To approve the first quarter payments in relation to back office services provided by Hoople, pending the finalisation of the Service Level Agreement for 2018/19.

That:

(a)        Payments to Hoople for back office service provision for the period April to end of June 2018 are made in line with the terms agreed in the SLA for 2017/18 until the revised SLA for 2018/19 is approved.

1.          None.  The provision of back office services (Revenues and Benefits, Finance, HR, ICT and Training) are essential to the running of the organisation.  Hoople will incur the costs associated with the provision of these services during the period and it is appropriate for the Council to make these payments under the Shared Services Agreement.