Agenda and minutes

·         Fire Procedures / Mobile Phones / Rest Rooms

·         “Members of the Public, committee members and officers are reminded that under the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014, the press and Public may film, audio record, photograph and use social media whilst the meeting is in progress, for Part A items only, and as long as no disruption is caused to the meeting. Anyone filming is asked to focus their attention on elected members rather than other visitors”. (To be read out if visitors present). 

None.   

Resolved – That it be noted Councillor Frea was in attendance in substitution for Councillor Lewis.  

To receive any declarations of interest from Members. 

There were none.   

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 25^th July 2019. 

Resolved – That the minutes of a meeting of the Shared Revenues and Benefits Services Joint Committee, held on 25 July 2019, be noted and signed as a correct record.  

To be discussed. 

July date for the next meeting to be arranged.  

To consider passing the following resolution:

“That the public be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the following item(s) of business on the grounds that there is likely to be a disclosure of exempt information which is described in the paragraph(s) of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 which is specified against the heading to the item, and that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing it.” 

Resolved - “That the public be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there is likely to be disclosure of exempt information which is described in the paragraphs of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 which are specified against the heading to each item, and that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing it.”

Report enclosed. 

The Deputy Director of Customer Services (Head of Revenues and Benefits Shared Service) presented a report on the Shared Service Agreement between Lancaster City Council and Preston City Council which requires that the Joint Committee approve the annual revenue, capital and staff budgets in respect of the Revenues and Benefits functions. The Joint Committee shall then inform the two Councils of the amounts of their proposed contributions to the Joint Committee’s budget.

Resolved – That the Joint Committee

(i)   noted the latest budget monitoring for the Shared Service as detailed in Appendix A of the report;

(ii)  approved the budget for 2020/21 for the Shared Service as detailed in Appendix B of the report; and

(iii)   delegated to the S151 Officers of each Council (by agreement), to determine the cost sharing ratio for contributions to and from the overall Shared Service budget.