Issue - meetings

Future development of shared services

To receive and consider the report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

Additional documents:

Appendix A Monitoring and Best Practice, item 109 PDF 299 KB View as DOCX (109/2) 38 KB
Appendix B Pest Control Proposals, item 109 PDF 140 KB View as DOCX (109/3) 28 KB

Decision:

1. To approve the principles for the shared services relationship with Chorley Council set out at paragraph 23.

2. To approve that the approach to the future development of shared services set out at paragraph 24.

3. To approve the creation of a Strategic Lead (Future Investments) as a shared post.

4. To approve the creation of a Director of Change and Delivery as a shared post.

5. To approve for consultation the creation of a permanent shared arrangement for development projects, with authority delegated to the Leader to approve the final arrangements.

6. To approve for consultation the creation of a shared pest control service, with authority delegated to the Leader to approve the final arrangements.

7. To adjust the membership of the Shared Services Joint Appointments Panel to include one additional Cabinet Member from each council, in recognition of the central role that shared services now plays in the appointment of Chief Officers.

Minutes:

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Paul Foster, presented the report of the Deputy Chief Executive which set out the options and proposals for the future development of the councils’ shared services relationship. The proposals were endorsed by a majority of the Shared Services Joint Committee at an informal meeting on 10 February.

Members noted that the inclusion of an Executive Member on the Shared Services Joint Appointments Panel was not subject to political balance rules.

It was proposed by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Paul Foster, seconded by the Executive Member (Finance, Property and Assets), Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, and subsequently Resolved (unanimously)