Item 15 Appendix 4
West Dunbartonshire Council · 22 May 2024
Back to Corporate Services Committee — 22 May 2024 and its agenda
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 4 MONITORING OF EFFICIENCIES AND MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 2023/24 Efficiency Detail Ref Chief Officer Budgeted Amount £ Projection of Total Saved £ Projection of Total Not Saved £ Comment 1 Reduce West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust's management fee by 10% CCF03 A Graham 416,000 416,000 - 2 Clydebank Town Hall CCF04 A Graham 130,000 130,000 - 3 Review Events Programme CCF07 A Graham 32,000 32,000 - 4 Facilities Management Restructure CCF08 A Graham 64,000 64,000 - 5 Community Planning Provision CCF10 A Graham 22,000 22,000 - 6 Citizen, Culture and Facilities General Efficiencies CCF11 A Graham 40,000 40,000 - 7 Contribution from the Dumbarton Common Good Fund to support the purchase of library resources CCF14 A Graham 10,000 10,000 - 8 Remove two posts across the Communications, Culture and Performance areas CCF16 A Graham 80,000 80,000 - 9 Allocate cost of Repair Contact Centre to HRA CCF17 A Graham 120,000 120,000 - 10 Reduce opening hours and/or days across the library network CCF18 A Graham 95,000 95,000 - 11 Review provision of library services within the school estate to consider part time or term time only provision CCF19 A Graham 20,000 20,000 - 12 Reduce staff numbers in the Customer Contact Centre and promote a digital first approach encouraging more residents to self serve and submit enquiries via the Council website. CCF20 A Graham 90,000 90,000 - 13 Income from Animal Feed Inspections RR01 A Douglas 14,000 14,000 - 14 Remove additional EHO posts Budget RR02 A Douglas 105,000 105,000 - 15 Remove a vacant section head post within Regularity and Regeneration Services RR05 A Douglas 70,000 70,000 - 16 Removal Of Residual Budget for Trainee RR06 A Douglas 8,000 8,000 - 17 Revert Trading Standards Officer Post to Authorised Officer RR07 A Douglas 13,000 13,000 - 18 Charging for Pre application advice RR09 A Douglas 10,000 10,000 - 19 Value of Works for Building Warrants RR10 A Douglas 5,000 5,000 - 20 Remove One Enforcement Officer Post RR11 A Douglas 26,000 26,000 - 21 Reduce support provided to local businesses and organisations including a reduction in officers within the Council's economic development team RR12 A Douglas 169,000 169,000 - 22 End affiliations to some external organisations RR14 A Douglas 3,000 3,000 - 23 Remove a vacant Trading Standards Authorised Officer post RR14 A Douglas 42,000 42,000 - 24 Non regulated procurement under £2m to be carried out by services and remove need for procurement monitoring activity for contracts awarded under that threshold SDP01 A Douglas 110,000 110,000 - STATUS: COMPLETE
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 4 MONITORING OF EFFICIENCIES AND MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 2023/24 Efficiency Detail Ref Chief Officer Budgeted Amount £ Projection of Total Saved £ Projection of Total Not Saved £ Comment 25 Non-Complex procurement to be carried out by services and remove need for procurement monitoring activity for those contracts SDP02 A Douglas 148,000 148,000 - 26 Review and improve purchase to pay administration procedures reducing the need for Corporate Procurement Unit support and allowing services to fully undertake purchase to pay activities SDP03 A Douglas 99,000 99,000 - 27 Historical Lease Review SDP06 L Slavin 55,000 55,000 - 28 Labour increase in turnover target LAB ITEM L Slavin 250,000 250,000 - 29 Reduce the size of the Council's Audit & Fraud team by removing 1.8TE of vacancies rising to 2.8 in future years RES01 L Slavin 75,000 75,000 - 30 Clydebank Property Company RES02 L Slavin 30,000 30,000 - 31 Remove voluntary grant funding provided to West Dunbartonshire Community & Volunteering Services and reduce funding provided to the Clydebank Asbestos Group by 25% RES04 L Slavin 17,000 17,000 - 32 Reduce Reconciliation Team RES07 L Slavin 75,000 75,000 - 33 Close Municipal Bank RES08 L Slavin 40,000 21,764 18,236 Additional one off costs incurred in the closure of the bank. The unachieved amount of saving will be funded from the Smoothing Fund for 2023/24. However, it is anticipated that the full saving will be achieved in future years. 