Agenda item

To consider the minutes and recommendations arising from the meeting of the Shared Services Board held on 22nd March 2011.

(Minutes and covering reports for those items requiring further decision attached)

(In view of the fact that it contains information relating to matters which are likely to be the subject of contemplated consultations or negotiations in connection with labour relation matters between the authority and employees of the authority, part of the minutes of the meeting and one covering report and its associated  appendices are not for publication and will be circulated only to relevant Officers and Members of the Council. In view of this, it is anticipated that part of the discussion of this matter will take place after the exclusion of the public).

The Council received the minutes of the meeting of the Shared Services Board on 22nd March 2011.

Members considered a proposal to shorten the overall Programme timeline for shared services and the transformation of services from three years to eighteen months. In response to concerns that the Councils might be over-reaching themselves it was stressed that the timelines did allow for a degree of flexibility in order that significant developing issues might be addressed.

RESOLVED that

1)      the revised Programme timeline for the delivery of Shared Services and Transformation between the two Councils be approved.

(During consideration of this item Members discussed matters that necessitated the disclosure of exempt information. It was therefore agreed to exclude the press and public prior to any debate on the grounds that information would be revealed relating to contemplated consultations or negotiations in connection with labour relation matters arising between the authority and employees of the authority.)