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.