Transcript A Brand Identity for Salford

Budget Overview
2015-17
December 2014
The purpose of today’s
presentation is to explain….
• The budget reductions that need to be made and the
Council’s strategy for delivering them
• What this means for the Council and potential
impact on the voluntary sector
• The pilot of a Community Empowerment Fund
… and to take your questions
Strategic Overview
• £43m of savings required 2015-17, because of:
– reductions in government grant and increases in cost but
– offset by some additional income
• significant investment from reserves because it will take a
long time to deliver the reductions
• Budget reductions required across every Council service
• Set of strategic proposals now published as a basis for
consultation until end Jan 2015
• Budget approved end of February 2015 after which specific
consultation on individual options will follow
• Implementation of most options unlikely before Autumn 2015
and many will not be fully implemented until 2016
• Flexibility retained in event of any improvements in position
over next two years
The Council’s Strategy
• Delivering this scale of savings – on top of £100m already
saved – will be a huge challenge
• Council has worked hard to develop options which maintain
our commitment to strategic priorities:
– Economic Prosperity & Narrowing the Gap
– Protecting the most vulnerable from budget reductions
– Retaining our values as a good employer
• Also proposing to protect children’s social care, highways &
neighbourhood services from (further) front line reductions
• Proposals for reductions across all other services a
combination of some “traditional” options; alternative service
delivery models and more on-line delivery
• Only alternatives are large scale outsourcing and/or deeper
cuts to in-house services and/or reductions in terms and
conditions
Overall Budget Structure
Corporate -£15.9– 17.9m
Adult Social Care - £6.25 - £7.75m
Children’s - £2.5-3.5m
D&R - £2.25 – 2.5m
Environment - £5.3-6.3m
Chief Executives - £2-2.5m
Cross-cutting - £4-5m
Total - £38.5– 45.2m
Corporate and Cross Cutting Options
• £15-17m of corporate savings including:
– funding from the NHS
– reduction in GM Transport and Waste Levy’s
– accommodation savings
• A cross cutting saving of £4-5m by streamlining
and standardising administration and support
services. This will potentially impact on every
service
• Lead Officer Lynne Ridsdale tel 331201
Budget Options – Children’s Services
Lead officer John Livesey 332130
Savings Option
Savings
target
Review of Children’s Centres
£1 – 1.5m
Review of Youth, Sport and Play
Services
£0.5 - 1m
General efficiencies, including voluntary
sector grants, accommodation savings
and income from schools
£1m
Total
£2.5 – 3.5m
Budget Options – Environmental Services
Lead Officer Malcolm Cox 336711
Savings Option
Savings target
Review of Highway Insurance budget & street
lighting renewal
£0.8m
Changes to waste collection by maintaining
collection frequency but moving to 140l bins
£1.25m
Remove Subsidy in Schools & Community
Services
£1m
Review of Area Working and Neighbourhood
Management Budgets
£0.25m
A shared service with Wigan Council for all or
most Environmental Services
£2 - 3m
Total
£5.3 – 6.3m
Budget Options – Development & Regeneration
Lead officer Keith Davies 334002
Savings Option
Savings target
Review and generation of additional income in
Housing Services
£0.5m
Options to increase income from planning, housing,
work programme contract
£0.3m
Further reduction in leisure subsidy and for aspects
of free provision
£0.3m
Staffing and budget reductions from planning,
economic development and regeneration
£0.7m
Retain existing network but review Libraries and
Museums
£0.3 - 0.5m
Reduction in revenue budget for town centre
promotion and events
£0.2m
Total
£2.3 – 2.5m
Budget Options – Chief Executive’s
Lead officer Lynne Ridsdale 331201
Savings Option
Savings
target
Review of corporate support services – Finance,
ICT, Policy, property, legal and democratic,
HR/OD, Communications
£2m
Reduction in corporate voluntary sector grants
£0.25
Total
£2.25m
Budget Options – Adult Social Care
Lead officer John Livesey 332130
Savings Option
Savings
target
Review of commissioned preventative & early
intervention services
£1m
Review of care assessment services, care packages
and direct payments
£1.5m
Review of Extra Care Service
£1m
Small scale cuts and general efficiencies
£0.25m
Arms length Council company for some adult’s social
care provision
£2.5 - 4m
Total
£6.25-7.75m
Adult Social Care model
• Service “A” – transfer in-house services and associated staff
to “arms-length company”
• Existing staff given the option to transfer in on existing terms
and conditions or take VS/VER
• New staff would be employed on different T&C’s
– living wage
– stakeholder pension
– occupational sick pay scheme, leave etc
• Service “B” – established to earn new income & win new
business. New staff will be recruited - likely to be small
organisation to start with but with potential to grow over time
Next Steps
• Development of a detailed business case and
project plan relating to the establishment of
the Adult Social Care model
• This will examine a range of important issues
– governance
– company structure
– financial and commercial issues
– staffing issues including TUPE
• This work will run in parallel to the budget
consultation process
Overview of likely impact of budget
reductions for voluntary sector
• Specific impact on funding levels not yet clear –
subject to detail of options within Adults and
Children’s Services
• In general, levels of funding reductions proposed are
likely to be comparable to 2013/15 budget round &
at a level which is consistent with other Council
services
• Detailed consultation on levels and areas for
reductions will be undertaken when specifics worked
up – meetings; Q&A & arrangements for feedback
Timetable and process for Voluntary
Sector Funding Reductions
• Proposals approved for strategic consultation
from now to end Jan 2015
• Post consultation report will then be prepared for
Budget Cabinet and Budget Council at end of
February 2015
• Implementation takes place from March 2015
over next 12-18 months; precise timetable to be
determined
Impact of Voluntary Sector Funding
Reductions
• Scale of impact of reductions likely to vary by
group
• Groups that provide high priority services to
vulnerable groups likely to see least impact
• Allocation has been made for transitional
funding which means reductions unlikely to
come in before 2016/17
Pilot of a Community Empowerment Fund
• £500 000 allocated to pilot the start-up and / or delivery
of creative ideas to:
– reduce demand for Council services and/or
– make improvements to the environment or
– provision for Young People
• Scheme will be piloted during 2015/17 budget period
• Bids sought from as many partners as possible and will
be considered from the voluntary sector, businesses or
community groups
• Bids assessed and approved by Cabinet members
against the criteria of:
– value against investment
– impact
– sustainability
– contribution to strategic objectives.
Questions