Issue - meetings

R Goodes, Programme Manager gave an update and highlighted the following additional information to the report provided:

• The number of ‘must haves’ to be completed for vesting day had gone from 115 to 114 as the Town and Parish Council Charter had moved to June.
• Tasks remain on track and the programme team remain confident that remain in a place to launch the new council.
• Sarah Murphy-Brookman had been appointed as interim Corporate Director for Resources and would take up the post during March.
• A lot of activity continued on social media to promote the new council and this would continue post 1 April 2020.
• In a good position with HR and customer services processes and response teams are in place for any help needed after 1 April 2020.
• Thanks were given to all staff and members that had supported the transition programme.

M Tett thanked all staff that had been involved in the programme and those that had indirectly supported the programme by back filling other posts.  He stated that the programme had come an enormous distance and the biggest testament would be that residents did not notice a difference in the service provided to them.  He also thanked members of the Shadow Executive for all their work.

RESOLVED:

To note the update report.