Item 11 Appendix 5
West Dunbartonshire Council · 4 February 2026
Back to Corporate Services Committee — 4 February 2026 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 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 300 150 150 Consultations with workforce on new operating model have taken longer than anticipated. Shortfall covered by smoothing fund. 26 Remove two franking machines and further reduce use of first class mail RES11 L Slavin 8 8 - 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 -
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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 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 - 43 Review the Communities team reducing the delivery of community based CCF26 A Graham 87 87 - 44 Reduction in 2 FTE paralegal support to contracts and property section RR08 A Douglas 90 90 - TOTAL AGREED SAVINGS OPTIONS & MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 1,527 1,377 150