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KD 4942 - Cleaning Services Options Appraisal

Meeting: 16/10/2019 - Cabinet (Item 7)

7 The Future Delivery of Cleaning Services - Council Corporate Buildings pdf icon PDF 184 KB

A report from the Executive Director – Place is attached. (Report No.101, agenda part two also refers) (Key decision – reference number 4942)

 

 (Report No.100)

(7.35 – 7.40 pm)

Minutes:

Councillor Mary Maguire (Cabinet Member for Finance and Procurement) introduced the report of the Executive Director – Place) (No.100) outlining proposals for the future delivery of cleaning services for Council Corporate Buildings.

 

NOTED

 

1.            That Report No.101 also referred as detailed in Minute No.16 below.

 

2.            That the report recommended the insourcing of the Cleaning Services into the Council subject a period of consultation with affected staff and union representatives as set out in the report.

 

3.            That the Cleaning Services for Enfield Council’s corporate buildings had been provided under a contract with a joint venture between the Council and Enfield Norse for the last ten years as set out in the report.

 

4.            That subject to the consultation outlined in the report the affected staff would be transferred under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE). This would enable staff to access the benefits of local government employment including pension provision.

 

5.            That subject to agreement, it was proposed to bring the service in house with effect from 1 April 2020.

 

6.            The detailed options which had been considered as set out in section 4 of the report.

 

7.            That the Council’s Strategic Asset Management Plan, agreed by Cabinet in June 2019, included the undertaking of an operational property review with the intention of the Council operating from fewer and better located buildings as explained in paragraph 1.3 of the report.

 

8.            The political commitment of the Council’s administration to insource services where possible. The benefits of local government employment for employees and the potential positive financial and service impacts for the Council, as set out in the report.

 

9.            That the Joint Venture company detailed in the report was 60% externally owned.

 

Alternative Options Considered: NOTED, the four options that had been considered to deliver cleaning services as set out in section 4 of the report.

 

DECISION: The Cabinet agreed to

 

1.            Delegate authority to the Director of Property and Economy, in consultation with the Executive Director – Resources, to agree the extension of the current cleaning services contract with Enfield Norse for a period of 3 months from 31 December 2019.

 

2.            Approve, subject to satisfactory completion of consultation with affected Staff and Union representatives, the insourcing of Cleaning Services for Corporate Buildings with effect from 1 April 2020 and the associated transfer of cleaning staff into council employment under the Transfer of Undertakings (Employment Protection) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) and delegates authority to the Director of Property and Economy, in consultation with the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development, to undertake such actions as may be necessary to implement this decision.

 

Reason: The detailed reasons for the recommendations were noted, as set out in section 5 of the report.

(Key decision – reference number 4942)