Item 11 Appendix 04
West Dunbartonshire Council · 20 December 2023
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Appendix 4 – Detailed Management Adjustments 2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Amanda Graham Saving Ref: CCF09 Saving Title Review of Facilities Management Summary of Savings Proposal A review of Facilities Management senior management was completed in 2022/23 creating a new structure with additional support for frontline staff. A vacancy has arisen outwith the core management team and following review, this post could potentially be deleted. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings There will be no material impact upon service delivery by removing this vacant post. A new structure implemented in 2022/23, which increased the number of team leaders from four to seven will mitigate against the risk of deleting the post and ensure continuity of service. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 36 1 36 1 36 1 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: 1 Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 823
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Amanda Graham Saving Ref: CCF10 Saving Title Review of Communications Team Summary of Savings Proposal An opportunity exists to review the Communications team including roles and responsibilities. Under this proposal, a saving could be made by deleting two vacant posts from the organisation: the Marketing Officer post and the Graphic Designer post. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings The removal of the marketing officer post will mean the team no longer undertakes campaign activity. Campaigns while requiring significant capacity from the officer to develop also required significant capacity from individual services to deliver against the targets, monitor and evaluate. Given declining resources across the Council this has been a challenge for some time. The removal of the graphic design post will result in the number of design requests which can be fulfilled reducing significantly. Requests of a strategic nature such as for strategies and the annual report would continue to be fulfilled through the use of an external design and print agency. A small resource will be retained within the budget for this. This reduction in the team will mean less resource to support events which were led and managed by the marketing officer however these have also reduced this year. Social media marketing will continue to be fulfilled by the remaining members of the team, one of whom is on a temporary contract. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 50 2 50 2 50 2 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: 2 Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 812
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer Peter Barry Saving Ref: HE07 Saving Title Homelessness Budget – White Goods, Furniture and Fittings Summary of Savings Proposal The Council has a statutory duty as a Local Authority Homelessness Service to provide temporary accommodation where a resident is believed, or has been assessed, to be homeless. As outlined in the Unsuitable Accommodation Order, all households experiencing homelessness must be housed in furnished self-contained temporary accommodation. Currently the Council has 246 temporary accommodation units and an annual budget of £262,000 for provision of basic furnishings including white goods, basic furniture and carpeting within them. This equates to £1,065 per property annually. Under this option, the Council would maintain a budget of £246,000 for this provision. This equates to a budget of £1,000 available per property annually. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings The Council has a statutory duty to provide furnished temporary accommodation and not adequately furnishing these units would be considered a breach of the Unsuitable Accommodation Order. In recent years furnishing contractors have increased prices and it is expected this will increase again in 2024/25. It should be noted that not every item of furniture will need replaced/renewed every time a household moves on to permanent accommodation, and due to procurement exercise, value for money is ensured. Saving 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 16 0 16 0 16 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 857
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Victoria Rogers Saving Ref: PT01 Saving Title Rightsize ICT Budgets Summary of Savings Proposal A review of ICT budgets has identified two areas where savings can be made. A saving of £16,000 can be made by reducing the required budget for Geographic Information System software and an additional £30,000 can be saved by correcting a general ICT inflationary increase applied in 2023/24 which duplicates the specific ICT inflation cost already accounted for in the budget. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings None – this is a management adjustment to rightsize budgets. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 46 0 46 0 46 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 849
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Victoria Rogers Saving Ref: PT02 Saving Title VivUp Employee Benefits Summary of Savings Proposal The Council has implemented Vivup, an employee health and wellbeing platform which enables employees to access the benefits available to them more easily. The platform enables employees to order goods with payment through salary sacrifice or deduction. Repayments are on a 12/24/36 month basis directly through the employee’s salary. This creates an opportunity to generate savings for employees and the Council through reductions in National Insurance and Pension Contributions. The platform is being rolled out incrementally, so it is expected that savings will increase however a conservative estimate of £30,000 has been assumed for 2024/25 increasing to £50,000 in future years. This will be kept under review. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings The saving is based on employees utilising the benefits, so lack of take up could reduce this. Other local authorities have successfully implemented the platform. In order to mitigate any risk, the platform will be promoted to employees to ensure the workforce is aware of the benefits available to them through use of the platform. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 30 0 50 0 50 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No:787
