Item 16 Appendix 5
West Dunbartonshire Council · 12 November 2025
Back to Corporate Services Committee — 12 November 2025 and its agenda
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 5 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 Review the Communities team reducing the delivery of community based services CCF26 A Graham 87 87 Saving fully achieved in 2025/26 2 Reduction in 2 FTE paralegal support to contracts and property section RR08 A Douglas 90 90 Saving fully achieved in 2025/26 3 Charging for Pre application advice RR09 A Douglas 5 5 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 4 Remove £12,500 of Nightzone West funding provided to Police Scotland RR01 A Douglas 1 1 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 5 Review compliance with Strategic Opening Model to identify areas where teams or posts can be merged CCF26 A Douglas 50 50 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 6 Revised Legal Charges for Transactions RR06 A Douglas 25 25 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 7 Registrars RR09 A Douglas 18 18 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 8 Building Standards A Douglas 10 10 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 9 Reduce Community Budgeting fund CCF10 A Douglas 27 27 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 10 Remove Members’ Secretary RR04 A Douglas 22 22 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 11 Reduce Trading Standards team RR17 A Douglas 14 14 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 12 Reduce Records Management team RR18 A Douglas 14 14 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 13 Close Clydebank Registration Office RR19 A Douglas 8 8 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 14 Combine dog warden & pest control posts RR10 A Douglas 38 38 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 15 Lead planner replaced by basic grade officer RR11 A Douglas 7 7 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 16 Antonine wall RR12 A Douglas 27 27 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 17 Review environmental health RR13 A Douglas 35 35 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 18 Development planning & placemaking RR20 A Douglas 55 55 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 19 Review core library staffing (outwith branch libraries) and remove one post CCF19 A Graham 18 18 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 20 Review the Communities team reducing the delivery of community based services CCF26 A Graham 15 15 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 21 Increase events income CCF05 A Graham 8 8 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 22 Review film locations and formalise fee arrangements CCF06 A Graham 8 8 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 23 Reduce Highland Games Spend CCF01 A Graham 15 15 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 24 Reduce Contact Centre by 2 FTE CCF09 A Graham 30 30 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 25 Reduce Community Engagement Budget CCF11 A Graham 22 22 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 26 Reduction in Arts and Heritage - 1.5 FTE reduction. CCF18 A Graham 30 30 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 2024/25 Efficiencies not achieved 2025/26 Efficiencies and Management Adjustments
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 5 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 Facilities Mgt Operating Model CCF04 A Graham 300 150 150 Smoothing Fund will be used to cover 25/26 element of saving not achieved. Saving anticipated to be fully achieved 26/27. 28 Remove two franking machines and further reduce use of first class mail RES11 L Slavin 8 8 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 29 Review External Funding - Delete Community Wellbeing Fund RES01 L Slavin 20 20 - Complete 30 Reduce Corporate Debt team RES06 L Slavin 44 44 - Complete 31 Reduce Housing Benefit and Council Tax team RES14 L Slavin 16 16 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 32 Restrict choice in office equipment to pre-agreed catalogue items/amounts. PT05 V Rogers 5 5 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 33 Reduce the Council’s training budget, retaining budget to cover essential corporate requirements PT07 V Rogers 5 5 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 34 Reduce manual processing by automating the generation of debtor and creditor invoices RES11 V Rogers 25 25 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 35 Remove counselling and physio PT10 V Rogers 9 9 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 36 Remove telephone survey CCF13 V Rogers 9 9 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 37 Performance and Strategy Budget Efficiencies CCF15 V Rogers 9 9 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 38 Reduce design budget CCF16 V Rogers 12 12 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 39 Reduce Corporate Administration Support 3 FTE Reduction. PT12 V Rogers 91 91 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 40 People & Change Team Restructure PT14 V Rogers 62 62 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 41 Organisational Development Reduction PT15 V Rogers 60 60 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 42 Outsource Print Room function PT18 V Rogers 25 25 - Saving anticipated to be achieved 43 Reduce ICT team: 4 FTE PT20 V Rogers 84 84 - Saving anticipated to be achieved TOTAL AGREED SAVINGS OPTIONS & MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 1,461 1,311 150