Cyflwynwyd gan:Cyng/Cllr. Peredur Jenkins
Minutes:
The report was submitted by Cllr. Peredur Jenkins.
DECISION
No. |
Possible cut |
Amount £ |
C2 |
Delete 2 posts out of 7.5 in the Systems Support Unit within the
Adults Service |
80,000 |
C3 |
Delete 3 posts out of 20.6 in the Workforce Support Unit which
supports adults and children's services |
90,000 |
C4 |
Delete 2 posts out of 10.5 in the Workforce Development Unit within
the Adults Service |
75,000 |
C5 |
Delete 1 post out of 2.5 within Housing Management and Strategy |
37,500 |
C7 |
Delete 1 post out of 3 in the Information Unit which deals with Data
Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act |
30,000 |
C8 |
Close Frondeg Pwllheli and Beach Road Felinheli offices but that the Service should be requested
to report back to the Cabinet on the business case of scheme C8 (Frondeg) before
moving on to realise it to ensure that there are acceptable solutions to the
needs of those who are currently there |
60,000 |
C9 |
Delete 1 post out of 8.5 in the Building Maintenance Unit |
28,000 |
C10 |
Delete 1.5 post out of 7.2 in the Estates and Facilities Unit |
40,000 |
C11 |
Delete 2 posts out of 37.62 in the Finance Units |
50,000 |
C12 |
Stop providing Information Technology support outside normal working
hours |
39,500 |
C13 |
Delete the Gwynedd Trainee scheme and the Professional Trainee scheme |
258,720 |
C14 |
Delete 2 posts out of 8.8 in the Health and Safety unit |
80,000 |
C15 |
Remodel the Gwynedd and Anglesey partnership due to the changes in the
Public Service Boards |
130,000 |
C16 |
Delete the contribution towards the Gwynedd Environmental Partnership |
7,620 |
C18 |
Delete the budget to support alcohol and drugs misuse |
28,900 |
C19 |
Delete 1 post out of 2 within Project Management |
31,060 |
1 |
Grass cutting main areas of our towns 6 times a year rather than 8
times however consideration should be
given to whether more efficiency savings can be found on Scheme no. 1 (Grass
Cutting in Town Centres) by reducing basic cuts further and asking local communities
to pay if they want a better standard |
120,000 |
2 |
Delete 1 post out of 10.5 in the Joint Planning Policy Unit |
15,000 |
3 |
Reduce 50% of the strategic grants for the arts budget, but to be implemented on 1 April 2017 in
order to give the Service an opportunity to discuss its implementation with
the organisations supported and seek to attract assistance from other sources
to replace the reduction in grant from the Council |
84,850 |
4 |
Cut 2 posts out of 7 in the Street Enforcement Unit |
64,500 |
5 |
Reduce the opening hours of the Dolgellau archives from 3 days to 2
and Caernarfon archives from 4 to 3 days per week |
41,670 |
6 |
Grass cutting in 131 children’s playing fields every two months rather
than every month |
60,000 |
8 |
Reduce an element of the "Gwynedd Ni" budget, focusing on
the statutory element |
70,000 |
9 |
Delete 1 post out of 27.7 in the Council Tax Processing unit |
25,000 |
10 |
Cut 50% of the maintaining promenades, benches and street name signs
budget |
40,000 |
11 |
Stop providing a hard copy of the ‘Snowdonia Mountains and Coast’
booklet |
46,000 |
12 |
Reduce 50% of the grants given to voluntary organisations for specific
projects |
62,500 |
13 |
Stop paying the fee to pay Council Tax in post offices |
40,000 |
14 |
Reduce frequency of grass cutting in the Council’s cemeteries from 7
times per year to 5 |
60,000 |
15 |
Cut 10% on the budget for purchasing library books |
26,000 |
16 |
Delete 1 post out of 14 in the Building Control unit |
40,000 |
17 |
Delete a second post out of 10.5 in the Joint Planning Policy Unit |
15,000 |
19 |
Reduce the time and / or raise a fee for childcare element within the
Free Breakfast scheme in primary schools |
100,000 |
20 |
Keep the CCTV service but
rather than delete the resources which continually monitor it, that the
savings should be achieved by seeking to reduce the Council's contribution
and make any operational changes that can be made without affecting the
effectiveness of the system |
90,000 |
21 |
Delete 1 post out of 2.45 in the Biodiversity unit |
30,000 |
22 |
Reduce 50% of the traffic management budget |
65,000 |
23 |
Delete 20% of the public footpath budget including 1 post out of 7.2 |
110,000 |
25 |
Delete 1 post out of 8.5 in the Pollution Control Unit |
35,000 |
26 |
Delete the Noddfa Centre grant |
5,000 |
27 |
Delete 1 post out of 13.8 in the Food Hygiene Unit |
36,000 |
28 |
Delete 1 post out of 21.7 in the Council Tax and Housing Benefit unit |
25,000 |
29 |
Delete the Arfon Community Gang service |
70,000 |
30 |
Cut the highway maintenance budget (and note that the amount of the cut was adapted in accordance with
the recommendation in the report) |
850,000 |
31 |
Rather than the
original proposal of closing 30 of the 42 Youth Clubs, that the scheme in
question should be changed to realise the savings of £200,000 (along with the
expected efficiency saving of £70,000) by redesigning the Youth Service and
accepting that the grants to youth organisations will have to be considered
as part of the entire review |
200,000 |
32 |
Cease running the Lloyd George Museum but to be implemented from 1 April 2017 in order to give the Service
an opportunity to hold discussions with any organisation that would wish to
take responsibility for the museum |
27,000 |
33 |
Increase the price of primary schools meals from £2.30 to £2.50 (and note the change in the maximum price
to be charged) |
105,000 |
37 |
Delete 2 posts out of 85 in the Social Workers, Occupational
Therapists and Care Workers Unit within the Adults Service |
80,000 |
38 |
Reduce the frequency of cleaning villages and industrial estates to
every 3 months rather than every month and increase the time to respond to
incidents |
130,000 |
39 |
Cut 25% on the budget for purchasing library books |
39,000 |
40 |
Delete 1 post out of 12 in the Housing Enforcement Unit |
30,000 |
42 |
Reduce 12.4% of the budget of £801,790 paid by the Adults Service to
voluntary / charitable |
100,000 |
43 |
Delete 10% of the budget of Derwen Children’s Service (which employs
19.4) |
75,000 |
44 |
Delete the Healthy Living schemes |
54,050 |
46 |
Delete the budget to maintain Nature Reserves |
59,400 |
47 |
Delete the Community Safety and Domestic Violence project budget |
24,250 |
48 |
Manage Blue flag and Green flag beaches only |
24,200 |
49 |
Delete 1 post out of 7.7 on managing flood risk |
40,000 |
50 |
Delete 1 post out of 7 in the unit which manages grants and
adaptations for the disabled |
30,000 |
51 |
Close 50 out of 73 of the county's public toilets |
244,000 |
52 |
Delete 1 post out of 21 in the multi-agency Youth Justice Service |
25,000 |
53 |
Delete the sports development schemes |
71,180 |
58 |
Close the Council's Tourist Information Centres |
155,000 |
63 |
Delete 1 post out of 7 on road works management |
30,000 |
65 |
Delete 4 posts out of 85 in the Social Workers, Occupational
Therapists and Care Workers Unit within the Adults Service |
80,000 |
71 |
Delete 1 post out of 21.4 in the Homelessness Unit |
25,000 |
Awdur:Dilwyn O Williams
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