If you've ever found yourself caught short at Swansea Marina, there is some good news, but it has a sting in the tail when it comes to your council tax bill.
A block of public toilets closed there a few years ago, meaning the nearest public convenience was in the National Waterfront Museum.
But that is set to change, council leader Rob Stewart has said.
The marina toilets, off Trawler Road, are to be reopened in 2020-21, along with a toilet block between Gorseinon library and the town's bus station.
In addition, new toilets in Swansea Market will also be completed.
Councils are not legally required to provide public toilets but must publish a local toilet strategy.
But, of course, it all costs more money, and you'll notice some of that coming from you once again this year, with a rise in your council tax bill.
In other budget announcements at a cabinet meeting, Cllr Stewart said:
- Free wi-fi is to be rolled out across outlying commercial centres, with £200,000 earmarked for the project next year, but details are limited at this stage
- New performance spaces in Wind Street will be created as part of a £1.75m investment in the city's busiest place for an evening out
- More in-house lawyers are to be recruited for child and family service cases, which the Labour leader said would reduce legal costs
- St Helen's Road - Swansea's restaurant takeaway central - will get new bin stores and a road upgrade
- £75,000 will be spent to deliver climate emergency and natural environment obligations
- Cleansing officers will pick up missed and spilled rubbish on the same day as refuse and recycling is collected from the kerbside
Cllr Stewart added: "All our existing pledges remain."
As previously reported, the council's budget for day-to-day services in 2020-21 is due to be £468.6m, which is £25m more than currently.
The council is facing £35m of budget pressures, but extra central Government funding, a 4.58% council tax rise, and savings and income generation measures will balance the extra spending.
Schools, social services and the environment department will get extra cash.
Mr Stewart said schools would also get a share of a £1 million transformation fund - plus access to a £3.1m pot of money for additional repairs and upgrades.
Grants and shared NHS funding is also expected to deliver an additional social services boost of more than £3 million.
Although it may yet be a one-off, the funding settlement for 2020-21 is better than had been exepcted.
The £468.6m revenue budget is to be funded by a Welsh Government revenue grant which is £11.4m more than this year, and council tax receipts which are £8.1m more than currently.
The remainder comes from a share of business rates, nearly £6m more than this year. Local authorities can only set council tax.
The graphs below show how these three key sources of funding have changed over recent years.
The draft budget has been examined by cross-party scrutiny groups this week, and a summary of their findings was presented by opposition leader, Councillor Chris Holley, who asked for a written response to 11 questions.
Earlier in the meeting, a member of the public quizzed Cllr Stewart about the budget, and claimed that cabinet members had passed on £70m of cuts in recent years and then patted themselves on the back about how their departments were run.
The questioner, Alec Thraves, of Socialist Party Wales, also described the extra central Government money as a "one-off Tory bribe" that couldn't be relied on again.
And he claimed the 10 minutes allotted for public questions at the meeting created a "democratic accountability deficit".
Cllr Stewart applauded Mr Thraves for reading the budget papers, but suggested he used the 10 minutes to ask questions.
Later in the meeting, when Mr Thraves interrupted proceedings, Cllr Stewart told his adversary that when he got enough votes at election time he could "sit here" and make his points.
The budget will be debated and approved at a meeting of full council on March 5.
Cabinet member for resilience and strategic collaboration, Councillor Clive Lloyd, said council staff and trade unions deserved credit for their efforts in mitigating year-on-year cuts of late.
He said Swansea spent more money on education per pupil than it used to and that school performance had improved, among other positive outcomes.
The Labour administration, said Cllr Lloyd, was focused on working better and more efficiently to deliver services.
"There certainly has been no back-slapping about how well we have done over the years," he said.
Cllr Robert Francis-Davies, cabinet member for investment, regeneration and tourism, conceded that some grass verges weren't cut and that some roads weren't up to the standard expected by people.
He said: "The blame lies very squarely on the shoulders of central government."
Speaking after the meeting, an employee of Pilot House Cycles in Swansea Marina, said reopening the public toilets was a good idea.
"People in the marina, especially in the summer, have nowhere to go," he said.
"They often ask if they can use ours in the shop, and in the (nearby) Coast Cafe."
