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Shared Revenues and Benefits Service - Consideration of expansion

Meeting: 14/02/2024 - Cabinet (Item 152)

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Minutes:

RESOLVED: That

1. Expansion of the Mid Kent Revenues and Benefits partnership to include Swale Borough Council, be agreed; and

2. Delegation be given to the Director of Finance, Resources and Business Improvement, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, to make the appropriate arrangements in line with the business case and sign the shared service collaboration agreement.

Meeting: 05/02/2024 - Corporate Services Policy Advisory Committee (Item 92)

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member introduced the report and stated that the report proposed to recommend Swale Borough Council (SBC) to join the Mid Kent Revenues and Benefits partnership, which included Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC). It was emphasised that there were significant financial benefits to the proposal and that Swale Borough Council had already agreed to the expansion.

In response to a question the Revenues and Benefits Manager confirmed that Sevenoaks District Council (SDC) and Dartford Borough Council (DBC) used the same computer software as the partnership, and that the authorities could potentially join the Service in the future.

RESOLVED to RECOMMEND to CABINET:

1. To agree to expand the Mid Kent Revenues and Benefits partnership to include Swale Borough Council; and

2. That delegation be awarded to the Director of Finance, Resources and Business Improvement to make the appropriate arrangements in line with the business case and sign the shared service collaboration agreement.