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: VICTORIA ROGERS Saving Ref: PT05 Saving Title Office equipment spend Summary of Savings Proposal Under this option, wherever possible, all new office equipment will be ordered from a pre-agreed catalogue of items with a limit set for amounts requested. Work will continue to ensure office equipment is collected from leavers so it can be redistributed and reused. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings No material risk associated with this option Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 10 0 15 0 15 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 788
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: VICTORIA ROGERS Saving Ref: PT06 Saving Title Reduction in Mobile Phone usage Summary of Savings Proposal An exercise is underway to reduce Council mobile phone provision across all service areas. A review of all contracts is underway to identify any mobiles phones not in use. This will save £22,000 per annum. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings Access to Council email/diary or MS Teams could be maintained via employees’ personal phones with appropriate authentication measures established. Some employees may choose not to use their personal phone, and therefore would be unable to access Council emails remotely other than via a laptop. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 22 0 22 0 22 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 782
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: VICTORIA ROGERS Saving Ref: PT07 Saving Title Reduce Corporate Training Budget Summary of Savings Proposal Under this option, provision of corporate training requirements such as i-learn system, hosting, licences and essential upskilling i.e. of new products/technology would be retained. Reduction in budget would mean withdrawing sponsorship, attendance at events and reduced succession planning/workforce planning training. This would reduce the current annual budget of £70k to £60k in 2024/25, with a £55k annual budget from 2025/26 onwards. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings Impact will be no provision outwith the current corporate offer from Learning and Development. The risk is a reduction in employee skills development, and limited resilience opportunities due to limited budget to support succession planning. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 10 0 15 0 15 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 789
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: VICTORIA ROGERS Saving Ref: PT11 Saving Title SIP Trunking Summary of Savings Proposal The Council requires to update telephone lines due to the national decommissioning of legacy copper cabling by 2025. Under this proposal, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) cloud telephony, which uses a virtual connection to make and receive phone calls, would be implemented to replace the existing ISDN30 telephone lines and Virgin Media Centrex lines. The saving is based on previous rental and call charges for existing ISDN lines compared to the rental costs of SIP and calling charges. While rental for ISDN and SIP are similar, savings can be delivered as there is zero cost for local, national and mobiles calls using SIP. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings There is a risk that a change to hybrid working i.e. full time return to onsite working, would result in increased demand for SIP lines and impact the level of savings. Additional demand is unlikely to impact our available SIP line capacity. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 76 0 76 0 76 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 819
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – SAVING OPTION Chief Officer: VICTORIA ROGERS Saving Ref: PT12 Saving Title Replacement of Citrix Technology Summary of Savings Proposal The Council’s Citrix application and remote access solution is nearing the end of life. This technology delivers application and remote access services to council employees. Under this proposal Citrix technology would be replaced with a suitable alternative solution. Proof of Concept trials are currently underway to identify preferred technology with the aim of the project to improve the digital workplace experience for employees and deliver savings for the Council. One of the solutions being trialed is currently available for a revenue spend of £377k for a 3-year agreement. The current revenue allocation for Citrix is approx. £200k per annum and implementation of the replacement technology should deliver a revenue saving of approximately £75k per annum. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings There is technology risk as the new solution limits Bring Your Own Device functionality so reduces options for employees to access council services via personal devices. Email and MS Teams will still be available on personal devices. The solutions being trailed are all fit for purpose, and all deliver improvements. There is a risk that the technology choice requires to be influenced by budget pressures and the identified technology may not be the optimal option. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 75 0 75 0 75 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 820
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Laurence Slavin Saving Ref: RES05 Saving Title Water Direct Scheme Summary of Savings Proposal The Council is responsible for collecting Water and Sewerage charges on behalf of Scottish Water, alongside Council Tax (CT). Although many people on low incomes will be entitled to Council Tax Reduction almost everyone has to pay at least 75% of the water and sewerage charges. This option is to implement the Water Direct Scheme (the Scheme) which facilitates the collection of water and sewerage debt from residents, direct from their benefits at source by the Department of Work and Pension (DWP). This will meet ongoing liability and help stop arrears from arising. Currently, the Council can only request deductions from state benefits where there are CT or water/sewerage arrears and the Council has obtained a Summary Warrant. This adds a 10% surcharge to the resident. The Scheme allows the Council to request deductions for water/sewerage charges without obtaining a Summary Warrant which will avoid any surcharge being added. The Scheme will apply if the ratepayer has debt from previous years, has current year arrears and is in receipt of any of: • Income Based Employment and Support Allowance • Pension Credit • Income Support • Income Based Job Seeker's Allowance • Universal Credit The DWP determine if deductions can be applied. The deduction is the resident’s weekly water/sewerage charge plus £3.85 per week towards prior year debts. If the deduction exceeds 25% of the benefit the ratepayer needs to consent to the deduction. Whilst considering applications for the Scheme, the Council’s Corporate Debt Team would assess a resident’s financial situation to identify the impact of any deduction based on the information we have available. The team would consider stopping Water Direct payments if we became aware the deduction was causing hardship and discuss alternative repayment options with them. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings Possible reputational risk due to ongoing cost of living crisis. Use of the Scheme is already in place in at least 50% of Scottish Councils and this will bring us in line with them. Saving (Cumulative)
