Issue - meetings

The Committee reviewed the work programme for 2012/13.

The Chairman informed the Committee that it had been expected that a progress report would have been submitted to this meeting on the new staff agency contract, but that the matter would now be reported to the Committee in September which would coincide with the contract having completed 6 months of operation.

The Chairman also referred to the arrangements that had been agreed at the previous meeting to hold a joint meeting with colleagues from Cheshire West and Chester Council to review the proposed arrangements for a Single Legal Entity (SLE) to provide a range of shared services. The proposed meeting had not taken place, and it had been suggested to the Committee that a joint meeting may not be the most appropriate vehicle to pursue this matter. As an alternative, it was suggested that it might possible for representatives of each of the Council’s appropriate Scrutiny committees to attend relevant Committee meetings in each authority when the subject was being discussed.

Members reiterated that the best way forward was to hold a joint meeting of the two authorities

The Committee also referred to the item regarding the review of governance arrangements and requested that regular updates be provided for the Committee.

RESOLVED –

(a)               That the report be received;

(b)               That the position in respect of the monitoring of the agency contract be noted;

(c)               That arrangements be made to hold a Joint meeting with Cheshire West and Chester Council to discuss arrangements to introduce an SLE