Sub-Group B
Modernisation Sub-Group B (Service Improvement)
Work of the Sub-Group
Modernisation Sub-Group B covers front-line Customer Service Delivery, Back Office Service Delivery and Common Infrastructure.
Initial work is required to scope each area, e.g. to determine current arrangements, identify options, costs, benefits and timescales associated with implementing standardised/simplified approaches that provide value for money.
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Terms of Reference
The role of the Local Government Modernisation Sub-Groups is to support the Strategic Leadership Board in the development and implementation of the local government modernisation programme. The Strategic Leadership Board has agreed that two Modernisation Sub-Groups would be established with responsibility for (a) Legislative Framework and Capacity Building and (b) Service Delivery.
Each Sub-Group will be chaired by an elected member from the Strategic Leadership Board, assisted by an elected member from the Strategic Leadership Board as Vice-Chair. They will be supported by a secretariat provided jointly by the Department of the Environment (DOE) and the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA).
The primary role of each Sub-Group is to provide overall direction and management of the work to be agreed and delivered.
The specific remit and functions of the Sub-Groups will be to:
- lead the development of a detailed programme of work, including timescales and resources, and to agree that programme with the Strategic Leadership Board
- ensure that the programme of work remains on track and report regularly to the Strategic Leadership Board on progress
- present costed options and recommendations on policy and implementation proposals to the Strategic Leadership Board for consideratiuon
- ensure that policy proposals are subject to consultation and the relevant impact assessments
- ensure that requests to Strategic Leadership Board for financial resources are supported by an appropriate business case
- commission task and finish projects on key work areas
- develop, where appropriate, proposals for local pilots in specific geographic areas
When this phase of the work is complete, and the outcome of the review of RPA decisions is known, the sub-group position will be reviewed to develop a revised Taskforce structure to meet the needs of an integrated implementation programme relating to modernisation and structural reform.
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Standing Orders
Membership of the Modernisation Sub-Groups
Elected Members
Each Sub-Group will be composed of two elected members from each of the five main political parties. The Chair and Vice Chair of each Sub-Group will be a member of the Strategic Leadership Board.
Local Government Officers and Central Government Officials
Membership of each Sub-Group will also include three local government officers and a maximum of two central government officials.
Others
Others with expertise and/or experience relevant to the Sub-Group may also be invited by the Chair to join the Sub-Group on a permanent or ad hoc basis as appropriate.
Secretariat to the Modernisation Sub-Groups
A joint secretariat to each Sub-Group will be provided by the Department of the Environment (DOE) and the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA).
Resignation from a Sub-Group
A member may resign from a Sub-Group by giving written notice to the secretary of the Strategic Leadership Board who will notify the Chair of both the Sub-Group and the Strategic Leadership Board (SLB) of any such resignation. The appropriate Sub-Group organisation should then reappoint a member within a one month period.
Meetings of the Sub-Groups
The Sub-Groups will meet, with due regard to the timetable for Strategic Leadership Board meetings, as each Sub-Group may determine. Each Sub-Group will determine venues for meetings.
Each Sub-Group may invite any other person to attend meetings and may invite such a person or body to submit evidence and produce documents, or to speak.
Agendas
The Chair of the Sub-Group will determine the agendas for meetings of the Sub-Group.
Documents relating to the business to be taken at a Sub-Group should normally be made available to members at least five working days before the meeting to which they relate.
Minutes of Sub-Group meetings
Minutes of Sub-Group meetings will be produced by each Sub-Group secretariat for agreement by the Sub-Group. Once agreed the minutes will be placed on the Department of the Environment’s website, as will papers discussed at Sub-Group meetings.
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Work of Sub-Group Members
In the case of both Modernisation Sub-Groups, much of the work will be co-ordinating and directing:
- reviews of the current position on a range of issues
- examination and investigation of potential ways forward
- consideration of options and formulation of proposals and business cases
- steering of proposals through the Strategic Leadership Board
- monitoring implementation
- evaluation
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Modernisation Sub-Group B meetings
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Membership of Sub-Group B
Cllr Michelle McIlveen (Ards BC) - DUP
Ald Gordon Dunne (North Down BC) - DUP
Cllr Sean Begley (Omagh DC) - SF - Chair
Cllr Sean Kerr (Magherafelt DC) - SF
Cllr Eddie Rea (Down DC) - UUP
Cllr Ross Hussey Omagh DC) - UUP
Cllr Dermot Curran (Down DC) - SDLP - Vice-Chair
Cllr Gary Stokes (Newry and Mourne DC) - SDLP
Cllr Tony Hill (North Down BC) - ALL
Cllr Alan McDowell (Ards BC) - ALL
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Secretariat
John Price, DOE
Alan Hanna, NILGA
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