Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Corporate Services

RESOLVED THAT

Subject to Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council and West Oxfordshire District Council agreeing to similar resolutions, the following be approved :

(i)        the existing delegated arrangements with Cotswold District Council  for GO Shared Services  be extended until 7^th November 2020;

(ii) changes to the governance arrangements be approved so that responsibility for the provision of Agresso Business World system administration and associated telephone helpdesk functions be delegated from Forest of Dean District Council (as the current Host authority for all partner councils) to Cotswold District Council:

(iii) authority be delegated to the Director Resources to complete the appropriate legal agreements (for (i) and (ii) above), in  consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and on terms approved by the Borough Solicitor.

The Cabinet Member Corporate Service introduced the report which asked Members to consider extending the existing governance arrangements for GO Shared Services to November 2020. The report also set out changes to the governance arrangements to enable the provision of system administration and telephone helpdesk functions to be carried out by the GO Shared Services team rather than the Support and Hosting Centre of Excellence team. These new arrangements would also enable Cotswold District Council (CDC) to provide Finance, Procurement, HR and payroll services to the Trust via its GO Shared Services Team. It was emphasised that the trustees had only just been appointed and the provision of support services would be a decision for the new Shadow Board of Trustees.

A member congratulated GO on its success to date in providing a ground breaking service in partnership across the four councils.

RESOLVED THAT

Subject to Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council and West Oxfordshire District Council agreeing to similar resolutions, the following be approved :

(i)        the existing delegated arrangements with Cotswold District Council  for GO Shared Services  be extended until 7^th November 2020;

(ii) changes to the governance arrangements be approved so that responsibility for the provision of Agresso Business World system administration and associated telephone helpdesk functions be delegated from Forest of Dean District Council (as the current Host authority for all partner councils) to Cotswold District Council:

(iii) authority be delegated to the Director Resources to complete the appropriate legal agreements (for (i) and (ii) above), in  consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and on terms approved by the Borough Solicitor.