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Decision:

1.      
Establish
a Joint Executive Committee with Waverley Borough Council’s
Executive, (subject to the decision of the Executive of Waverley
Borough Council), with the terms of reference as set out at
Appendix 1 to this report; and

2.      
That the
Executive recommends that the Standards Committee resolves to
‘Note the establishment of the new Joint Executive Committee
with Waverley Borough Council and recommend to Council that the
Monitoring Officer is delegated the authority to make the necessary
and consequential amendments to the Guildford Borough Council
Constitution’.
Reason(s):

1.      
Guildford
and Waverley Borough Councils have established several shared
services with executive functions, including a shared Legal
Service, Governance Team and Executive Support Team, as part of
their journey of collaborative working.

2.      
The
Governance model for such shared services is that Guildford Borough
Council has delegated the executive function for Waverley Borough
Council to carry out on their behalf.

3.      
To ensure
that Guildford Borough Council does not lose control of sovereignty
of decision making, it is important that all Executive decisions
relating to those shared services is undertaken by both
Councils’ Executives. Rather than duplicate the decision
making process, both Executives making collective decisions as part
of a joint committee is a governance arrangement that is agile,
quick, presents less risk and embraces collaborative
working.
Other options considered and rejected by the
Executive:
To
not establish a Joint Executive Committee with Waverley Borough
Council, leaving Waverley Borough Council to make decisions on
services being delivered by them on behalf of, or to, Guildford in
accordance with the delegated authority.
Details of any conflict of interest declared by the Leader or
lead councillors and any dispensation granted:
None.