Bournemouth Town Council has approved budget changes after revised election costs and other savings, with projected closing reserves now expected to rise for the rest of the current financial year. Bournemouth Town Council has approved budget changes expected to increase reserves after revised election costs. The changes, agreed at a meeting on Monday, August 17, cover the rest of the 2026/27 financial year and include reducing a communities administrative contingency from £10,000 to £2,000 in the budget. A £7,000 allotments staffing budget will also move from staffing costs to supplies and
Bournemouth Town Council has approved budget changes expected to increase reserves after revised election costs.
The changes, agreed at a meeting on Monday, August 17, cover the rest of the 2026/27 financial year and include reducing a communities administrative contingency from £10,000 to £2,000 in the budget.
A £7,000 allotments staffing budget will also move from staffing costs to supplies and services, with extra checks made on Mayor's Office civic support costs and projected closing reserves now forecast at £1,407,560.
Councillor Kieron Franklin, chair of the finance, governance and staffing committee, said the approach was to "understand the true costs first" and "find savings wherever they genuinely exist" before decisions are made.
He said the confirmed cost of the May 2026 elections was £343,333, more than £100,000 below the amount first budgeted, and that the saving "flows directly back into this year's budget".
BCP Council said it has worked with Bournemouth, Poole and Broadstone town councils since they were created this year and provided the final election costs once all information had been received and checked.
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