Issue - meetings

Members were advised that there had been 2 Task Group meetings and a visit to Wyatt House in Worcester since the last meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board.  At the first of these meetings the Chief Executive and Executive Director for Finance and Corporate Resources at Bromsgrove District Council, as the host authority for Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS), had been interviewed.  They had both provided detailed responses to the group’s questions, which had focused on issues such as the governance structure for WRS and the financial pressures impacting on the shared service.

At the latest meeting of the group on 20th February Members had interviewed a representative of the Council’s Legal Department together with the Chairman of the WRS Management Board.  The governance structure for WRS had formed the main focus for discussions during this meeting.

The Board was advised that the following meeting of the group was scheduled to take place on 19th March.  During this meeting Members were due to reflect on the progress that they had made to date with the review.  The group would also start to discuss potential recommendations.