Background and Overview. 2.1 Section 113 (1) of the Local Government Act 1972 provides that a local authority may enter into an agreement with another local authority for the placing at the disposal of the latter for the purposes of their functions, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services and officers employed by the former. 2.2 At their meetings on 28 July 2010 and 12 August 2010 South Holland District Council and Breckland District Council respectively decided to prepare proposals for an integrated shared management structure covering agreed areas of joint working between the Councils. 2.3 At its meeting on 11 August 2010 South Holland District Council agreed to the secondment of its Chief Executive, to Breckland District Council for 50% of his/her time and at its meeting on 12 August 2010 Breckland District Council approved the appointment of its Chief Executive and Head of the Paid Service in a joint arrangement with South Holland District Council. 2.4 The requirements of the shared management structure are: o To make financial savings to the combined staffing costs of the existing management structures exceeding 35% plus other consequential savings. o To provide adequate management capacity to both authorities. o For each council individually to continue to exercise democratically accountable local government in their respective areas and have their own governance arrangements whilst sharing management of agreed internal and external services. o To provide opportunity and ease the transition to more joint commissioning of services and sharing resources where a business case supports such a decision. o To be capable of both contraction if for example client roles for external services are combined and expansion if for example a third local authority wished to join, without the need to fundamentally redesign the structure. 2.5 Although the shared management structure may provide opportunities and ease the transition to joint commissioning of services and sharing resources, this agreement does not commit either council to the commissioning of joint services. 2.6 At their respective meetings on 15 December and 16 December 2010 the Councils resolved to enter into this Agreement.
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Background and Overview. 2.1 Section 113 (1) of the Local Government Act 1972 provides that a local authority may enter into an agreement with another local authority for the placing at the disposal of the latter for the purposes of their functions, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services and officers employed by the former.
2.2 At their meetings on 28 July 2010 and 12 August 2010 South Holland District Council and Breckland District Council respectively decided to prepare proposals for an integrated shared management structure covering agreed areas of joint working between the Councils.
2.3 At its meeting on 11 August 2010 South Holland District Council agreed to the secondment of its Chief Executive, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, to Breckland District Council for 50% of his/her his time and at its meeting on 12 August 2010 Breckland District Council approved the appointment of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as its Chief Executive and Head of the Paid Service in a joint arrangement with South Holland District Council.
2.4 The requirements of the shared management structure are: o To make financial savings to the combined staffing costs of the existing management structures exceeding 35% plus other consequential savings. o To provide adequate management capacity to both authorities. o For each council to individually to continue to exercise democratically accountable local government in their respective areas and have their own governance arrangements whilst sharing management of agreed internal and external services. o To provide opportunity and ease the transition to more joint commissioning of services and sharing resources where a business case supports such a decisionresources. o To be capable of both contraction if for example as client roles for external services are combined and expansion if for example if a third local authority wished to join, without the need to fundamentally redesign the structure.
2.5 Although the shared management structure may provide opportunities and ease the transition to joint commissioning of services and sharing resources, this agreement does not commit either council to the commissioning of joint services.
2.6 At their respective meetings on 15 December and 16 December 2010 date the Councils resolved to enter into this Agreement.
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