Archive for the ‘Council Tax’ Category

Busy Friday …

Posted: January 23, 2009 in Council Tax, Park Place Primary School, Radio Tay, sQuid, St Joseph's Primary School

A busy day with meetings with several fellow councillors on various issues including the revenue and capital budgets for 2009/10. This followed on from an administration group of Labour and LibDem councillors last night.       The City Council Leader has now called has called for a meeting of all the political group leaders [...]

Budget Day

Posted: February 14, 2008 in Budget, Council Tax

This afternoon saw the City Council set both its capital programme and also its revenue budget & council tax for 2008/9. It was the 7th budget meeting I have attended as an elected member of Dundee City Council and was easily the least “raucous” thus far, with the Labour/Liberal Democrat administration’s budget being approved unanimously [...]

Direct Debits … and Lochee!

Posted: November 5, 2007 in Council Tax, Lochee, Nicol Stephen MSP

This morning I attended the launch event of the City Council Finance Department’s “Pick up a prize” promotion – aimed at encouraging more Dundonians to pay their Council Tax by Direct Debit. A prize draw campaign will run for 3 months until 31st January 2008, with the prizes being drawn on 29th February 2008. The [...]

Wednesday/Thursday

Posted: March 22, 2007 in Council Tax, Riverside Drive

Was on both Radio Tay news and news on Wave 102 yesterday speaking about Council Tax collection. This morning, helping my Lochee LibDem Team with leaflet distribution, came across the filming of the latest View video in Dryburgh (see above) – you can read the story from yesterday’s Courier by clicking on the headline above. [...]

Council Tax Frozen

Posted: February 20, 2007 in Council Tax, West End FOCUS

Long day today with my Institute’s AGM in Grangemouth followed by our setting the Council Tax for Dundee in 2007/8 tonight (my speech as Finance Convener can be seen by clicking on the headline above). A huge load of West End issues raised by residents following issue of my latest FOCUS newsletter; will advise of [...]

Council Tax, Wet Weekend, Tom Spiers, Trees again …

Posted: February 11, 2007 in Blackness Road, Council Tax, Friends of Wighton, High Mill

Much of Friday was spent on City Council budget matters (with Council Finance Convener hat on) – click on headline above to view more about this. We have spent a very wet weekend campaigning in various parts of the City; intend thawing out tonight! A resident contacted me Thursday about a vandalised young tree, in [...]