Decision details

Decision made

1.    That the final report be accepted;

2.    That the action plan is approved for delivery;

3.    That the recommendations of the Scrutiny Committee be approved as follows:

The Scrutiny Committee:

1.    welcomes the report and the outcome of the Peer Review and looks forward to working together on delivering the action plan;

2.    is grateful for the commitment to develop clear measures and that progress monitoring reports would be presented to Cabinet and the Scrutiny Committee;

3.    asks that recommendation 3 be strengthened to reflect that capacity requirements will be assessed and put in place to ensure delivery of the corporate projects;

4.    is grateful for the offer of the employee survey results being made available to the Scrutiny Committee once completed; and

5.    suggests that examples of best practice adopted across both South Ribble and Chorley Councils as a result of shared services be presented to a future Shared Services Joint Committee meeting.