
We
are looking to either outsource or share many of our in-house
corporate services to save money,
On
the Leisure contract which is my responsibility as Cabinet Portfolio
holder, instead of spending £560k a year we are to receive a payment
from the new contractor (Freedom Leisure) of £500k+ so we will be
over £1m better off,
On
the Cleansing contract, also my responsibility,We opted of not to
cut the weekly refuse service, but instead we are looking to go out
on a short term contract from 2017 (up to 4 years) which we expect
will give us savings on the current contract.
But
despite all these savings we don't think it will cover all the £5M
deficit, so we are looking to increase parking charges, many of the
charges haven't gone up since 2010 and some since 2005, the increase
we are proposing averages out at 10.4% which makes up almost exactly
for the inflation since 2010. In Arundel the increase will be less
than that and only for the Crown Yard car park, The Lido Car Park is different as all the profits for the Lido car park go to the Arundel
Lido Trust and they decide the increases.
Council
tax will have to rise for the first time since 2010, the exact figure
hasn't yet been decided, but I expect it to be less than 2%.
Arun
will also try and boost earnings by starting it's own company to
purchase and develop assets, this should bring in a profit on some
activities to offset spending,
Overall
we think Arun will be a leaner more customer fronted organisation
doing more for less, a difficult message to convey,
Until
next Month
Paul
Dendle. Is Arundel and Walberton Councillor and Cabinet Member for
Leisure and Amenities, his email address is
cllr.paul.dendle@arun.gov.uk and web address is www.pauldendle.org
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