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2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 60 0 60 0 60 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: YES EIA No: 844
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer Laurence Slavin Saving Ref: RES11 Saving Title Review of Royal Mail costs Summary of Savings Proposal The Council currently pays £8,000 per annum for the lease of franking machines for first class mail in Aurora House and Church Street. Both machines were out of use for 18 months due to building closures during COVID. The contract for the Aurora House machine has expired and it can be removed. The contract for the Church Street machine expires in 2025/26 at which point it can be removed Since 2016 Council mail is sent second class other than by exception. Since the Council moved to this approach there have not been any reports of delays with second class mail arriving at its destination. It is recognised that some services may require to issue exceptional mail by first class/recorded and they would receive a small budget to enable them to continue to do this. It is estimated that this would save £4,000 per annum. The estimated savings form this proposal are as follows 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 Aurora – removal £ 8,000 £ 8,000 £ 8,000 Reduction of postage costs £ 4,000 £ 4,000 £ 4,000 Church Street – removal Nil £ 8,000 £ 8,000 Total savings achieved £12,000 £20,000 £20,000 Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings No material impact or risk envisaged. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 12 0 20 0 20 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 799
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer Laurence Slavin Saving Ref: RES12 Saving Title Income Generation (Balloch) Summary of Savings Proposal Under this option, income can be generated by transferring Balloch Park Kiosk and associated land for activity purposes to the non-operational estate. This would generate £12k per annum in lease income and remove £3k per annum in repair/maintenance costs. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings No material risk or impact Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 15 0 15 0 15 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 798
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Laurence Slavin Saving Ref: RES14 Saving Title Rightsizing Budgets Summary of Savings Proposal A reviewed of budget lines in Resources / Sundry Services / Chief Executive and Chief Officer Expenditure identified some areas where the budgeted spend can be reduced. Chief Exec/CO’s Travel £6,000 Members Travel £4,000 Members Books £1,600 Chief Exec/CO’s Supplies & Services £2,000 Sundry Services Stock £3,027 Total £16,627 Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings No anticipated impact of these budget reductions and no associated risk. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 17 0 17 0 17 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 845
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer Laurence Slavin Saving Ref: RES15 Saving Title Historical lease review Summary of Savings Proposal A review of historical leases agreed by previous district/regional authorities identified 31 properties offered at below market rent values or no rent to inform a savings option to support the 2023/24 budget. A further review has now taken place to consider the realised saving against the estimated saving and it has been determined that a further £25k can be assumed as annual income. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings No material risk or impact Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 25 0 25 0 25 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 797
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – SAVING OPTION Chief Officer: Laurence Slavin Saving Ref: RES19 Saving Title Dumbarton Common Good Support Service Costs Summary of Savings Proposal The Council currently provides support services such as Finance and Legal to the Dumbarton Common Good. In recognition of the increased cost to the Council due to inflation and the impact of pay awards, it is necessary to increase the charge for these services. The current charge for these services has been capped at £0.014m for several years and therefore subsidised by the Council. The charge was increased for the first time in 2022/23 by £0.010m to £0.024m. It is now proposed that the charge is increased again by a further £0.021m to £0.045m to accurately reflect the cost of the service received. The allocation will continue to be reviewed annually and increased in line with inflation and the annual pay award. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings No material risk or impact Cumulative Saving 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 21 0 21 0 21 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 846
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Laurence Slavin Saving Ref: RES20 Saving Title Valuation Joint Board Support Service Costs Summary of Savings Proposal The Council currently provides support services such as Finance, HR, IT and Legal to the Valuation Joint Board. In recognition of the increased cost of this provision due to inflation and the impact of pay awards, it is necessary to increase the charge for these services. The current fee has been £0.123m for the past four years and has been subsidised by the Council. It is proposed that the charge is increased by £0.011m to £0.134m to reflect the actual cost of the service received. The allocation will continue to be reviewed annually and increased in line with inflation and the annual pay award. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings No material risk or impact Cumulative Saving 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 11 0 11 0 11 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: YES EIA No: 847
