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Building Control Shared Service Miscellaneous Charges

Meeting: 31/03/2016 - Executive (Item 129)

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Decision:

That:

1)         the creation of a 3-way Shared Building Control Service to commence in Summer 2016 between Wokingham Borough Council, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) and West Berkshire District Council (WBDC) be approved;

2)         authority be delegated to the Director of Environment/Director of Finance and Resources and Executive Member for Resident Services to sign the legal agreement to enter into the 3-way shared service;

3)         the Council should work together with the other members of the shared service during the early stages of the shared service arrangement to consider opportunities for an alternative longer-term model for Building Control Services to further enable all parties to realise opportunities for profit to be generated and returned to these organisations;

4)         the Building Control Shared Service Joint Board (Building Control Board) be established to oversee the strategic leadership of the building control shared service and that the Executive Member responsible for this area be appointed to this Board and authorised to make decisions on behalf of the Council about the Building Control Shared Service.

 

Minutes:

The Executive considered a report setting out proposals for the creation of a 3-way Shared Building Control Service between Wokingham Borough Council, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and West Berkshire District Council.

 

Members were advised by the Executive Member for Resident Services that the intention was to extend the current Shared Building Control Service to include West Berkshire District Council following the successful arrangement with Windsor and Maidenhead.  Although there would not be great financial benefits to the Council the proposal would give the opportunity to develop skills and enhance the ability to sell the services that Building Control already provides.  It would also provide greater resilience to the service.

 

Following a query by the Leader of Council in relating to monitoring the savings from the Shared Service Councillor Jorgensen responded that a report would be brought to Executive in due course on proposals for how the Council could generate further income from the Service.

 

RESOLVED That:

1)         the creation of a 3-way Shared Building Control Service to commence in Summer 2016 between Wokingham Borough Council, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) and West Berkshire District Council (WBDC) be approved;

2)         authority be delegated to the Director of Environment/Director of Finance and Resources and Executive Member for Resident Services to sign the legal agreement to enter into the 3-way shared service;

3)         the Council should work together with the other members of the shared service during the early stages of the shared service arrangement to consider opportunities for an alternative longer-term model for Building Control Services to further enable all parties to realise opportunities for profit to be generated and returned to these organisations;

4)         the Building Control Shared Service Joint Board (Building Control Board) be established to oversee the strategic leadership of the Building Control Shared Service and that the Executive Member responsible for this area be appointed to this Board and authorised to make decisions on behalf of the Council about the Building Control Shared Service.