It follows on from a 2019 budget survey, where education and roads were voted top priority for council spending by residents. Funding of this project will partially come from a 4.48% rise in council tax.
Councillor Ian Dickson, convener of Corporate Services, said: “For the second year, we have adopted a no cuts budget in West Dunbartonshire, investing in key areas and supporting our residents without detriment to our frontline services.
“Our residents told us through the budget survey that they wanted education to be prioritised and we have responded to that with a commitment to provide free school meals in all of our primary schools, an increase in funding for extra learning assistants, and a pledge to continue to invest in our schools.
“As a Council, we are working hard to make West Dunbartonshire an even better place to live, work and visit and this budget further supports that.”
In addition to this, a new £382,000 NetZero Carbon Fund has been created to fund initiatives that will improve the environment by generating clean energy or reducing co2 emissions.