Over recent weeks West Dunbartonshire has suffered from severe storm damage costing hundreds of thousands of pounds and has submitted a claim to the Scottish Government Bellwin scheme to help support the exceptional costs. On 28th November 2011 and 2 January 2012 the area was subjected to severe weather events across Scotland. Both of these [...]

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The Scottish Government introduced the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill to the Scottish Parliament on 31st October (Halloween) and on 1st November the Parliament’s Health and Sports Committee called for evidence from all interested parties on the general principles of the Bill.  At a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Community Health & Care Partnership on Wednesday [...]

Leven Councillor John Millar is impressed with the restoration work carried out on the Bonhill Cenotaph located in Christie Park. The improvement works were scheduled to be completed for this years Remembrance Day Service on Sunday 13th November. Councillor Millar said: ‘I am absolutely over the moon that the Bonhill Cenotaph has been restored to [...]

At a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council on Wednesday 26th Councillor Gail Casey moved a motion calling on the Scottish Government to reverse its decision to introduce the ‘Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need’ in Scotland. Councillor Casey’s Motion labelled the introduction of IOTN as a retrograde step and called on the Leader of the Council [...]

The total number of households in West Dunbartonshire is 44,104. The Band D Council Tax level is £1,163, however the average Council Tax Bill in West Dunbartonshire is actually only £920. The reason for this is the high number of properties which are below Band D. 

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No of Houses per Band
 
8,132
 
17,148
 
7,348
 
5,522
 
4,122
 
1,531
 
571
 
 
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Council Tax Charge 2011/12
£775.33
£904.56 [...]

At a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council Dumbarton Councillor Geoff Calvert moved a Motion calling on a review of the Councils Direct Labour Organisation Prices in order to generate revenue benefit to the tenants Housing Revenue Account. The DLO Housing Maintenance Trading Account generated a profit from the Tenants repairs and maintenance of £3.204 million [...]

At the August meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council, elected members unanimously supported a motion from Councillor Patrick McGlinchey opposing the recently announced increase in VAT by the Westminster Government. Councillor McGlinchey said: ‘Our MP Gemma Doyle had started a campaign to oppose the Governments VAT increase from 17.5% to 20%. My motion to Council was to try [...]

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Clydebank Councillor Gail Casey has submitted a Motion to West Dunbartonshire Council calling on the Scottish Government to intervene to protect continuing care beds at St Margarets of Scotland Hospice in Clydebank. Gail is worried that the loss of funding for these beds could have a devastating impact on the long term viability of [...]

On Remembrance Day 2009 West Dunbartonshire Councillors joined the Lord Lieutenant of West Dunbartonshire, the Provost, invited dignitaries and members of Clydebank community to witness the unveiling of the Clydebank War Memorial, and re-dedication service following improvement works which allowed the Town to honour a commitment made way back in 1922 which was to include a roll of honour [...]

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Labour Councillors are angry at the SNPs refusal to consult West Dunbartonshire school communities on proposals contained in their schools estate strategic plan. The plan which included controversial proposals including: (i) Apply for funding to build a new co-located school in Bellsmyre re St Peter’s and Aitkenbar (This option is supported [...]