Issue - meetings

To consider a joint report of the Chief Operating Officer, Cheshire East Council, and the Director of Resources, Cheshire West and Chester Council, on the financial position at Mid Year 2013-14 for the remaining Shared Services

Consideration was given to a report which provided a summary of the financial position at Mid Year for the remaining Shared Services.

Details of the overall performance for each Shared Services were shown in Appendix 1 to the Report.  It was noted that five of the services were rated Green (performing well) and the remaining three were rated Amber (mixed performance). 

The mid year financial performance showed that for Cheshire East shared services there was a total projected underspend of £67k, which related to a reduction in the ICT overspend from £0.298m to £69k.  The overspend in HR and Finance had also reduced from £31k to £14k.  Archives and Libraries were forecasting an over spend which would be offset by the forecast underspends in Farms and Occupational Health.

For Cheshire West and Chester the overall shared services projected outturn at mid year was a £0.151m underspend.  The forecast overspend in ICT shared services had reduced (£91k from £0.129m), as had overspends in HR and Finance.  The Library Shared Services overspend had increased from £13k to £23k due to redundancy settlements.  These overspends were reduced by the forecast underspends within Farms and Occupational Health.

RESOLVED:

That the overall Mid Year performance position relating to the Shared Services arrangements be noted.