Item 22 - Appendix 4

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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL
MONITORING OF EFFICIENCIES AND MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS 2024/25
Efficiency Detail Ref Chief Officer
Budgeted Amount
£000 
Projection of Total
Saved £000 
Projection of Total
Not Saved £000 Comment
December 2023 Management Adjustments
1
Procure vehicles considered permanently required rather than
hiring  them RN17 G Macfarlane 100 100 in progress
-
March 2024 Saving Options -
1 School crossing patrollers - adhere to best practice RN01 G Macfarlane 24 24 - Implemented August
2 Introduce £60 Garden Waste Charge RN02 G Macfarlane 180 180 -
Implemented August, and
target met.
3
Amend roads service activities to support education to statutory
level RN04 G Macfarlane 37 37 - complete
4
Reduce the Consultancy Services/Capital Investment Team by
25% RN18 G Macfarlane 10 10 - Complete
5
Reduce the roads operations service from 29 FTE to 26 FTE which
will reduce resilience in the team RN21 G Macfarlane 80 80 - complete
6
Reduce maintenance costs through replacing 6 under utilised
grass pitches with 3 new 4G pitches RN22 G Macfarlane 10 10 - in progress
7
Implement new approach to road defect repairs which will
capitalise costs previously charged to revenue RN23 G Macfarlane 200 200 - complete
8 Reduce weed killing from twice a year to once a year RN26 G Macfarlane 50 50 - Complete
9 Increase commercial waste fees by 14% RN27 G Macfarlane 45 45 - complete
March 2024 Management Adjustments
1 Remove vacant posts in asset management RES22 L Slavin 99 99 complete
2 Fund existing Grade 8 post from UK Towns Fund Support RR18 A Douglas 60 60 - complete
3
Fund officer costs associated with Levelling Up from final year of
Levelling Up Rev funding. RR19 A Douglas 60 60 - complete
955 955 -TOTAL EFFICIENCIES/MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENTS
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