Issue - meetings

1.1 To accept the information in the report and to note the progress towards realising the savings schemes for 2025/26 and previous years. 

1.2 To approve the deletion of one savings scheme worth £25k relevant to 2025/26 in the Customer Contact field of the Corporate Services Department, using the savings provision set aside in the corporate budget.

1.3 To approve bridging funds of £80k per year for a period of two years for 2025/26 and 2026/27 to the Neuadd Dwyfor savings scheme in the Economy and Community Department.

The report was submitted by Cllr Huw Wyn Jones

DECISION

1.1 To accept the information in the report and to note the progress towards realising

the savings schemes for 2025/26 and previous years. 

1.2 To approve the deletion of one savings scheme worth £25k relevant to 2025/26 in the Customer Contact field of the Corporate Services Department, using the savings provision set aside in the corporate budget. 

1.3 To approve bridging funds of £80k per year for a period of two years for

2025/26 and 2026/27 to the Neuadd Dwyfor savings scheme in the Economy and Community Department.  

DISCUSSION

It was explained that the report summarised the Council's savings position following an end of August review.

It was reported that £3.5 million worth of savings had been profiled for the 2025/26 budget. It was stated that there had been difficulties in realising savings in some fields over the past few years.

It was reported that historical savings plans for the period from the 2015/16 financial year to the 2025/26 financial year, had been included in Appendix 1.

It was highlighted that 98% of the historic savings had now been realised, leaving schemes worth £627,000 still unrealised.

With reference to Appendix 2, it was explained that the latest savings schemes were worth £15.6 million. It was added that 77% of the savings had already been realised, with a further 4% on track to be delivered in a timely manner.

It was mentioned that the value of the savings that had already been approved for 2026/27 onwards could be found in Appendix 3. 

The item was summarised by reporting that £46 million of savings had been realised, which was 92% of the £50 million required over the period. A further 1.3% was anticipated to be realised by the end of the financial year.