Agenda and decisions

·        Record of Decisions of the Joint Board held on 4^th November, 2013

·        Notes of meeting of the Joint Board held on 4^th November, 2013

That the notes and Records of Decision of the Joint Board meeting held on 4^th November, 2013, be noted.

That the provision of management services to Derbyshire Dales District Council, be approved.

1.      That the progress made by the Internal Audit Consortium be noted.

2.      That the vacant parts of 3 posts (0.6 FTE) be frozen and that the position be reviewed in 12 months time.

3.      That the revised Business Plan (Budget) for 2013/14 and the draft Internal Audit Consortium Business Plan (and associated charges) for 2014/15, based on Appendix 1 to the report, be approved.

4.      That the accumulated surplus of the Internal Audit Consortium at 31^st March, 2014 (less £30,000 to be held as a working balance), be distributed to the partner authorities.

5.      That an annual report on the outcome of the operation of the Internal Audit Consortium for 2013/14 be submitted to the Joint Board following the year end.

To move ‘That under Regulation 21 (1)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements)(Access to Information)(England) Regulations 2000, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by Paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972’

:-on the grounds that it contains information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matter arising between the authority and employees of, or office holders under, the authority.

1.      That the current financial position of BCN at the end of November 2013, as set out at Appendix A to the report, be noted.

2.      That the recommendations of Urban Vision’s Options Appraisal report, set out at Appendix B of the report, be noted, but that a decision on implementing either of the recommended options be deferred until discussions have taken place with other councils regarding a wider local authority partnership.

3.      That the BCN Client Officers be instructed to explore the potential for a wider local authority building control consortium, primarily in Derby City and across Derbyshire, and to report the outcome back to a future meeting of the Joint Board.

4.      That three of the six expressions of interest for voluntary redundancy, as discussed, be accepted.

·        10^th March, 2014 – Bolsover District Council – 10.30 am

·        12^th May, 2014 – CBC – 10.30 am

·        30^th June, 2014 – NED – 2.30  pm

·        1^st September, 2014 – Bolsover District Council – 10.30 am

·        10^th November, 2014 – CBC – 10.30 am

·        19^th January, 2015 – NED – 10.30 am

·        16^th March, 2015 – Bolsover District Council – 10.30 am

·        11^th May, 2015 – CBC – 10.30 am.