NOTTS County Council has revealed how it plans to save an extra �12m in the next financial year.
The council was set to find �69m in savings but after its grant settlement from the Government was announced it emerged it needed to find �12m more.
The council plans to use �1.5m from a contingency fund raised from savings made this year, �4m from new health funding for adult social care and health services and to save �1.3m on energy bills thanks to a new contract.
It will cut back on reserves for building maintenance by �1m and another �1m will not be contributed to the pension fund as originally forecast.
It is also set to delay its Ways of Working programme, which would see the council's office sites cut drastically, by six months and will use �2.5m from reserves to fund it.
Councillor Reg Adair, cabinet member for finance and property, said: "We are striving to manage our finances in a prudent manner which is responsive to changes in Government funding and direct the available resources to the most important services for Nottinghamshire residents."
The authority will also temporarily cut the amount of cash given to independent care providers as a reward for quality improvements by �1.2m.
A new �500,000 new homes bonus, a grant to reward councils which encourage home building, will also ease the pressure.
The planned savings come to �15m to allow some leeway as some rely on the agreement of partners and are not guaranteed.
Next year the council faces a 12.7 per cent reduction in its Government support, and the year after expects to lose more than eight per cent.
The proposals are set to be approved at a cabinet meeting next Wednesday.
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