Issue - meetings

This item was chaired by Councillor Todd-Jones.

Matter for Decision

Renewal of the shared service agreement for the Homes Improvement Agency and extension of the service to cover East Cambridgeshire District Council.

Decision of the Executive Councillor for Housing:

i.             Approved the renewal of the shared service agreement in respect of Cambridgeshire Home Improvement Agency until 2018/19 inclusive.

ii.            Approved the extension of the service to cover East Cambridgeshire District Council.

Scrutiny Considerations

The Committee received a report from the Head of Strategic Housing. The report stated that the Cambridgeshire Home Improvement Agency (HIA) had been in operation for three years as a shared service between the City Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council and Huntingdonshire District Council and would terminate at the end of March 2016. 

The report presented the options to renew the partnership agreement and to also consider East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) as a new partner. 

In response to questions from the Committee, the Head of Strategic Housing stated the following:

i.             If ECDC joined the HIA, the terms on which ECDC could join would be controlled by the partnership and any redundancy issues would be picked up by ECDC.

ii.            The share of work undertaken by the HIA was divided up so that Huntingdonshire District Council undertook 50% of the work, both South Cambridgeshire District Council and the City Council undertook 25% each.

The Committee:

Resolved unanimously to approve the recommendation.

The Executive Councillor for Housing approved the recommendations.

Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive Councillor (and any Dispensations Granted).

No conflicts were declared by the Executive Councillor.