THE county council’s Place scruitny committee will next month consider the school crossing patrol service.

It came after a new way of funding and running Devon’s school crossing patrols was approved by the county council’s ruling cabinet.

The cabinet report made recommendations for the future of the service and how it might be retained with an assumed reduction to the service’s budget.

Councillors supported adopting the new system that will enable Devon’s school crossing patrol service to continue but will also achieve £250,000 of savings.

The recommendations were for the authority to stop funding paid patrols and to transfer the costs to schools and school communities, should they wish to pay for them.

Councillors also approved the use of a company to manage the delivery of the service to schools.

The service will be considered by the Place scrutiny committee at its meeting next month after members called in the cabinet decision.