Recommendations as set out below agreed:
Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
(a) Consider
the evidence set out in the PwC and GT reports, and the opportunity both
reports present to save £100m over five years by moving to a single unitary for
Oxfordshire, and the need for local structures within that;
(b) Having
regard to the recommendations of Performance Scrutiny, ask officers to work with
stakeholders, including the public, to develop proposals for a single
Oxfordshire unitary council, and in particular further explore the proposal set
out in the Grant Thornton report known as option 6, whereby local areas within
the county could make decisions for their own area, within an overall budget
and policy framework set at the strategic level.