If proposals are agreed by West Berkshire Council's Executive on 22 July, a further 20 job losses at the Council are to be confirmed to help meet savings targets, although current vacancies mean there will be up to eight redundancies. The posts had already been identified in March this year.
The job losses - which would save annual salary payments of £700,000 - include seven back-room staff from the Chief Executive's directorate, eight from Libraries and Arts and Leisure, three from Housing, and one each from Highways and from Planning. The impact on front-line services will see some reduction in service at library enquiry desks, and a reduction in road safety speed checks.
West Berkshire Council Leader, Graham Jones, said: "We have known for several years that our finances are going to be increasingly tight, which is why we have been planning for year on year reductions."
The job losses would come into effect at the end of the financial year, although where there are redundancies, those could be brought forward so redundancy costs can be offset by salary savings.
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