To
approve and monitor the Shared Revenues and Benefits Service
Delivery Plan for each Financial Year.
To
approve the annual budget for the Joint Committee and the Shared
Revenues and Benefits.
To
approve the annual report of the Joint Committee and the Shared
Revenues and Benefits.
To
monitor expenditure and income of the Joint Committee and Shared
Revenues and Benefits Service against the agreed annual
budget.
To
set progress and performance targets for the functions delegated to
the shared service, approve the delivery plan for the performance
of such functions and monitor and review the performance of such
functions against such targets and delivery plan.
To
approve changes to staffing structures and any associated
management of change procedures including redundancies.
To
recommend to the two Councils any amendment of the terms of
reference of the Committee or Constitution.
To
appoint one or more sub-committees of the Committee (in accordance
with Regulation 11(4) of the 2000 Regulations*) as it may consider
to be required and to delegate specific functions to such
sub-committees. Any sub-committee shall comprise a majority of
Joint Committee Members (one of whom shall chair the subcommittee)
but may include non-Joint Committee Members or officers of the
Committee or of the Shared Revenues and Benefits Service and the
Committee shall determine terms of reference of each sub-committee,
the term of office of each sub-committee member and the quorum for
meetings of each sub-committee and the financial limits within
which it shall operate.
To
delegate specific functions to officers of the Committee or of the
Shared Revenues and Benefits Service in accordance with the
provisions of section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 and
Regulation 11(4) of the 2000 Regulations*.
* “The 2000
Regulations” means the Local Authorities (Arrangements for
the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2000 as amended
by the Local Authorities (Arrangements for the Discharge of
Functions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001