Item 11 Appendix 4
West Dunbartonshire Council · 13 August 2025
Back to Corporate Services Committee — 13 August 2025 and its agenda
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 4 MONITORING OF EFFICIENCIES AND MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 2025/26 Efficiency Detail Ref Chief Officer Budgeted Amount £000 Projection of Total Saved £000 Projection of Total Not Saved £000 Comment 1 Charging for Pre application advice RR09 A Douglas 5 5 - 2 Remove £12,500 of Nightzone West funding provided to Police Scotland RR01 A Douglas 1 1 - 3 Review compliance with Strategic Opening Model to identify areas where teams or posts can be merged CCF26 A Douglas 50 50 - 4 Revised Legal Charges for Transactions RR06 A Douglas 25 25 - 5 Registrars RR09 A Douglas 18 18 - 6 Building Standards A Douglas 10 10 - 7 Reduce Community Budgeting fund CCF10 A Douglas 27 27 - 8 Remove Members’ Secretary RR04 A Douglas 22 22 - 9 Reduce Trading Standards team RR17 A Douglas 14 14 - 10 Reduce Records Management team RR18 A Douglas 14 14 - 11 Close Clydebank Registration Office RR19 A Douglas 8 8 - 12 Combine dog warden & pest control posts RR10 A Douglas 38 38 - 13 Lead planner replaced by basic grade officer RR11 A Douglas 7 7 - 14 Antonine wall RR12 A Douglas 27 27 - 15 Review environmental health RR13 A Douglas 35 35 - 16 Development planning & placemaking RR20 A Douglas 55 55 - 17 Review core library staffing (outwith branch libraries) and remove one post CCF19 A Graham 18 18 - 18 Review the Communities team reducing the delivery of community based services CCF26 A Graham 15 15 - 19 Increase events income CCF05 A Graham 8 8 - 20 Review film locations and formalise fee arrangements CCF06 A Graham 8 8 - 21 Reduce Highland Games Spend CCF01 A Graham 15 15 - 22 Reduce Contact Centre by 2 FTE CCF09 A Graham 30 30 - 23 Reduce Community Engagement Budget CCF11 A Graham 22 22 - 24 Reduction in Arts and Heritage - 1.5 FTE reduction. CCF18 A Graham 30 30 - 25 Review Facilities Mgt Operating Model CCF04 A Graham 300 300 - 26 Remove two franking machines and further reduce use of first class mail RES11 L Slavin 8 8 -
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 4 MONITORING OF EFFICIENCIES AND MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 2025/26 Efficiency Detail Ref Chief Officer Budgeted Amount £000 Projection of Total Saved £000 Projection of Total Not Saved £000 Comment 27 Review External Funding - Delete Community Wellbeing Fund RES01 L Slavin 20 20 - 28 Reduce Corporate Debt team RES06 L Slavin 44 44 - 29 Reduce Housing Benefit and Council Tax team RES14 L Slavin 16 16 - 30 Review of Capital Programme RES06 L Slavin 66 66 - 31 Restrict choice in office equipment to pre-agreed catalogue items/amounts. PT05 V Rogers 5 5 - 32 Reduce the Council’s training budget, retaining budget to cover essential corporate requirements PT07 V Rogers 5 5 - 33 Reduce manual processing by automating the generation of debtor and creditor invoices RES11 V Rogers 25 25 - 34 Remove counselling and physio PT10 V Rogers 9 9 - 35 Remove telephone survey CCF13 V Rogers 9 9 - 36 Performance and Strategy Budget Efficiencies CCF15 V Rogers 9 9 - 37 Reduce design budget CCF16 V Rogers 12 12 - 38 Reduce Corporate Administration Support 3 FTE Reduction. PT12 V Rogers 91 91 - 39 People & Change Team Restructure PT14 V Rogers 62 62 - 40 Organisational Development Reduction PT15 V Rogers 60 60 - 41 Outsource Print Room function PT18 V Rogers 25 25 - 42 Reduce ICT team: 4 FTE PT20 V Rogers 84 84 - TOTAL AGREED SAVINGS OPTIONS & MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 1,350 1,350 -