Issue - items at meetings - Adult Services - Future Service Model

Report of the Executive Director for Adult Services (copy attached).

(1)               That a business case be developed to demonstrate whether establishing a Local Authority Trading Company (LATC) to deliver ASC Services is in the best interests of the City Council;

(2)               That the Business Case be brought back to Policy & Resources Committee for a decision on whether to establish an LATC for ASC services; and

(3)               That a detailed analysis in relation to alternative models (for example, in-house provision and social enterprise), as recommended by the Scrutiny Review, be bought back to Policy & Resources Committee alongside the Business Case.

83.1         The Executive Director for Adult Social Care introduced the report which detailed the potential options for the delivery of adult services taking into account the funding issues and savings targets that were being identified for the next five years.  She noted that further legislative changes were due to come into force such as the Integrated Transformation Fund and therefore consideration needed to be given to how services could be delivered in the future.

83.2         Councillor G. Theobald stated that in regard to paragraph 3.2 on page 214, he was concerned that the option for in-house provision did not take into account that when compared to other providers it did not provide value for money.  He therefore wished to move an amendment to the recommendations which would enable consideration of all the options available to be undertaken.

83.3         Councillor A. Norman formally seconded the amendment.

83.4         Councillor Morgan noted that there had been a scrutiny review into the matter highlighted by the proposed amendment which ruled out the option of out-sourcing the service and therefore he believed that the democratic process should be respected and would not support the amendment.

83.5         The Chair stated that he believed the best interests of both the council and the city needed to be taken into consideration and noted that the scrutiny review and the panel’s recommendations had been made on a cross-party basis.  He therefore questioned the reasoning behind the amendment being brought forward at such a late stage, and suggested that the recommendations of the scrutiny panel should be respected.  He therefore put the amendment to the vote which was lost and then put the recommendations to vote.

83.6         RESOLVED:

(1)               That a business case be developed to demonstrate whether establishing a Local Authority Trading Company (LATC) to deliver ASC Services is in the best interests of the City Council;

(2)               That the Business Case be brought back to Policy & Resources Committee for a decision on whether to establish an LATC for ASC services; and

(3)               That a detailed analysis in relation to alternative models (for example, in-house provision and social enterprise), as recommended by the Scrutiny Review, be bought back to Policy & Resources Committee alongside the Business Case.