Decision details

Purpose of Report: The Joint Head of H&S for York and North Yorkshire Councils has spent over a year restructuring at North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) and looking at best practice across both H&S services. To ensure resilience and best use of resources, staff needed to start working as one workforce so resources and skills can be moved across both services.

On 9th May 2016 the Executive Member for Environment agreed the establishment of closer organisational arrangements supported by formal secondment agreements for City of York Council (CYC) staff and an service level agreement (SLA) to ensure that the form, resilience and quality of H&S service received by CYC is at least maintained if not improved.

The Executive Member requested that an interim report be received at a future Decision Session to ensure the Executive Member and residents are kept informed of the CYC/NYCC approach to ensuring the H&S services are resilient and are better able to support the two organisations, as specified in the original report.

Resolved:         (i)The progress of closer working between North Yorkshire County Council and City of York Council Health and Safety Teams operating under a single Head of Health and Safety be noted.

(ii)          The continued working arrangements for the short term be endorsed whilst an options paper and business case be developed for submission to the Executive for a more long term arrangement.

Reason:     To ensure that the Executive Member and residents are informed of the City of York Council/North Yorkshire County Council approach to ensuring the Health and Safety services are resilient and are better able to support the two organisations.