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West Dunbartonshire Council · 23 November 2023
Back to Shared Services Joint Committee — 23 November 2023 and its agenda
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE AND INVERCLYDE COUNCILS’ SHARED SERVICES JOINT COMMITTEE At a Hybrid Meeting of Shared Services Joint Committee held in the Civic Space, Council Offices, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton on Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 11.04 a.m. Present: West Dunbartonshire Council: Councillors Martin Rooney, David McBride, Lawrence O’Neil and Michelle McGinty. Inverclyde Council Councillors Graeme Brooks, Paul Cassidy, Christopher McCurley and Michael McCormick. Attending: West Dunbartonshire Council: Peter Hessett, Chief Executive; Gail Macfarlane, Chief Officer – Shared Head of Services; Laurence Slavin, Chief Officer – Resources; Victoria Rogers, Chief Officer – People and Technology; Nigel Ettles, Principle Solicitor; Carol-Ann Burns, Senior Democratic Services Officer and Lynn Straker, Committee Officer. Inverclyde Council: Louise Long, Chief Executive; Stuart Jamieson, Director – Environment and Regeneration; Iain Strachan, Head of Legal, Democratic, Digital and Customer Services; Steven McNab, Head of Organisational Development, Human Resources and Communications. APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR The Principal Solicitor invited the Joint Committee to consider, in terms of its Standing Orders, the appointments of a Chair and Vice Chair for the next two years. It was agreed:- (1) that Councillor David McBride, West Dunbartonshire Council, be appointed as Chair; and (2) that Councillor Michael McCormick, Inverclyde Council, be appointed as Vice Chair. Councillor McBride then assumed the Chair. ITEM 4
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest in the items of business on the agenda. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Minutes of Meeting of the Shared Services Joint Committee held on 19 January 2022 were submitted and approved as a correct record. SHARED SERVICES A report was submitted by the Chief Executive, Inverclyde Council and the Chief Executive, West Dunbartonshire Council providing the findings of the independent evaluation on the review of the Shared Services and making recommendations in respect of the future activity in this area. After discussion and having heard the Chief Executive, West Dunbartonshire Council in further explanation of the report and in answer to Members’ questions, the Joint Committee agreed:- (1) to note the independent evaluation of the Shared Services; and (2) that a report on the Shared Services provision between West Dunbartonshire Council and Inverclyde Council be presented to the respective Councils, seeking to: (i) dissolve the arrangement for Roads, Waste, Grounds, and Fleet; and (ii) continue the arrangement for Internal Audit services pending a further report. The meeting closed at 11.09 a.m.