Budget savings
Budget savings 2024/25
The revenue budget for 2024/25 was debated by councillors on 22nd February 2024. View the budget report (PDF 131KB).
As part of preparing the proposed revenue budget, Integrated Impact Assessments (IIA) were undertaken and those where equality impacts and socio-economic impacts were identified are available on this page. View summary of IIA outcomes (PDF 613KB).
Business Services
View savings proposals for Business Services:
- Restructure of Payroll Team (PDF 46KB)
- Increased use of Employers Savings from Salary Sacrifice Schemes (PDF 47KB)
- Income from Aberdeen City Council (PDF 44KB)
- Windows device management (PDF 51KB)
- Removal of vacant posts (PDF 48KB)
- Removal of access panel co-ordinator (PDF 45KB)
- Cessation of the Provision of Physiotherapy to Staff through Occupational Health Contract (PDF 46KB)
- IT Staffing Review (PDF 55KB)
- Closure of Service Points (PDF 240KB)
- Community Planning Partnership (CPP) Reduction in Budget (PDF 45KB)
- Staff Saving - post filled at a lower grade (PDF 45KB)
- Additional Scottish Water income for billing and collection (PDF 575KB)
- Office accommodation (PDF 233KB)
- System Development budget (PDF 46KB)
- Revenues Development Budget: deletion of apprentice post (PDF 46KB)
- Woodhill House: Public Sector Hub (PDF 45KB)
Education and Children's Services
View savings proposals for Education and Children's Services:
- Removal of school crossing patrol service (PDF 188KB)
- School Janitorial Team (PDF 100KB)
- Servery Project (Catering) (PDF 1.13MB)
- Removal of Adult Free School Meals (PDF 49KB)
- Removal of Curriculum Development Projects or Posts (PDF 47KB)
- Holistic Family Support (PDF 48KB)
- Termination of Aberdeenshire Life Education Centres (ALEC) Service (PDF 49KB)
- Out of School Care (OOSC) termination of Local Authority Service (PDF 46KB)
- Removal of SLA with NHS for Early Years for speech and language contract and Health Visitor contract (PDF 341KB)
- Catering Additional Income Generated: Dynamic Pricing (PDF 49KB)
- Reduction of Early Years Development Workers (PDF 3.15MB)
- Administration Services to Schools (PDF 46KB)
- 10% staffing reduction (PDF 130KB)
- Adult Literacies and Numeracy Fund: Central Costs and Partner Payments (PDF 172KB)
- Reduction to Educational Psychology Service Staffing (PDF 167KB)
- Reduction Across Inclusion, Equity and Wellbeing Budget (PDF 229KB)
- Food for Life (FFL) discontinued accreditation (PDF 51KB)
- Reduction in Additional Support Needs Specialists (PDF 145KB)
Environment and Infrastructure Services
View savings proposals for Environment and Infrastructure Services:
- Gypsy or Traveller saving (PDF 167KB)
- Highways Radio System (PDF 105KB)
- Cease Highway Maintenance Works from Ellon Depot (PDF 95KB)
- Highways: Out of Hours Standby Squads (PDF 46KB)
- Extend Pay and Display to Free Spaces in Car Parks with Machines (PDF 167KB)
- Establish Core Staff for Weekend Household Recycling Centre Operations (PDF 102KB)
- AI Road Inspections (PDF 87KB)
- Area Managers - Kincardine, Mearns and Marr (PDF 459KB)
- Contribution to village horticultural improvements (PDF 45KB)
- Arboricultural maintenance (PDF 45KB)
- Development Management (PDF 47KB)
- Historic Environment: reduction in establishment (PDF 47KB)
- Trading Standards: reduction in establishment (PDF 47KB)
- Environmental Health (PDF 46KB)
- Roads Administration and Management (PDF 45KB)
- Harbours (PDF 46KB)
- Vehicle Maintenance Services (PDF 47KB)
- Car parks (PDF 153KB)
- Quarries (PDF 48KB)
- Transportation Strategy: Electric Vehicles (PDF 44KB)
- Natural Environment Planning and Projects (PDF 483KB)
- Waste management (PDF 172KB)
- Waste disposal (PDF 176KB)
- Waste collection: staffing (PDF 363KB)
- Waste collection: expansion of seasonal garden waste points (PDF 211KB)
- Landscape Services: budget to be fully recharged across the service (PDF 45KB)
- Parks and Open Spaces (PDF 45KB)
- Roads Maintenance: expenditure and income (PDF 115KB)
- Highways (PDF 50KB)
- Grit bin provision: risk based approach (PDF 113KB)
- Development Management: reduction in establishment (PDF 50KB)
- Economic Development: reduction in support for businesses (PDF 225KB)
- Supply of community bedding plants (PDF 98KB)
Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership
View the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership savings proposals.
Cross Service
View cross service savings proposals:
- Area budgets (PDF 458KB)
- Vehicle maintenance services: purchase of parts and materials (PDF 46KB)
- Procurement savings arising from contract renewals and gainshare opportunities (PDF 91KB)
- Repurpose vehicles chassis to delay purchase of new vehicles (PDF 343KB)