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Aberdeen City Council 2008
Staff Budget Briefing
Summerhill Centre, Aberdeen
13 November 2008
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Purpose
• To provide an overview of the council’s current financial position and the key issues associated with the 2009/10 budget
• To provide an overview of proposals for Learning
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Proposed Timetable
25/11/08 Resources Management Committee - package to December Council
17/12/08 Council to agree package for early implementation
05/02/09 Resources Management Committee - final budget and council tax recommendations
12/02/09 Full Council to agree all remaining budget items and council tax
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• Projected to achieve at least £35m of savings
• Overall projected shortfall of £9.5million– To be financed through capital fund
• Areas of likely overspend– Health & Social Care– Education, Culture & Sport– Property Maintenance
Current Financial Position
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Forecast Spend 09/10
• Need for greater realism and accuracy
• More time to plan and implement savings
• Better understanding of impact of savings
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Council Finances 2009/10
Initial Forecast Expenditure £459.3m
Anticipated Resources £434.3m
Forecast Shortfall £25m
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Action Required To Balance Budget
• 6% savings across all services - £30m• Choices across services• Choice on council tax but ….• Early implementation• Realistic• Efficiency savings first• Impact is inevitable on public/services/
performance and staff • £60m total savings over two years
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Savings Assessed Across Services Not Areas
6% = £30 million
• £1.3m - Housing
• £11.3m - Learning, Culture & Sport
• £4.5m - Environment & Infrastructure
• £8.6m - Social work
• £4.3m - Central Services
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(i) Technical Exercise
– 6% - what/how
to put options/choices on the table
(ii) Political decisions
Two streams of decision making
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Culture & Learning Implications
6%
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(i) Learning 9.749m
(ii) Sports 0.467m
(iii) Culture, Heritage & Communities 1.115m
6% saving level on gross budget
11.332m
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Learning
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6% = 9749
Options = 5885
Other Options = up to 4466(not recommended)
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Cost of education per pupil(2008/09 Cipfa estimate)
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£,000s FTE
L1 School Roll Reductions 267 10L2 School Transport 160 10L3 Pre-School Nursery - restrictive 73 net nilL4 Facilities 700 ?
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£,000s FTE
L5 Efficiency – new/combined schools 180 5L6 Central Support Staff (10%) 200 6+L7 School Estate nilL8 Out of Authority Placements 1100
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£,000s FTE
L9 Special Schools (2% efficiency) 86 1+L10 ASN (2% efficiency) 402 2L11 Education Support Provision (6%) 313 ?
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£,000s FTE
L12 Review of Breakfast Provision 600L13 Review of Additional PE Teachers 304L14 Reconfigure School Week nilL15 Pupil Support Assistants 1500 125L16 Teaching Staff nil
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£,000s
L17 School Estate Strategy 450L18 Reductions from Non-Statutory 2916
Education ServicesL19 Reduction in Teaching Staff across 1100
Primary and Secondary Schools
Additional Savings Options 09-10(not recommended)