Item 17 - Appendix 4
West Dunbartonshire Council · 22 May 2024
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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 Historical Lease Review SDP06 L Slavin 55,000 55,000 - 2 Consultancy Services Reduction SDP08 G Macfarlane 82,000 82,000 - 3 Reduce Consultancy Services and Capital Investment Team SDP11 G Macfarlane 212,000 212,000 - 4 Structural Patching RN07 G Macfarlane 150,000 150,000 - 5 Environmental Trust Grant Reduction RN17 G Macfarlane 87,000 87,000 - 6 Commercialisation of Assets (Pavilions/Cafés) SDP07 L Slavin 41,000 41,000 - 6 627,000 627,000 - TOTAL COMPLETE STATUS: COMPLETE ITEM 17 - APPENDIX 4
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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 6 Office/ Depot Rationalisation SDP05 L Slavin 380,000 98,344 281,656 New tenants for 3 properties not achieved. Minimum running costs currently being charged. Balance not achieved relates to forgone rental income. 23/24 shortfall to be funded from the smoothing fund and asset management continue to market sites with a view to achieving the full saving in 24/25. 7 External Consultancy Income SDP09 G Macfarlane 50,000 50,000 - 8 Review the use of Municipal Buildings to identify alternative uses or commercial opportunities SDP14 L Slavin 37,000 - 37,000 Discussions have been ongoing with prospective tenants but not yet realised. 9 Review possible early closure of Clydebank Town Centre Office with employees based there relocated to alternative Council accommodation SDP15 L Slavin 108,000 - 108,000 Minimum running costs currently being charged. Balance not achieved relates to forgone rental income. 23/24 shortfall to be funded from the smoothing fund and asset management continue to market site with a view to achieving the full saving in 24/25. 10 Civic Waste Amenity Sites RN02 G Macfarlane 63,000 63,000 - 11 Residual Waste Optimisation RN03 G Macfarlane 138,000 138,000 - 12 Review the charging policy for the Care of Gardens scheme or remove provision entirely RN04 G Macfarlane 211,000 211,000 - 13 Parking Enforcement RN05 G Macfarlane 100,000 - 100,000 Application for transfer of powers to be submitted in the coming week and back office procuremt will be undertaken. Unlikley to be in a position to enforce until Summer 2024 14 Reduce or remove the provision of weekend litter collection at key destinations such as parks and town centres RN06 G Macfarlane 47,000 47,000 - 15 Reduce provision of grass cutting, bin clearing, litter collection and street sweeping RN09 G Macfarlane 460,000 460,000 - 16 Improve recycling rates through a review of the programme of residual waste collection RN10 G Macfarlane 50,000 50,000 - STATUS: IN PROGRESS
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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 17 Electric Vehicle Charging RN13 G Macfarlane 91,000 91,000 - 18 Transfer the provision of Christmas lights to community groups or traders associations with assistance provided by the Council at switch on events RN15 G Macfarlane 25,000 25,000 - 13 TOTAL IN PROGRESS 1,760,000 1,233,344 526,656 19 2,387,000 1,860,344 526,656 TOTAL EFFICIENCIES/MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS