CULTURAL SERVICES

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CULTURAL SERVICES RESOURCE REALLOCATION REVIEW
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• Whats it about?
• Background
• Objectives
• Outcome
• Approach taken
• Comparison of spending profile
• 2003-2007
• Present position
• Further proposals
• Outcome
• General Fund Efficiency savings

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WHATS IT ABOUT?

• Finding money from existing budgets to meet
  need to spend on

• planned maintenance of Leisure, Museums and Arts
  buildings
• renewal of fixtures and fittings
• parks/open spaces infrastructure
• playgrounds

• Cultural Services comprises

• Leisure, Museums and Arts
• Parks and Open Spaces

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BACKGROUND

• Best Value Review of Cultural Services 2003
  8.7m (net) investment needed over 10 years
• 3-year cashable efficiency targets set by
  Government Comprehensive Spending Review
• Cash efficiency targets required by annual
  Council budget process
• Additional target of 200,000 per annum savings
  set by Chief Executive from 2008/09

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OBJECTIVES

• Meet 10-year spending needs by

• reallocating resources within existing budgets
• generating additional income

• Provide sustainable funding for spending needs
  beyond 10 years

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OUTCOME OF REVIEW

• Backlog could be reduced
• 2003 - 8.7million
• 2008 - 1.4million

• But
• risk of savings having to be applied to meet
  General Fund cash efficiency demands

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APPROACH
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COMPARISON OF NET SPENDING BACKLOGS 2003-2007

• 2003 8.7m
• 2007 4m
• Reductions due to

• work completed (Nidderdale Pool/Turkish Baths)
• concentration on essential, not desirable, works
• playground inspections
• ongoing facilities inspections
• savings/capital receipts beginning to feed into
  Cultural Services Reserve (or Leisure Fund)

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PRESENT POSITION (2007/08)
m m 10-year Spending Needs Buildings 4.3
Parks infrastructure 1.9 Playgrounds 0.2 6.4
less Reserves 1.8 Sinking
Funds 0.4 Other 0.2 2.4 Net spending
need 4.0
Annual contribution to reserve profiled over 10
years
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FURTHER PROPOSALS
Leisure, Museums and Arts

• Proposals to generate additional 205,000 per
  annum
• Proposals comprise options for
• - income generation
• - savings
• - minor reductions in service

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FURTHER PROPOSALS

• Proposals could cover 10-year spending needs

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FURTHER PROPOSALS
Parks

• Efficiency savings/limited service reduction
  generate 27,000 per annum
• Other options represent significant service
  cuts not recommended
• Leaves funding gap of 1.4 million

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GENERAL FUND EFFICIENCY SAVINGS

• Comprehensive Spending Review 2007

• 3 per annum cashable efficiency savings 2008-11

• Council General Fund Budget pressures 2009-10
  onwards
• Level of future cash efficiency savings
  required?
• Risk resources generated by review may be
  diverted from buildings/facilities investment
  into balancing budget