34 Increase the Council’s annual turnover savings target from £2.698m to £3.410m RES09 L Slavin 712,000 712,000 - 35 Reduce the size of the Council's Insurance Management team from four officers to three. RES10 L Slavin 50,000 50,000 - 36 Reduce manual processing by automating the generation of debtor and creditor invoices RES11 L Slavin 25,000 25,000 - 37 Central Admin Support Printing RES12 L Slavin 12,500 12,500 - 38 Education Lets RES13 L Slavin 12,500 12,500 - 39 100% Electronic Payments RES14 L Slavin 2,000 2,000 - 40 Remove TeamMate RES15 L Slavin 8,000 8,000 - 41 Remove discretionary element of long term empty properties RES17 L Slavin 52,000 52,000 - 42 Sales, Fees and Charges 10% Increase RES19 L Slavin 394,000 394,000 -
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 4 MONITORING OF EFFICIENCIES AND MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 2023/24 Efficiency Detail Ref Chief Officer Budgeted Amount £ Projection of Total Saved £ Projection of Total Not Saved £ Comment 43 Reduce the size of the Council's Automation team from three to two in 2023/24 and by a further one in 2024/25 RES21 L Slavin 37,500 37,500 - 44 Right size the Building Insurance Income budget RES23 L Slavin 80,000 80,000 - 45 Right size the Strathclyde Passenger Transport and Valuation Joint Board Budgets RES24 L Slavin 77,000 77,000 - 46 Remove the Provost Hospitality Fund which is used for hospitality for provost hosted events and for commemorating special events within the community RES05 L Slavin 9,000 9,000 - 47 Review of Capital Programme RES06 L Slavin 295,000 295,000 - 48 Reduction in Colour Printing PT03 V Rogers 12,000 12,000 - 49 Remove surplus budget in People & Change team PT04 V Rogers 29,000 29,000 - 50 Reduction in ICT Management PT06 V Rogers 50,000 50,000 - 51 Reduction in ICT Support PT07 V Rogers 82,000 82,000 - 51 3,303,500 3,285,264 18,236 TOTAL COMPLETE
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 4 MONITORING OF EFFICIENCIES AND MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 2023/24 Efficiency Detail Ref Chief Officer Budgeted Amount £ Projection of Total Saved £ Projection of Total Not Saved £ Comment Efficiency Detail Ref Chief Officer Budgeted Amount £ Projection of Total Saved £ Projection of Total Not Saved £ 1 Co-locate Dalmuir Library and Dalmuir Community Centre within the existing Community Centre building CCF01 A Graham 14,000 14,000 - 2 Consider further options for co-location and closure - in particular potential options for Balloch, Parkhall, Duntocher, Faifley and Dalmuir CCF02 A Graham 50,000 50,000 - 3 Income Generation through Commercialisation CCF05 A Graham 44,000 44,000 - 4 Generate additional income through commercialisation opportunities at Church Street, Bruce Street Baths and Aurora House including letting available space to third parties. CCF06 A Graham 77,000 77,000 - 5 Reduce community facility provision across West Dunbartonshire to a level more consistent with neighbouring local authorities through a combination of closure and community asset transfers. Reduction of 7.8 FTE in WDLT staff CCF13 A Graham 257,000 257,000 - 6 Reduce accountancy provision by removing one vacant post and transferring 70% of a post to work charged to the HRA RES22 L Slavin 73,000 73,000 - 6 TOTAL IN PROGRESS 515,000 515,000 - STATUS: IN PROGRESS