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Cabinet received the report of the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources asking them to agree the Council’s Operating Framework with minor amendments detailed below:

RESOLVED

1.     Cabinet agreed the Council’s Operating Framework with minor amendments which comes into effect on 1 April 2015.

2.     That any subsequent changes to the Operating Framework are either a key decision of Cabinet or the Leader in consultation with relevant Cabinet Members as appropriate.  

Key Changes Replacement Text to Chapter 6 Operating Framework V30

·       A new BU will provide Shared Services where there is a value for money proposition for council-wide delivery.

·       Those services will continue to be provided in-house and purchased by other BUs for an initial transition period up until 31 March 2016; providing time for transforming those  services to commercial standards (this is a 2-year ‘buy back’ starting from the date at which the Future Shape Business Plan was agreed in March 2014. See Appendix

1 for further details).*

*subject to a business case demonstrating the potential impact on the rest of the organisation and the formal agreement of the One Council Board and sign off by the Leader of the Council.

·       External Delivery Units will be required to contract with the Shared Services BU for provision of Shares Services for a minimum of six months from the start of the operation or until 31 March 2016, whichever is the later date.