Falkirk council is the latest Scottish local authority to switch its culture and leisure services to a new charitable trust, with the changeover set to take place in July.
The management of Callendar House and Kinneil Museum, as well as the museum store at Grangemouth, will transfer to a trust, which will also run archaeology services.
The council, which faces a budget shortfall of about £60m over the next four years, said the move would save almost £1m annually on non-domestic rates and VAT.
“The body will also have the opportunity to access new forms of funding that are not open to the council,” said a council press statement.
A council spokesman added that service, funding and collections agreements were still to be developed.
Council chief executive Mary Pitcaithly said: “During the consultation phase, the unions and employees have asked about the alternative options to establishing a trust.
“The financial pressures facing the council are significant, and therefore any savings not delivered through establishing the trust would need to come from within community services or from other council services more generally.”
The management of Callendar House and Kinneil Museum, as well as the museum store at Grangemouth, will transfer to a trust, which will also run archaeology services.
The council, which faces a budget shortfall of about £60m over the next four years, said the move would save almost £1m annually on non-domestic rates and VAT.
“The body will also have the opportunity to access new forms of funding that are not open to the council,” said a council press statement.
A council spokesman added that service, funding and collections agreements were still to be developed.
Council chief executive Mary Pitcaithly said: “During the consultation phase, the unions and employees have asked about the alternative options to establishing a trust.
“The financial pressures facing the council are significant, and therefore any savings not delivered through establishing the trust would need to come from within community services or from other council services more generally.”