What Is The Overall Impact Of Costs?
Summary Of Costs To Build
Option |
Construction cost |
Total Project cost |
Phases 1,2 & 3 with a 4 lane 20 metre swimming pool |
£ 8.71m |
£ 12.193m |
Phases 1,2 &3 with a 6 lane 25 metre swimming pool |
£ 9.99m |
£ 13.97m |
Impact On The Community
North Dorset District Council are holding a pot of money, currently promised at £ 4m, which has been ring-fenced for the provision of new community facilities in the Gillingham area. When and if the criteria for handing over this money to the Community for this Project are met, the Community must still find the balance of funding from a range of sources that include:
- The Big Lottery
- Other major funding organisations
- Local industry and commerce
- Other benefactors
- Residents
Option |
Capital To Raise |
Phases 1,2 & 3 with a 4 lane 20 metre swimming pool |
£ 8.193m |
Phases 1,2 &3 with a 6 lane 25 metre swimming pool |
£ 9.97m |
Summary Of Costs To Run
Option |
Income |
Expenditure |
Subsidy |
Phases 1,2 & 3 with a 4 lane 20 metre swimming pool |
£ 1,112,128 |
£ 1,223,613 |
£ 111,485 |
Phases 1,2 &3 with a 6 lane 25 metre swimming pool |
£ 1,131,247 |
£ 1,305,056 |
£ 173,809 |
Impact On The Community
The best approach is to share the unavoidable public subsidy fairly across the whole customer base. That includes the Market Towns of Gillingham, Shaftesbury and Mere together with all their surrounding Parishes. Each Band D household in this area would then pay:
Option |
Band D Precept |
Phases 1,2 & 3 with a 4 lane 20 metre swimming pool |
£ 9.29 (or 78p a month) |
Phases 1,2 &3 with a 6 lane 25 metre swimming pool |
£ 14.48 (or £ 1.20 a month) |
Summary of In House Costs
Description |
Expenditure |
Office Facilities, Admin support, Professional Fundraiser |
£ 66,000 |
Impact On The Community
In house costs should also be shared across the whole customer base. Each Band D household in this area would then pay:
Band D Precept |
£ 5.50 (or 46p a month) |
What The Community Is Being Asked To Do
- To set a Band D precept of £ 5.50 payable via Gillingham Town Council to The Three Rivers Partnership for the next two years to enable the Three Rivers Partnership to drive the Community Leisure and Fitness Project forward and bring it to fruition.
- To set a Band D precept from Financial Year (FY) 2010/11 onwards of £ 14.48 payable via Gillingham Town Council to the Three Rivers Partnership in respect of the public subsidy required if you wish the new facilities to include the 6 Lane 25 metre pool option.
- To set a Band D precept from FY 2010/11 onwards of £ 9.29 payable via Gillingham Town Council to the Three Rivers Partnership in respect of the public subsidy required if you wish the new facilities to include the 4 Lane 20 metre pool option.
- To review the precept annually in the light of inflation.
