School jobs are to be cut through voluntary redundancies as budget passed in East Renfrewshire
Council tax in East Renfrewshire will rise by six per cent as part of plans to plug an £18 million budget black hole, which are likely to see school support staff jobs cut.
This approach will see the council use £7.5 million of a “one-off benefit” of £14.8 million this year as well as a £2.7 million recurring saving, reducing the shortfall by £10.2 million. Officials had set out £4.7 million of savings, which could be taken, but the minority Labour administration, which includes independent councillor Danny Devlin, chose not to slash the number of behaviour support assistants in secondary schools.Funds will be brought in through an increased garden waste collection charge, which will rise to £50 to collect an estimated extra £230,000.
It has been awarded £233.1 million for 2023 to 2024, which, Councillor O’Donnell said, after ring-fenced funding for national initiatives and a bigger rates bill for council buildings, works out as just £800,000 more than last year. The council leader said capital investment will see a £3 million per year road resurfacing programme increased to £3.5 million and extended over another five years. Plans also include a £1 million expansion of Isobel Mair and the opening of a Neilston Learning Campus.Councillor Tony Buchanan, the SNP group leader, said a lot of the capital investment, including in the Neilston campus and on roads, was “commissioned by the last administration,” which was led by the SNP.
He believed the administration plan “clearly shows the concerns we voiced have been listened to” and accused the SNP of “squandering one-off benefits” from the PFI reprofiling.
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