Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2022/071

Contact:Robin Rogers, Programme Director, robin.rogers@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Interim Chief Executive (CA10).

SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENT:

Oxfordshire-Cherwell Partnership Transition Arrangements Summary

To appove the transition plans for the discontinuance of the Oxfordshire County Council – Cherwell District Council s113 Agreement.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)                  Note the conclusions of the Joint Shared Services and Personnel Committee (JSSP) as set out in Table 1;

b)                  Agree the transition arrangements as set out in Table 1;

c)                  Note the financial implications as set out in Annex A, which are incorporated in the Business Management & Monitoring Report for 2022/23 elsewhere on this agenda;

d)                  Note that the on-going financial impact will be addressed as part of the Budget and Business  Planning process for 2023/24;

e)                  Delegate to the Interim Chief Executive powers to operate, terminate, extend or vary the new arrangements with Cherwell District Council where they relate to executive functions.

Recommendations agreed

In February 2022, Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council agreed to give notice to terminate the current s.113 partnership between the two Councils. Cabinet considered a report setting out the decisions made on each service, the transition arrangements away from the current partnership, and the financial implications of the termination.

The Chair introduced the report which she said had been extensively discussed at the Council meeting the previous week and the Joint Shared Services and Personnel Committee.  The process was on target thanks to very good management by officers in both Councils.

The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Leffman, seconded by Councillor Brighouse and agreed.

RESOLVED to:

a)                  Note the conclusions of the Joint Shared Services and Personnel Committee (JSSP) as set out in Table 1;

b)                  Agree the transition arrangements as set out in Table 1;

c)                  Note the financial implications as set out in Annex A, which are incorporated in the Business Management & Monitoring Report for 2022/23 elsewhere on this agenda;

d)                  Note that the on-going financial impact will be addressed as part of the Budget and Business  Planning process for 2023/24;

e)                  Delegate to the Interim Chief Executive powers to operate, terminate, extend or vary the new arrangements with Cherwell District Council where they relate to executive functions.