Main efficiency savings
These savings are made by purchasing more effectively, doing a job more efficiently or with less people, or by generating additional income. In general they do not affect our service users. The main efficiency savings are:
| Proposed saving |
Value |
| Highways: Freeze all current vacancies and restructure the department |
£625k |
| Capitalise the remaining elements of the highway maintenance charged to revenue |
£300k |
| Improved salt storage in new barns at Markham Moor and buying smaller sized salt particles for gritting roads |
£50k |
| Introduce residents' parking permits for approved schemes, charging approx £50 for two years |
£200k |
| In Highways – staff reductions to mirror reduced capital programme |
£140k |
| Increase skip charges plus charges for services to utility companies and charges for dropped crossings |
£125k |
| Marketing the Highways Ops, Fleet and Design to generate additional income |
£100k |
| Ongoing Nottinghamshire Transport Services project to reduce costs through efficient planning of bus services, commercialisation of some routes plus some IT savings. Also withdraw underused Sherwood Forester service. |
£440k |
| Reduce staffing in Nottinghamshire Transport Services group following review |
£100k |
| Stop paying discretionary performance credits to district councils for material delivered to County Council recycling sites |
£560k |
| Increase admin charges to district councils for trade waste disposal |
£200k |
| Rationalisation of Strategic Services, Business Support, Strategic Planning and Planning Services |
£623k |
| Close shops and cafes at Country Parks in low season and increase sales at other times of year. Plus other efficiency savings in leisure and catering. Close Mansfield Library coffee shop |
£145k |
| Efficiencies in Adult Community Learning Service |
£32k |
| Efficiencies in Archives and Records Management Service |
£70k |
| Install self service kiosks at 15 libraries, single staff mobile libraries, reduce security and close between Christmas and New Year, generate more income. |
£525k |
| Economic Regeneration - 10% staff and service development budget reduction |
£200k |
| Efficiencies in Community Safety, Resilience and Protection portfolio area |
£665k |
Main service changes
Some unavoidable reductions in services will need to be made.The main savings are
Service changes
| Proposed saving |
Value |
| Withdraw our contribution to concessionary bus and train fares |
£300k |
| Withdraw funding for community transport car and minibus schemes |
£150k |
| Reduce frequency of street lighting patrols and the maintenance budget for traffic signals |
£100k |
| Withdraw the accessible coach service, reduce bus shelter cleaning, integrate school services and reduce fleet maintenance |
£290k |
| Withdraw funding of Community Safety Weeks of Action |
£410k |
| Reduce funding for Greenwood Community Forest and deletion of some conservation posts. Revised parking arrangements at Rufford |
£206k |
| Close County Contact Points across the county |
£700k |
| Close Sutton, Stapleford and Gedling household waste recycling centres |
£360k |
| Stop waste awareness programme and other savings |
£135k |
| Reduce funding to Nottingham Playhouse, the Classics Season at Royal Concert Hall and reduce the Investment Fund |
£108k |
| Reduced Sports Service staffing and grant support to sports clubs |
£72k |
