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Disclosures of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City and
County of Swansea, no interests were declared. |
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To approve & sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record. Minutes: RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 1 June 2016 be agreed as correct record. |
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Invest to Save Case Studies. PDF 368 KB Minutes: J Dong, Chief Treasury Officer presented the Welsh Government report entitled Investing-to –Save 4 – Short-term investment for long-term benefit. The report provided an update about public service efficiency
and improvement projects that had received Welsh Government Invest-to-Save
funding. The report stated that to minimise the
negative impact on front-line services resulting from reducing budget
settlements, it was paramount to find more cost-effective approaches to
delivery and to focus greater attention on prevention and innovation in the
delivery of public services. It was added that the grant scheme was introduced to encourage
innovation. Available funds were
provided as interest free loans that are repayable in full, subject to
negotiation with Welsh Government. The
Fund had been available since 2009.
However, the Council had not applied for funding via this method and had
utilised funding from its own Contingency Fund. The examples of schemes provided included: - ·
Case study 1: NHS Wales Shared Services
Partnership; ·
Case study 2: Looked after Children’s
Services – Wrexham Repatriation & Prevention (WRAP) Project; ·
Case study 3: Non-emergency Patient
Transport – Hywel Dda Health Board; ·
Case study 4: E-Rostering
Implementation – Hywel Dda Health Board; · Case study 5: Powys School Modernisation Programme – Powys County Council. The Fund is
available on a discretionary basis to Welsh Government funded public service
organisations to support their strategic improvement projects where they lead
to significant cash-releasing efficiency savings whilst ensuring effective
citizen-centred services. The Fund looks to: • Deliver improved public services in line with
the Welsh Government’s public service
efficiency and wider improvement agenda; • Transform the operational efficiency of public services and
generate significant
cash-releasing efficiency savings; • Encourage stronger collaboration across organisations and
administrative boundaries where this leads to measurable benefits in public service delivery; and, •
Promote the dissemination of lessons learnt and best practice arising from projects. The Fund targets those projects that utilise proven approaches,
where success in delivering significant benefits previously is evidenced. For
example, projects in the following areas that: • improve the way public services procure and commission goods and services
and manage the market; • transform business processes; • make better use of the public estate and shared approaches to
construction; • reduce the costs of corporate functions and routine business
through shared services
and other collaborative approaches to organisational effectiveness; • maximise efficiency through the introduction or enhancement of
ICT as a delivery
mechanism; •
redesign services so that they are more effective by encouraging the development of
innovative collaboration across organisations. It was
recognised that the S 151 officer has previously demonstrated prudent and
astute financial management in setting aside capital for the transformation and
improvement agenda. There are still internal funds available for invest to save
schemes where there are robust business cases The Committee asked a number of questions of the Officer, who responded accordingly. The Committee highlighted having an internal agency staff system as a possible Invest to Save loan application. RESOLVED that: - 1) The contents of the report be noted; 2) The Chair contacts Cabinet Members / Directors to establish if there are any schemes within their portfolio / department that could be funded by an Invest to Save loan; 3) The Director Resources and Interim Chief Transformation Officer be invited to the Committee meeting scheduled for 31 August 2016 in order to discuss an internal agency staff system further; 4)
Enquire
of the Cabinet Member of Transformation and Performance the possibility of the
implementation of an internal agency staff capability. |
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Work Programme 2016-2017. PDF 55 KB Minutes: The Chair presented an updated Work Programme 2016-2017. RESOLVED that: - 1) The contents of the report be noted; 2)
The Director Resources and Interim Chief
Transformation Officer be invited to the Committee meeting scheduled for 31
August 2016 in order to discuss an internal agency staff system further. |