Exeter City Council has warned that it will not be able to protect frontline services from its latest round of cutbacks.
The local authority has launched a four-week consultation to get residents’ feedback on where £4m of savings can be made over the next three years.
Areas that could be affected include public toilets, street cleaning and city centre CCTV coverage, said the council.
Council leader Pete Edwards said: ‘Like all councils, Exeter City Council faces some difficult budget decisions. Reductions in government spending and additional spending pressures mean that the council needs to save £4m to balance the budget.??
‘We have already made savings of £4.7m since April 2012, but, looking ahead, we will need to do more than make efficiency savings – we will need to do some things differently and stop doing some things altogether.??
‘To date, most people will not have seen major changes in the way their services have been delivered, in spite of us reducing our net budget by about 25%. But it is inevitable that this will change.’
The council’s funding from Government has shrunk from £12m in 2011-12 to £7.7m this year and is expected to be around £5m in 2017-18.
Cllr Edwards added: ‘We want to inform people about the challenges we face and we want the people to inform the spending plans that will build a Stronger Exeter and shape the services that they value.’
