At a full council meeting in May, councillors voted in favour of a motion put forward by Labour councillor Patrick McGlinchey, who said that the existing management structure of the nurseries should remain, with dedicated heads of centre in each nursery.
All the maintained nurseries in West Dunbartonshire are called early education and childcare centres and are managed by a head of centre.
However, finance spokesman Craig McLaughlin of the SNP argued that the nurseries might have to close in the future if cuts are not made now.
He said, 'Cuts are coming ... if you don't start taking these decisions now, in a year or two years' time, we will be closing the centres because we won't have the money to service them.'
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