Issue - meetings

As detailed in recommendations (1), (2), (4) and (5).  In respect of (3), it be amended to read “for Leisure and Libraries an employee led mutual was adopted as the preferred model for the future subject to more information being provided on employee involvement and consultation and the levels of confidence amongst the workforce over the workability of the model.  An update report will be brought back to Cabinet (by May) with the invitation to Cabinet to reconsider the recommendations of the report for this service in full”.

The Chief Officer (Organisational Change) introduced the report on Alternative Delivery Models (ADMs) which provided details of the final proposals including service business and transition plans in relation to proposals for ADMs.  They were:

·         The establishment of a Local Authority Trading Company with TECKAL exemption in Facility Management Services;

·         That Day Care and Work Opportunities service delivery be commissioned from a social organisation; and

·         That Leisure and Libraries establish an Employee Led Mutual

Following a discussion on Leisure and Libraries, it was agreed that more information would be provided on employee involvement and consultation and the levels of confidence amongst the workforce over the workability of the model.  All other elements of the report were supported.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the Facility Management Services establish a Local Authority Trading Company (LATC) with a TEKAL exemption to trade and that this be subject to a number of conditions as detailed in the report;

(b)       That the Day Care Service delivery and Work Opportunities Services delivery be agreed to be commissioned from a social organisation and it be subject to a number of conditions as detailed in the report;

(c)        That an employee led mutual be adopted for Leisure and Libraries as the preferred model for the future, subject to further information being provided on employee involvement and consultation and the levels of confidence amongst the workforce over the workability of the model.  An update report to be brought back to Cabinet by May with the invitation to Cabinet to reconsider the recommendations of the report for the service in full;

(d)       That full Implementation Plan be brought back to Cabinet prior to authority being provided to enter into legal agreements for completion of any of the Alternative Delivery Models; and

(e)       That in finalising implementation plans for services the Council wide positions detailed in Appendix D to the report be approved.

Councillor Kevin Jones left the room during discussion of the Day Care and Work Opportunities.