Wanted: New officer to find £6m in savings...

bership fees. But the authority feels that the new company will allow it to make savings of around £585,000 a year – without having an affect on its leisure provision, or staff.

The new project manager will be expected to help realise a further £6m of efficiency schemes while also developing more alternative models, such as the new leisure company.

The report notes: “In light of the retirement of the savings programme leader, who had been leading on the savings programme over recent years, more responsibility will be placed on senior officers within individual departments to carry out this work.

“Given the magnitude of the financial challenge ahead and the need for more savings with a smaller workforce, it is recommended that this role is necessary.

“The officer in question for this role is experienced in the fi field of developing and implem menting savings schemes.

“Handling this work will be c challenging, but will be possib ble, provided support is given to manage the programme. ● Bala “However, Leisure without this Centre, one support, fulof 12 run by filling this Gwynedd requirement Council will be more or which will less impossibe subject to ble. a new way “Wi t h o u t of working the investment, another resource w would have to be found within the council to offer support to the programme at the expense of other activities.”

The report was due to be discussed by Gwynedd Council’s Cabinet in Caernarfon yesterday.