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Ray Mallon is tonight announcing 600 job losses as part of almost 40 “savage” cuts to Middlesbrough Council’s budget.

Middlesbrough Register Office, the TAD Centre, Middlesbrough Learning and Teaching Centre, and Clairville Stadium will also close as part of the Mayor’s council spending cuts.

Mr Mallon will announce the details of the cuts at an extraordinary full council meeting held at Middlesbrough Town Hall tonight.

Here is the full list of where the savings will be made:







1. Cease the provision of bedding plants for all areas other than the Cenotaph, town centre, cemeteries and the crematorium, which will save £100,000.



2. Cease the replacement of felled trees, which will save £15,000.



3. Reduce the maintenance of shrubs and hedges from annual to bi-annual maintenance, which will save £35,000.



4. Reduce weeding applications from three times a year to twice a year, which will save £65,000.



5. Halve the frequency of litter picking and street cleansing, which will save £198,000.



6. Reduce the grass cutting and associated works in public open spaces with the exception of formal spaces in parks, cemeteries and playing pitches, which will save £65,000.



7. Invest in vehicle technology that reduces the resources required to undertake road gully cleaning, which will save £60,000.



8. Terminate the subsidy for allotments, which will save £10,000 and allow the allotment holders to manage the asset.



9. Cease the maintenance and upkeep of 1 bowling green in Pallister Park, and 2 in Albert Park, which will save £10,000.



10. Merge Parks, Streetscene and Cemeteries management, which will save £100,000.



11. Merge Area Care and Waste Management services, which will save £60,000.



12. Contract out highways maintenance functions, which will create an efficiency of £600,000 to either help meet the financial gap, or allow for more roads to be maintained.



13. Create a new enforcement service by combining Street Wardens, Parking Enforcement Officers and Council neighbourhood enforcement functions, which will save £200,000.



14. Cease funding for Community Councils, which will save £12,500.



15. Merge the operation and management of the 5 community hubs, libraries as well as other community facilities, with a new model of promoting self-service technology, which will save £474,000.



16. Redesign and contract out Homelessness services and Welfare and Money Advice, which will save £200,000.



17. Implement a new project based service model, which will entail the purchase of “people expertise” for specific projects, rather than employ similar people on a full time basis for Economic Development and Regeneration activity, which will save £391,000.



18. Merge Ayresome Industries with Streetscene services, which will result in management and accommodation changes, which will save £54,000.



19. Close Clairville Stadium, which will save £104,000.



20. Reduce leisure centre opening hours and reduce staffing levels, which will save £700,000.



21. Contract out Fleet Management and Vehicle Maintenance Services to an external provider, which will save £156,000.



22. Contract out Building Cleaning Services, which will save £252,000.



23. Contract out Council Property Services, which will save £400,000.



24. Merge Environmental Health and Trading Standards management and administration, which will save £106,000.





WELLBEING CARE AND LEARNING





25. Renegotiate our joint management costs with Tees Esk and Wear Valley Mental Health Trust, which will save £100,000.



26. Secure alternative funding for Middlesbrough Intermediate Care Centre, which will save £165,000.



27. Introduce a new operating model for Adult Social Care to reduce the work that is required to be undertaken by fully qualified Social Workers, which will save £597,000.



28. Introduce a new operating model for Childrens’ Safeguarding services that reduces duplication and management costs, which will save £575,000.



29. Merge Childrens’ Centres and Youth Services, which will save £500,000.





CORPORATE AND CENTRAL SERVICES





30. Modernise the way in which back office services are delivered by automating processes, make greater use of IT and merge similar functions to deliver savings of £7,600,000.



31. Close Middlesbrough Teaching and Learning Centre, which will save £145,000.



32. Close the TAD Centre, which will save £119,000.



33. Close the Register Office and relocate the registration of births, marriages and also deaths, which will save £20,000.



34. Close Park House and relocate Childrens’ Safeguarding teams, which will save £30,000.



35. Close the Albert Terrace facility and relocate the Families Forward team, which will save £10,000.



36. Introduce a new operating model for the Council Tax, Housing Benefit and Social Fund departments, which will save £271,000.



37. Introduce a system of payments in advance for all Council services and greater use of Direct Debits, which will save £68,000.



38. Increase the number of Council services that can be accessed by the use of Information Technology, and will reduce face to face customer contact, which will save £75,000.



39. Reduce Trade Union facility time, which will save £43,000.



40. Merge the functions of scrutiny support, governance and all other ancillary functions that support Elected Members, which will save £217,000.



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