The Joint Committee considered a report on the aspects of transport management still shared by Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West & Chester Council.
The shared service arrangement for the Integrated Transport Service had expired on 31 March 2011. The Joint Committee had previously agreed that certain aspects of service delivery, such as concessionary bus pass card production, concessionary travel reimbursement of bus operators, and Traveline public transport information call centre, should continue as a shared service to 30 September 2011 to enable officers to identify an appropriate long term solution for these issues. A three month extension to 31 December 2011 was sought to enable the legal agreement to be concluded in relation to Traveline service.
The shared arrangements for the Archaeology Service had now been agreed and the issues (being in close proxies for those in the remaining transport shared arrangements) would be used as a guide to the legal agreement for transport.
RESOLVED: That
1 the Shared Service for Traveline services be extended for a period of three months, ending on 31 December 2011, at which time an alternative approach will be agreed.
2 once an approach had been agreed (in consultation with both Cheshire East and Cheshire West & Chester legal teams), the decision to implement the alternative approach be delegated to the Joint Officer Board.