The budget will be discussed at the next cabinet meeting (Tuesday 13th February, Council House).
The deputy leader, Tony O'Neill (Con-Woodlands), has been in charge of setting the budget. His counterpart, deputy Labour leader George Duggins (Lab-Longford) is preparing the alternative budget response.
One interesting bit (I've only found this today, and it's 88 pages to wade through):
An extensive round of public consultation to inform the Council’s budget setting has been led by the Deputy Leader of the Council, supported by the Chief Executive and other senior City Council officers ... The consultees included: Coventry Youth Council; the Trades Unions; the business community through the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce; community and voluntary sector organisations; a range of individual partner organisations, and the Coventry Partnership.It suggests a very elite process. If you're a small business owner, how did the Chamber consult you? If you're a trade unionist, how did your leaders consult you? Where and when does each theme group of the Coventry Partnership meet?
Consulting the three leading members of 30 organisations doesn't amount to consulting what we want as a city of 300 000 people.
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