Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Policy and Governance (Chorley Council) attached.

Dave Whelan, Interim Monitoring Officer returned to the meeting.

Jane Blundell, Interim Section 151 Officer left the meeting.

Council considered a report of the Director of Policy and Governance (Chorley Council) that briefed Members on a review, and amendments to, the existing shared services for finance between South Ribble Borough Council and Chorley Borough Council.

With the ambition to expand the scope of shared services between Chorley and South Ribble Councils, there is an excellent opportunity to move forward and review the current management accountancy functions with a view to aligning the services more closely.

The paper outlined the need for change within the service to equalise the level of resources available to each council, address differences in approaches to work across the two sites, prepare for succession planning and manage the likely increase and change in workload the services will undoubtedly experience in the coming years.

It was moved by Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, seconded by Councillor Aniela Bylinski Gelder, and

RESOLVED (Unanimously):

1.    That the proposed changes to management accountancy teams outlined in paragraph 22 of the report be approved.

2.    That formal consultation commence after approval with both Council’s Cabinet in November 2019.

3.    That a one-off budget of £50K for staff training and development funded through the savings identified be approved.

Report of the Director of Policy and Governance (Chorley Council) attached.

The Joint Committee considered a confidential report of the Director of Policy and Governance (Chorley Council) which informed members of a recent review into the shared Management Accountancy Service between South Ribble and Chorley Councils.

As members of both councils had committed to extending the scope of shared service arrangements, a review of the current joint working areas was appropriate.

RESOLVED: (Unanimously)

That

1.    the Shared Services Joint Committee approves the proposed changes to the management accountancy teams outlined in paragraph 22, to be taken to Full Council at both Chorley and South Ribble Councils.

2.    formal consultation will begin after approval from both Full Councils with final sign off from both Council’s Executive Cabinets in November 2019.

3.    a one-off budget of £50,000 for staff training and development, funded through the savings identified, be approved.