Issue - items at meetings - Audit Commission, Shared Services Review 2009 - 2010

Issue - meetings

Audit Commission, Shared Services Review 2009 - 2010

 

 

Meeting: 07/06/2010 - Audit Board (this committee has been combined with the Audit, Standards & Governance Committee and no longer meets) (Item 7)

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Minutes:

A copy of the Audit Commission Shared Service Review February 2010 was considered.  Ms. J. Matheson presented the report on doing so she requested that Members note her thanks to all the staff for their help and openness towards her whilst completing the report.  She explained that staff had show an overwhelming desire to make Shared Services work and had displayed a huge amount of commitment.

 

Ms. Matheson informed Members that the Audit Commission Shared Services Review was a very positive report and had been issued to Redditch Borough Council, Audit and Governance Committee and the Shared Services Board.  Ms. Matheson briefly explained 'Why Shared Services' and that 'The Communities and Local Government Department takes the view that local government must always look for ways to improve what it does.  It must offer better services in a way that fits modern lifestyles, and it must deliver what matters to people in local communities'.

 

Councillor Denaro responded to questions from Members regarding the Chief Executive's Performance Matrix now in place and the Comprehensive Performance Management currently being worked on.  Members were informed that the Shared Services Board would give consideration to the risks and reality of having a fall back position or exit strategy as noted in the Shared Service Review.

 

RESOLVED that the Audit Commission Shared Services Review February 2010 be noted.