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Accomodation

Meeting: 25/11/2010 - Worcestershire Shared Services Joint Committee (Worcs Shared Services Partnership was dissolved on 31st March 2016. A new partnership was agreed on 1st April 2016 Worcs Regulatory Services Board) (Item 31)

31 Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) Flexible Working and Accommodation PDF 65 KB

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Minutes:

Members’ attention was drawn to the recommendations within the revised covering report which had been circulated prior to the meeting.

The Head of Worcestershire Regulatory Services introduced the report which detailed the findings of the review undertaken of the combined Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) working practices in order to move towards a flexible and mobile approach to its field operation. The report provided a detailed business case and explained the rationale behind the move to flexible working across WRS and the benefits that such working and single site occupancy would bring.

The Head of Worcestershire Regulatory Services responded to the concerns expressed by some Members regarding the proposed preferred location, Wyatt House, Worcester City. He informed the Committee of the need to locate the service within the local government family and that both public sector and commercial properties had been considered whilst also taking into account key factors such as geographical location, accessibility, public access, infrastructure and future needs of the service.

The Chairman informed the Committee that staff had informed her of how well the pilot had gone and how much more work they were able to achieve with home working.

Following further discussion on the revised recommendations it was:

RESOLVED:

(a) that the introduction of flexible and mobile working across the whole of Worcestershire Regulatory Services in line with this report, be approved:

(b) that approval in principle be given to the consolidation of Worcestershire Regulatory Services into a single office site within the local government property estate, and that authority be delegated to the Management Board to negotiate and agree a lease for the occupation of Wyatt House subject to satisfactory completion of contractual arrangements and agreement in accordance with resolution (c); and

(c) that the S. 151 Officers of each individual Member Authority agree the necessary financial arrangements to ensure that the overall cost of accommodation is reduced below that in the Detailed Business Case for Worcestershire Regulatory Services and that no individual Member Authority suffers significant financial detriment.