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To create a Joint Facilities Manager post
shared across Waverley and Guildford Borough Councils.
The proposal puts in place a permanent shared arrangement of a
single Facilities Manager working across Waverley and Guildford, an
arrangement that delivers budget savings and improved service
outcomes for both councils.

Reasons for the decision

To transition to a sustainable delivery model
that improves our resilience to deliver facilities management
services across both councils and safeguards more effectively our
critical health and safety and strategic objectives whilst
delivering budget savings and improved outcomes.

Alternative options considered

Option 1
Do nothing: not viable. Resource pressures will create significant
service challenges and are not sustainable and would require the
re-creation of the deleted Facilities Manager post at
Waverley.
Option 2
Do minimum: create the Joint Facilities Manager post
(recommended).
Option 3
Do maximum: create a fully joint team.
At present Option 3 is not viable due to the capacity and time
constraints within the service as well as the administrative
services that would be involved in making such a transition. This
can be re-considered once the post is filled.
Recommendation
Option 2: To create a Joint Facilities Manager post, shared across
Guildford and Waverley. Doing so will deliver budget savings and
improved outcomes to both councils.