COUNCILLORS will appoint three of their members to sit on the Swindon Commercial Services’ board during its handover period with the company.

Swindon Council has entered the second stage of taking back control of most of the services run by SCS and as part of the process the full council will be voting for three of its members to join the board.

SCS, based at Waterside Park, on Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, was spun-off as a council-owned company in 2010, allowing it to compete freely in the market and provide services to other organisations, producing extra income for the council and improving the efficiency of services.

The council says that, from 2010 to 2012, there was a steady increase in the value returned from SCS.

But this position reversed during 2012/13, with SCS unable to absorb cost pressures experienced during the year, meaning the return to the council was significantly below the expected level, adding unexpected, late pressure to the council’s ability to deliver balanced budgets for 2012/13 and 2013/14.

At today’s meeting, councillors will vote for two members of the majority political group and one from the opposition, to sit on the board.