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Laurence Slavin Saving Ref: RES21 Saving Title Reduce Revenue and Benefit Establishment Summary of Savings Proposal A review of the Revenues and Benefits establishment has identified 3.41 FTE of vacancies providing an opportunity to permanently remove these jobs from the structure. FTE Job Title Salary (inc oncosts) (£) 0.48 Council Tax Assistant 13,641 1 Corporate Debt Officer 37,198 0.43 Corporate Debt Assistant - Court Action 13,959 1 Corporate Debt Assistant 28,964 0.5 Corporate Debt Assistant 14,845 3.41 108,607 Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings Removal of vacancies will impact on the collection of rent, council tax, sundry and non-domestic rates debts which could lead to a reduction in income for the Council. A review of how debt is managed between Corporate Debt and Debt Partners and the work priorities will be carried out to help minimise impact. As this proposal is to be delivered through removing existing vacancies there is no impact on officers in post. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 109 3.41 109 3.41 109 3.41 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: 3.41 Equality Impact Assessment Completed: YES EIA No: 848
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Gail Macfarlane Saving Ref: RN17 Saving Title Reduction in Vehicle Hire Summary of Savings Proposal The Council has a number of long and short term vehicle hires in place for service delivery including those required to undertake a specific sporadic tasks. A review has identified some hired vehicles which are now required permanently. Under this option, the Council would procure the vehicles and retain them for use for a decade as per vehicle disposal policy. This would achieve a revenue saving for the Council of £100k. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings No material impact Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 100 0 100 0 100 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: N/A Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 838
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Alan Douglas Saving Ref: RR02 Saving Title Remove Area Officer/Registrar Post Summary of Savings Proposal The part-time Area Officer/Registrar post, which was created to manage the Clydebank Registration Office, is currently vacant. As the Clydebank Registration Service is now managed centrally from Dumbarton, there is an opportunity to remove this vacant post from the organisation and make a saving. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings No service impact Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 30 0.6 30 0.6 30 0.6 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: 0.6 FTE Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 852
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Alan Douglas Saving Ref:RR04 Saving Title Leadership Support Team Summary of Savings Proposal Following a senior management restructure in 2023 with one less Chief Officer to support there is an imbalance within the LST, with one Personal Assistant (PA) supporting just one Chief Officer. This provides an opportunity to review the Leadership Support team (LST) structure. Under this option, one FTE PA post which will shortly be vacant, will be removed permanently from the structure. This will not impact upon the service and will also achieve an equal workload across the team. The LST Supervisor will manage the central mailbox and elected member enquiries. This will retain the current 2:1 ratio of chief officers to support staff. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings A reduction in the team could impact on the team’s ability to provide cover in event of a long term absence. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 39 1 39 1 39 1 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: 1 Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 853
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Alan Douglas Saving Ref: RR05 Saving Title Members’ Services Summary of Savings Proposal Following the change of Administration, the Members’ Services team was reviewed to assess the new requirements of elected members. The post of Personal Assistant to Leader of the Council was replaced with a part-time Members’ Secretary in Dumbarton (0.6 FTE). This was achieved on a voluntary basis, resulting in a saving of 0.4 FTE Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings The new post of part time Members’ Secretary has been in place for some time now and is working well. There is no apparent impact or risk associated with this saving. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 15 0.4 15 0 15 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: 0.4 Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 854
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Alan Douglas Saving Ref: RR07 Saving Title Manager of Democratic and Registration Services The Manager of Democratic and Registration Services is currently on phased retirement with a seven hour reduction to their working week. Under this option, the seven hour reduction would achieve a temporary saving £18,000 for the next two years. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings When the Manager of Democratic and Registration Services retires fully the intention would be to fill the post on a full time basis requiring a cost pressure added in future years to reinstate the post. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 18 0.2 18 0.2 18 0.2 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: 0.2 Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 861
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2024/25 BUDGET PREPARATION – MANAGEMENT ADJUSTMENT Chief Officer: Alan Douglas Saving Ref: RR12 Saving Title Estimated Fee Income Summary of Savings Proposal A review has been carried out of income from fees associated with the activity carried out by Regulatory and Regeneration. This has concluded that, based on anticipated demand, the anticipated income in 2024/25 and beyond can be increased by £130k. This will be kept under review. Impact and Risk Associated with Proposed Savings While there is no impact to the service, it should be noted that fees are entirely dependent on market forces and in volatile times these may not materialise. Saving (Cumulative) 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 £000 FTE £000 FTE £000 FTE 130 0 130 0 130 0 FTE impact delivered through existing vacancies: 0 Equality Impact Assessment Completed: Yes EIA No: 862