Agenda and minutes

Reconvened from meeting of 20.5.20, Cabinet - Wednesday, 27th May, 2020 6.00 pm

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73.

APOLOGIES

To receive apologies for absence.

Minutes:

The Leader welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Cabinet reconvened from 20 May 2020.

 

No apologies for absence were received. 

 

74.

DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS

To receive declarations of interests in respect of any item on the agenda.

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were made by Members.

 

The three Statutory Officers, Chief Executive, Monitoring Officer and Section 151 Officer, declared an interest in the report, Boston Borough Council and East Lindsey District Council Strategic Alliance, as it affected their employment, and all confirmed that they had not provided any professional advice to the Council in respect of the matters contained within the report.  Having declared their interest in advance, the Officers were not in attendance at the meeting.

 

75.

BOSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL AND EAST LINDSEY DISTRICT COUNCIL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE pdf icon PDF 248 KB

(A report by the Joint Strategic Officers)

 

Portfolio Holder: Councillor Paul Skinner

Additional documents:

Minutes:

 

DECISION

 

That Cabinet recommends to Council:-

 

(1)       To agree to enter into a Strategic Alliance for the purposes set out in Section [1.12] of this report, effective from 1st July 2020, for the purposes and under the terms described in this report and set out more particularly in the draft Memorandum of Agreement attached to it.

 

(2)   That the Strategic Alliance will be supported by a single merged workforce. This will be overseen and implemented by the Joint Chief Executive/Head of Paid Service.

 

(3)       That the savings of £15.4m (BBC £5.1M, ELDC £10.3M) identified in the Financial Business Case are built into the Medium Term Financial Plan.

 

(4)       That Robert Barlow becomes Joint Chief Executive/Head of Paid Service of East Lindsey District Council and Boston Borough Council.  East Lindsey District Council shall formally employ Mr Barlow, who shall, for the purpose of facilitating the Strategic Alliance, be seconded to Boston Borough Council as Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service under Section 113 of the Local Government Act 1972, effective from 1st July 2020.

            Thereafter, East Lindsey District Council will contribute 67 per cent of the cost of Mr Barlow’s remuneration and Boston Borough Council will contribute 33 per cent of the same. Consultation should commence immediately.

 

(5)       That Michelle Sacks becomes Joint Monitoring Officer of East Lindsey District Council and Boston Borough Council.  Boston Borough Council shall formally employ Ms Sacks, who shall, for the purpose of facilitating the Strategic Alliance, be seconded to East Lindsey District Council as Monitoring Officer under Section 113 of the Local Government Act 1972, effective from 1st July 2020.

            Thereafter, East Lindsey District Council will contribute 67 per cent of the cost of Ms Sack’s remuneration and Boston Borough Council will contribute 33 per cent of the same. Consultation should commence immediately.

 

(6)       That Paul Julian becomes Joint S151 Officer of East Lindsey District Council and Boston Borough Council.  Boston Borough Council shall formally employ Mr Julian, who shall, for the purpose of facilitating the Strategic Alliance, be seconded to East Lindsey District Council as S151 Officer under Section 113 of the Local Government Act 1972, effective from 1st July 2020.

            Thereafter, East Lindsey District Council will contribute 67 per cent of the cost of Mr Julian’s remuneration and Boston Borough Council will contribute 33 per cent of the same. Consultation should commence immediately.

 

(7)       That the exit costs are charged to the reorganisation budget shown in the financial business case. The costs of the departing Statutory Officers shall be met by both authorities.  East Lindsey District Council will contribute 67 per cent of the cost. Boston Borough Council will contribute 33 per cent.  These exit costs will be recovered quickly from savings achieved through the operation of the Strategic Alliance and as modelled in the Financial Business Plan. Consultation with both Officers should commence immediately to start redundancy proceedings.

 

Portfolio Holder and Officer

 

Cllr Skinner

 

 

 

REASON FOR DECISION

 

Councillor Nigel Welton presented a report on a proposal for  ...  view the full minutes text for item 75.