Agenda item

·        SLA Support Services 2011/2012.

The Head of Finance, HR and Business Support referred Members to the report setting out the proposed Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Support Service provision by Durham County Council to the Central Durham Crematorium Joint Committee (for copy, see file of minutes).

Members were asked to recall that at the September meeting the Joint Committee the Head of Internal Audit had produced a SLA for the provision of the Internal Audit function, which was subsequently agreed.  Councillors were noted that a similar SLA had been produced further to Members request and related to the provision of:

·        Management Services

·        Financial Services

·        Administration Services

·        Payroll Services

·        Creditor Services

·        Human Resources Services

The Head of Finance, HR and Business Support noted that the format of the SLA mirrored that of the Internal Audit SLA and the breakdown of services provided and costs were set out within the report.  Councillors heard that the SLA would be reviewed and updated annually.

The Clerk to Spennymoor Town Council, Pauline Waterson noted that the provision of legal advice to the Joint Committee had not been specifically set out within the SLA.  The Head of Finance, HR and Business Support noted that legal advice would be provided as part of the role of the Clerk to the Joint Committee and the SLA and report had been verified by the Clerk to the Joint Committee and the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.

Resolved:

That the Members of the Central Durham Crematorium Joint     Committee approve the Service Level Agreement for the provision of Support Services to the Joint Committee for the year 2011/12.