2024
- Early Years grants savings
- Community grants savings
- Strategic events and festivals grants savings
- Positive Starts savings
- Governance Team restructure
- People Strategy and Strategic Workforce Planning Priorities
2023
- Our Modern Workspace
- Customer Engagement Team Budget Gap Restructure Proposals
- Removal of School Crossing Patrollers from Argyll and Bute Council
- Service concession flexibility
- Revenues and Benefits Services
- Building Standards
- Education (CAST support)
2022
- Provision of free period products
- Argyll and Bute Local Housing Strategy 2022-2027
- School Leadership Transformation in Argyll and Bute
- Education Transformation programme School Leadership consultation
- Taxi /private hire car driver medicals
- Review of Gambling Policy Statement
- Covid recovery plan
- Covid recovery plan - evidences
- Short term lets licensing
- Introduction of the Scottish Governments Period Products (Free Provision)
- Argyll and Bute Employability Partnership (ABEP) Delivery Plan, 2022-25
- Child poverty action plan review
- Child poverty action plan - equality impact assessment
2021
- Do not replace independent chair of panel
- Bring back urology services from NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and offer from Oban Hospital instead
- Only pay for escort travel where it is essential
- Pay for care home placements for older people in line with national contract with no added enhancements
- When a new client is assessed as requiring 24 hour care offer to fund a package of care at home up to £30k, allowing the service user to fund the additional hours of care if they chose to remain at home
- Redirect Oban Integrated Care Funding to pay for day responder service as in other areas
- Remove funding for all lunch clubs
- Reduce payments to voluntary organisations for non-contracted services
- End Service Level Agreement for commissioned advocacy service and replace with signposting to other services
- End grants paid to link clubs, some of which are no longer providing services
- Encourage clients to have individual tenancies with housing association encouraging fuller independence for clients
- Reduce Senior Dental Officer post by 0.4 WTE
- Remove advanced nurse vulnerable groups post
2020
Youth Justice Strategy Project
Catering Provision Across Argyll and Bute-Implementation of Universal Free School Meals-Early Years
Business Admin transformation (HSCP)
Review of provision of day services for older people
Budget Saving - Children and Families Health Teams £100K from Health Visiting and School Nursing
Social Work Admin Service Review
Budget Saving Social Work Children and Families: SLA with GG&C for CAMHS service (Fusions)
Review of Children’s Social Care Staffing
2020-2021 Budget Preparation
2020-2021 Budget Preparation Savings CSS02 – Customer Service Centre and Registration Services
2020-2021 Budget Preparation: Commercial Services; CS01 – Remodel Estates Staff Structure
Remodel Property Officer Team – CS03
DEG01 – Economic Growth – 7% Savings
Transformation Projects and Regeneration
Reduction of the Educational Psychology Service by 22%
CAST (Creative Art in Schools Team) support
Quality Assessment and Moderation
Swimming Pool Subsidies (Islay & Jura)
Swimming Pool Subsidies (Mid Argyll)
Additional Support Needs (activities)
Community Learning Service Savings 20/21
Budget savings proposals 2020/21: combined EqSEIA
Procurement & Contract Management Team realignment
Removal of School Crossing Patrollers from Argyll and Bute Council
2019
Removal of School Crossing Patrollers within Argyll and Bute
Reduction in staff for roads maintenance team
Reduction in Grounds and Environment budget
Reduction in staff for Amenity Services Enforcement
Reconstructing the Council’s budget -Business Gateway budget template
Reconstructing the council’s budget – Instrumental Music Tuition Service
Review of Community Learning (Youth and Adult Learning Provision)
Reduction in maintenance of street lighting columns and lights
Argyll and Bute Council Budget 2019-20
Rezoning catchment of St Columba's School
Procurement Strategy and Sustainable Procurement Policy 2020/2021
2018
Waste - Maximise Income from Commercial Agreements
Strategic Transportation Airport Commercialisation
Removal of Road Safety Unit (Rapid Impact Assessment)
Removal of Road Safety Unit (Health and Safety Impact Assessment)
Removal of Community Transport Grants Model
Rationalisation of Public Toilets
Economic Development Service Redesign
Combine Roads and Amenity Operations Under Single Area Management
ICT Production Team - Service Desk
ICT Production Team - Print Room
Budget Reconstruction Proposal - Customer Service Points (CSPs)
Creditors Section – reconstructing the council’s budget–saving of two posts over two years
2017
Argyll and Bute Manager Programme
Procurement and Commissioning Strategy 2018-19
Single Investment Plan - Rural Growth Deal
Housing Benefit Overpayment Recovery and Debt Collection Procedure
2016
Removal of school crossing patrollers
Argyll and Bute HSCP Strategic Plan 2016
Psychology Services - Service Choices
Secondary Schools - All other costs - Service Choices
Primary Schools - All other costs - Service Choices
Education Support and Janitorial Services - Service Choices
Education, Music Instruction and Creative Arts - Service Choices
Additional Support Needs - Service Choices
Reduction in Expenditure on Tenancy Services - Service Choices
Adult Learning and Literacies - Service Choices
Rapid Impact Assessment - Procurement and Commissioning Strategy