Budget 2012 Consultation
Please note the consultation has
now closed.
The papers for the Executive
meeting on 7 December can be
viewed here
The Equality Analysis for the
papers can be viewed here
Background
Bedford Borough Council has to find
£36M in savings to balance our budgets over the next four years
(2012 - 2016). To do this we have been working hard, planning and
thinking ahead, to develop new and different ways to both modernise
and improve the services we deliver. The level of savings required
is on an unprecedented scale.
We are committed to being an open
and transparent council and we welcome views from our residents,
service users and other stakeholders. The proposals were subject to
Public Consultation from 25 July - 21 November (ACS A - J
and CCSF A) and 26 September - 21 November (all other
proposals).
This page allows you to view all of the proposals. Due to the high
number of proposals they are divided up here by Council
directorate.
Adult & Community Services
(ACS)
This directorate includes the
following areas:
Contract compliance; Financial Assessments; Brokerage & Direct
Payments; Learning Disability Development Fund; Voluntary
Organisations Contracts; Local Involvement Networks; Carers’
Expenditure; Adult Social Care; Direct Services to Older People;
Physical Disabilities; Mental Health; Supporting People; Empty
Homes; Bedford Museum; Cecil Higgins Art Gallery; Heritage Sites;
Libraries; Corn Exchange; Sports Development; Swimming Pools;
International Athletics Stadium
Chief Executive’s (CEX)
This directorate includes the
following areas:
Human Resources; Corporate Policy; Occupational Health; Corporate
Communications; Schools Relationships; Learning and Development;
Markets; Business Support; Tourist Information Centre; Events;
Regeneration; Support for Councillors; Legal Services; Licensing;
Archives and Records; Support for Elections
- A summary of the proposals
for Chief Executive's can be accessed here: CEX
Summary
- A full list of the
proposals for Chief Executive’s can be accessed
here: CEX
Proposals
Children’s Services, Schools
& Families (CSSF)
This directorate includes the
following areas:
Commissioning of Children’s services; Early Years support; School
Improvement; Vulnerable Pupils; School Organisation; Intervention;
Youth Offending; Looked After Children; Vulnerable Children;
Children’s Social Work and Disability
Please note regarding proposal
CSSF1: As part of the policy proposals published for consultation
on 26 September 2011; Children's Services, Schools and Families
included proposals for a whole service restructure, indicating that
there are proposed reductions to services across the
whole Directorate and these would be subject to
consultation. This proposal mentioned that the detail of further
reductions in additions to those originally specified in the report
would “emerge” and we are now providing the further details of this
whole service restructure. More information can be accessed here:
CSSF1
Clarification
Environment & Sustainable
Communities (ESC)
This directorate includes the
following areas:
Car Parking; Fleet Maintenance; Highways; Transport Operations;
Planning of land use; Planning Applications and Appeals; Building
Control; Highways Development Management; Minerals and Waste
Development; Community Safety; Ground Maintenance; Rivers; Parks
and Open Spaces; Refuse and Recycling; Street Cleansing; Cemeteries
and Crematoria; Environmental Health; Trading Standards.
- A summary
of the proposals for Environment & Sustainable
Communities can be accessed here: ESC
Summary
-
Full details of the proposals for
Environment & Sustainable Communities can be accessed
here: ESC
Proposals
Finance & Corporate Services
(FCS)
This directorate includes the
following areas:
Housing & Council Tax Benefit management and monitoring;
Collection of Council Tax; Concessionary Fares; Capital Financing;
Pension Fund administration; ICT; Council Properties – including
County Farms, Shopping Parades, Commercial and Industrial units;
Customer Services
- A summary
of the proposals for Finance & Corporate Services can
be accessed here: FCS
Summary
-
Full details of the proposals for
Finance & Corporate Services can be accessed here:
FCS
Proposals
Further Information
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