Minutes for Strategic Policy and Resources Committee meeting, Jun 18 2010, 10.00AM official page

            Apologies for inability to attend were reported from Councillors Campbell and Hendron.

 

Review of Public Administration Update

 

            The Committee considered the undernoted report:

 

“1.0 Relevant Background Information

 

1.1 Members will be aware that the Environment Minister, Edwin Poots submitted a report to the Executive at its meeting on 27th May 2010, setting out proposals on the way forward for the RPA local government reform programme.  It is understood that different views were expressed at the Executive meeting on 27th May and a discussion on the way forward was deferred to the Executive meeting on 10th June 2010.

 

1.2 Following the meeting the Minister for Local Government, Edwin Poots, has written to NILGA and Councils setting out the funding pressures that central government will be under over the coming years and indicating that if local government reform is to proceed the estimated cost of £118M would have to be met by local government.  Council responses were been sought by 4th June to enable the Environment Minister to submit a revised paper for the Executive meeting on 10th^ June.

 

2.0 Key Issues

 

2.1 Councils have previously considered the issue of financing specific elements of the RPA reform programme and had agreed a number of high-level principles including, for example, the following:

 

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