Issue - meetings

That the Shared Legal Service arrangement with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council be extended under the Heads of Terms as set out in the report.

The Executive considered a report containing a proposal to extend the Shared Legal Service arrangement with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council (RBWM) for a further five years.

Members were advised by the Executive Member for Resident Services that the current shared service saved the Council significant amounts of money on legal fees and also by selling its services to other bodies generates income; thereby reducing the cost of the service to the Council.

Councillor Jorgensen advised that there was a slight change to the original contract in that RBWM wished to reduce their level of demand on the service.  This has the effect of reducing the size of the service overall but any costs associated with this change would be met by RBWM.  In addition it was proposed to bring back a performance report to Executive every six months on the work of the Shared Service.

Members were pleased with the success of the service and paid tribute to staff in the Shared Service for achieving this.  The Leader of Council asked for consideration to be given to publicising the achievements of the Shared Service in the media and producing literature to promote the service to other local authorities.

RESOLVED: That the Shared Legal Service arrangement with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council be extended under the Heads of Terms as set out in the report.