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(i)           to note the decision of the Corporate Management Team to proceed with consolidation of the business support function and that this decision predated the transformation governance structures;

(ii)          to note that the implementation of the consolidation of the business support function was underway and being monitored by the Resources Delivery Board in the transformation governance structures;

(iii)         to note the operating model for the centralised function as set out in Appendix 1 and 2; and

(iv)         to note that savings in the region of £3m from the consolidation would be reflected through the 2018/2019 budget process.

With reference to article 2 of the minute of its meeting of 4 October 2017, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Executive which provided a high-level view of progress to date of the Transformation Portfolio.

The report recommended:

That the Committee note the highlight report.

The Committee resolved:

(i)         to instruct the Interim Transformation Consultant to advise the Committee, by way of email, of the cost of the visit to Croydon to meet the Director and Head of Service with responsibility for Commissioning;

(ii)        to instruct the Interim Transformation Consultant to provide the Committee, by way of email, with definitions for primary, secondary and tertiary spend;

(iii)       to instruct the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to advise the Committee, by way of email, whether parking charges could be used as a means of income generation; and

(iv)       to note the highlight report.

The Committee resolved:

(i)         to approve the recommendation;

(ii)        to note the Council’s commitment to no compulsory redundancies; and

(iii)       to instruct that the Full Business Case include details for each service delivery model of: i the TUPE implications and other potential impacts on employees and ii the impacts on citizens and partners.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which presented an Outline Business Case for the transformation of Fleet Services and Mobility and sought authority to proceed to the preparation of a Full Business Case.

The report recommended:

That the Committee note the attached Outline Business Case and instruct the Interim Director to proceed to a Full Business Case, at an estimated cost of £150,000.

The Committee resolved:

(i)         to approve the recommendation;

(ii)        to note the Council’s commitment to no compulsory redundancies; and

(iii)       to instruct that the Full Business Case include details for each service delivery model of: (a) the TUPE implications and other potential impacts on employees and (b) the impacts on citizens and partners.