1. Budget Saving Proposals
January 2014
#MonmouthshireEngages

2. LGA Video

3. The reality
• Funding to councils has been cut.
• Situation is severe and deteriorating.
We need to find a way of delivering
public services with less money

4. What does this mean for Monmouthshire?
1,700
1,600
£ per head
1,500
1,400
1,300
1,200
1,100
1,000
Authority
MCC gets the LEAST funding compared to the rest of Wales

5. We need to make huge savings:
£9.3 million for 2014/15
plus £10.7 million over next 3 years
We need your help and ideas

6. What are our priorities?
• Education
• Vulnerable people
• Businesses and job opportunities
Feedback at the October events
showed that you agreed with this

7. What do we spend money on?

8. Where do we get our income from?
Only 32% of our budget comes from Council Tax

9. October events:
What happened with your ideas?
• We met with you in October and you gave us lots
of ideas about how we can do things ‘different,
better, cheaper’
• We ranked them to determine which were the
best ones.
• 52 ideas were ranked in the top category – best
• Of the 52:
– 27 were something we already do
– 25 are new

10. Some ideas we are working on
You said: “Charge to use the internet/computers in the library”
So: We are now charging for non-members in all libraries
You said: “Grounds maintenance – give this over to town
councils or community groups”
So: We are in discussion with Caldicot Town Council, others to
follow
You said: “How about a Monmouthshire lottery?”
So: We’re working on it. It looks positive.

11. What’s happened so far?
• We’ve have put together budget proposals
for next year
• We have some longer term ideas that need
further work
Now, we need to know:
What you think?

12. Summary of savings for 2014/15
Savings proposed to come from:
• Employee costs £3.189 million
• Supplies and services £2.561 million
• Premises costs £322k
• Transport costs £186k
• Income generation £314k
Cheaper, better, different

13. Making money
We can make money from getting more
customers and/or increasing prices:
• Leisure services £125k
• Careline services £30k
• Community meals £30k
• Schools meals take up and price increase
£69K
• Green waste charge increase £60k
Cheaper, better, different

14. Savings from reductions in services
• Reduced grants to community groups £200k
• Street lighting – dimming and turning off at
designated times £180k
• Reduction in street sweeping and pest control
services £195k
• Remove the discretionary elements in post 16
and SEN college transport £95k
• Reduce Additional Learning Needs budget
£140k
Cheaper, better, different

15. Savings from changing services
• Tourism and museums service £245k
• Working with individuals, families and
communities to find other ways of supporting
vulnerable people £400k
• Changing day provision for people with learning
disability £160k
• Transfer maintenance of parks and public
conveniences to other organisations £100k
• Provide schools library service differently £30k
Cheaper, better, different

16. Local Area Coordination Video

17. Savings from back office service
Efficiency savings
• Staff £2.479 million
• Premises £298k
• Transport £141k
• Supplies and services £1.160 million
Cheaper, better, different

18. What about Council Tax?
For next year:
3% increase would generate £1.145 million
Options to help fill the budget gap?
An extra 1% generates an additional £382k
An extra 2% generates an additional £764k

19. Council tax charges – MCC only
Bands
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
Current
3%
4%
5%
2013/14 increase increase increase
669.13
20.07
26.77
33.46
780.65
23.42
31.23
39.03
892.17
26.77
35.69
44.61
1003.69
30.11
40.15
50.18
1226.73
36.80
49.07
61.34
1449.77
43.49
57.99
72.49
1672.82
50.18
66.91
83.64
2007.38
60.22
80.30
100.37
2341.94
70.26
93.68
117.10

20. What does all this really mean?
• We have worked hard to minimise the
impact on services
• We still have a long way to go
• We have no option – Council Tax will go up
• We still need your help and ideas – it’s the
only way we can succeed

21. Questions
• Views on council tax levels
• What do you think about the proposals?
• Any other issues, anything missing?

22. Important dates
• More events around the county this month
• 31st January - consultation ends
• 12th February- final budget proposals to
cabinet
• 27th February - Council Tax set at full council