SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL AND EAST SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP - SHARED SERVICES
Additional documents:
Decision:
1. That the establishment of a partnership agreement with East Sussex County Council for support services be supported.
2. That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Change and Efficiency in consultation with the Leader and Cabinet Member for Change and Efficiency, to agree final terms of an arrangement under which East Sussex County Council will delegate the provision of transactional support and IT hosting services to Surrey County Council from 1 April 2013.
2. That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Change and Efficiency in consultation with the Leader and Cabinet Member for Change & Efficiency, to agree the terms for the short-term lease of the Uckfield premises.
3. Tthat the approval of the decision to establish a partnership agreement for the provision of transactional support and IT hosting services to East Sussex County Council be considered by the full Council at its meeting in February 2013.
Reasons for Decisions
This partnership will build upon the strength of Surrey County Council’s shared services enabling both Surrey County Council and East Sussex County Council to make further efficiencies through economies of scale and build resilience in service delivery. Efficiencies will be delivered to the public sector from the joint procurement of IT technical support, utilisation of capacity within Surrey County Council’s Data Centre and from shared management and reduced overheads. In the longer term, the partnership could consider further sharing of common systems and the use of common processes enabling further functions to be shared across the two organisations.
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member for Change and Efficiency welcomed the opportunity for Surrey County Council to enter into a partnership agreement with East Sussex County Council to carry out transactional support activities and IT hosting services on behalf of East Sussex County Council. She considered that it was a very important strategic opportunity, which would enable both Councils to make further efficiencies through economies of scale.
The Cabinet Member for Community Safety referred to the Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) that the report stated would be carried out in January 2013. She requested the opportunity to review it, prior to the start of the arrangements on 1 April 2013 and this was agreed.
RESOLVED:
1. That the establishment of a partnership agreement with East Sussex County Council for support services be supported.
2. That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Change and Efficiency in consultation with the Leader and Cabinet Member for Change and Efficiency, to agree final terms of an arrangement under which East Sussex County Council will delegate the provision of transactional support and IT hosting services to Surrey County Council from 1 April 2013.
3. That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Change and Efficiency, in consultation with the Leader and Cabinet Member for Change & Efficiency, to agree the terms for the short-term lease of the Uckfield premises.
4. That the approval of the decision to establish a partnership agreement for the provision of transactional support and IT hosting services to East Sussex County Council be considered by the full Council at its meeting in February 2013.
Reasons for Decisions
This partnership will build upon the strength of Surrey County Council’s shared services enabling both Surrey County Council and East Sussex County Council to make further efficiencies through economies of scale and build resilience in service delivery. Efficiencies will be delivered to the public sector from the joint procurement of IT technical support, utilisation of capacity within Surrey County Council’s Data Centre and from shared management and reduced overheads. In the longer term, the partnership could consider further sharing of common systems and the use of common processes enabling further functions to be shared across the two organisations.