width: 752px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25018 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget.png 752w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget-500x301.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget-293x176.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25018 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget.png 752w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget-500x301.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/penarth-budget-293x176.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/noscript> How much Penarth spends on the Paget Rooms, Kymin, and cemetery.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Kymin, one of the oldest buildings in Penarth, can be rented out from the council. Prices range from \u00a311.50 per hour for communities and charities, to \u00a3420 per day for exclusive use. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2016\/17, \u00a392,082 was spent on the Kymin. That was reduced to \u00a343,652 this year, and next year it will go down again to \u00a314,750. The new budget has put aside \u00a37,000 to spend on repairs and maintenance. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Paget Rooms is facing similar cuts: \u00a389,451 last year, \u00a338,209 this year, and \u00a327,150 next year. The sum of \u00a35,500 has been allocated to spend on repairs and maintenance. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spending on the cemetery, which is almost full and needs expanding, has gone down from \u00a393,432 last year, to \u00a352,876 this year, and \u00a343,950 next year. The sum of \u00a32,000 will be spent repairing and maintaining the buildings and grounds, while \u00a33,000 has been put aside for \u201cplant maintenance\/repair\u201d.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conservative Martin Turner described it as a standstill budget. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re really doing much of the same this year as we plan on doing next year. There\u2019s very little change\u2014it\u2019s an increase to do no more,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coun Ben Gray, another Conservative, said: \u201cSome of the language used in the press stories about what is going to be achieved is a little disingenuous. Cart before the horse, the way the budget has been.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Labour council leader, Mike Cuddy, said: \u201cThere\u2019s no lack of ambition, but it does take time to reel those ideas out and implement them. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere is plenty of ambition. There\u2019s an opportunity to do an awful lot here in Penarth. The whole concept of what we\u2019re trying to do has changed.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to its website, the council will hold events to consult the public and \u201cset out how an investment in the precept will provide Penarth with the opportunity to thrive from the future projects the council aims to provide. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cUltimately, any increase to the precept will be clearly identified by the strides these projects will make.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PENARTH&#8217;S new budget was given the green light this week, increasing the council&#8217;s precept by 7% while cutting funding for two of the town&#8217;s landmark buildings. Nine councillors voted for and five voted against the new budget and precept increase, at a town council meeting on Wednesday, February 7. The precept will go up by 37p per month, or \u00a34.43 per year, based on houses in council tax band D. 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