Councillor Richard Butler
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
2 meetings
Shared Services Joint Committee - Wednesday 26th November, 2025 2.00 pm
The Shared Services Joint Committee met to discuss the disaggregation of shared IT services between North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) and West Northamptonshire Council (WNC). The committee approved the disaggregation of IT services, with NNC set to fund the one-off costs and a portion of unavoidable stranded costs. They also agreed to delegate authority to the Section 151 officers[^2] of both councils to finalise the cost implications.
Shared Services Joint Committee - Wednesday 16th July, 2025 2.00 pm
The Shared Services Joint Committee met to discuss the Inter Authority Agreement (IAA) performance and to decide on the future of the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) service. The committee approved the AMHP service becoming a permanent countywide service for adults, with North Northamptonshire Council named as the lead authority. They also approved the transfer of responsibilities for the out of hours AMHP service and adult social care response from Northamptonshire Children's Trust (NCT) to North Northamptonshire Council.
Decisions from Meetings
3 decisions
DTI Disaggregation
From: Shared Services Joint Committee - Wednesday 26th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 26, 2025
...to facilitate North Northamptonshire Council's (NNC) strategic ambitions and IT self-sufficiency by March 2027, the committee approved the disaggregation of IT services provided by West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) to NNC (excluding services to the Children's Trust and Business Systems arrangements), with NNC funding disaggregation costs and a portion of unavoidable stranded costs, and delegated authority to Section 151 Officers to finalize cost implications.
Recommendations Approved
Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Service Delivery and Emergency Duty Team (EDT)
From: Shared Services Joint Committee - Wednesday 16th July, 2025 2.00 pm - July 16, 2025
...to create a permanent countywide Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Service and transfer the Out of Hours Approved Mental Health Professional Service and Out of Hours adults social care response service from Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, North Northamptonshire Council was named as the Lead Authority, and the implementation of the EDT Enhanced Call Care service proposal was approved.
Recommendations Approved
Inter Authority Agreement Performance Report 2024/25 Q4
From: Shared Services Joint Committee - Wednesday 16th July, 2025 2.00 pm - July 16, 2025
...to note the Inter Authority Agreement Performance Report for Quarter 4 of 2024/25, which detailed the performance of services delivered via the agreement between North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 2
Average per Month: 0.4
Decisions Recorded: 3