Cllr Foulkes moved the meeting on to the Policy Unit report. Jim Wilkie said he had been critical of the formation of a policy unit, but it would have to be at the heart of the decision making process. It would initially agree policies to be implemented. He was aware of the changes in circumstances, [...]
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Corporate Governance Committee (Wirral Council) 26th October 2011 5.00pm (Committee Room 1) Part 9
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Corporate Governance Committee (Wirral Council) 26th October 2011 5.00pm (Committee Room 1) Part 6
Posted in Corporate Governance Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Cllr Foulkes, cllr green, Cllr Harney, Cllr Phil Davies, Democracy Working Group, Jim Wilkie, quickly surround Africa, The Goon Show on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr Harney said he agreed with all that, but he’d appreciate a flowchart with the key dates. He said the approach with reviews and milestones would be helpful as each stage was reached, this way he would know they were “all singing from the same hymn sheet”. Jim Wilkie agreed and said that in the [...]
Corporate Governance Committee (Wirral Council) 26th October 2011 5.00pm (Committee Room 1) Part 5
Posted in Corporate Governance Committee, Wirral Council, tagged Cllr Foulkes, cllr green, Cllr Phil Davies, corporate governance, Jim Wilkie on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr Foulkes said they had additional recommendations so that all councillors and all political parties were involved. He said they needed more work as part of a wider program specifically around councillor involvement at every stage. The Budget was serious and they would be putting resources in. The Cabinet committee agreed in principle to a [...]
Council Excellence Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 31/1/2011 Part 15 – Strategic Change Programme update (continued)
Posted in Council Excellence, Wirral Council, tagged Cllr Gilchrist, cllr green, Cllr Phil Davies, dave green, DCLG, Eric Pickles, EVR, PACSPE, Performance Management on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr Davies continued by asking why the PACSPE (project 24) was only realising £200,000/year of savings? Mr. Green said that was very unfair. Cllr Davies said the EVR had happened with the privatisation. Ian Coleman said there had been a reduction in the saving being of the EVR. Also certain areas had been taken out [...]
Council Excellence Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 31/1/2011 Part 12 – Strategic Change Programme update (continued)
Posted in Council Excellence, Wirral Council, tagged assets, cllr green, dave green, gate system, higher education, ideas, innovation, skills, strategic change board, training on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr Green continued with saying that any ideas that staff on higher education courses had got through their studies or wanted them to evaluate was part of the change programme. He said they were keen to reward people, but there had to be a balance between control and creativity. The creativity had to be to [...]
Council Excellence Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 31/1/2011 Part 11 – Strategic Change Programme update (continued)
Posted in Council Excellence, Wirral Council, tagged Alan Brighouse, Cllr Brighouse, cllr green on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr Brighouse said that he welcomed the report. He said it was “driven by the actions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer”. He said it was also about “how we innovative and find new savings” in removing “the dead hand of bureaucracy”. He wanted to look to simplify systems. He asked how Wirral Council would [...]
Council Excellence Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 31/1/2011 Part 10 – Strategic Change Programme update (continued)
Posted in Council Excellence, Wirral Council, tagged cllr green, DASS, dave green, project management on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr Green continued that that DASS was learning a lesson in how they needed to speak to people earlier enough. Communication was important. Mike was the project manager and could provide added reassurance. He was confident the program had not improperly added undue haste to the timescale. They had to make sure the changes were [...]
Council Excellence Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 31/1/2011 Part 7 – Strategic Change Programme update (continued)
Posted in Council Excellence, Wirral Council, tagged benefits, cllr green, dave green, performance monitoring, risk register on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cllr green continued by saying that next Friday there would be pressure over some of the projects with £0 gains. If additional capacity was put towards these there would be added benefits. He said he was being honest and clear. He said he was to trying to be clear and careful regarding achieving the benefits. [...]

