Agenda

This is where Councillors who are attending as substitutes will say for whom they are attending.

To approve the minutes of the meeting of the Panel held on 15 August 2022.

The Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the Agenda in which they have disclosable pecuniary interests, which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the items or participating in any vote upon the items, or any other interests.

Most debates take place in public. This only changes when there is a need to consider certain issues, for instance, commercially sensitive information or details concerning an individual. You will be told at this point whether there are any items on the Agenda which are to be discussed in private.

The Committee will receive any petitions and hear any deputations from members of the public. A deputation is where up to five people can attend the meeting and make a presentation on some particular issue of concern. A member of the public can also hand in a petition at the meeting but that petition should relate to something on which the body has powers and responsibilities.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10 (2), Members of the Public should provide at least 24 hours’ notice of presenting a deputation.

The meeting will hear any questions from the general public.

Toupdate Corporate Scrutiny Panel on current financial issues impacting on the Council.

Contact: Eamonn Croston, Service Director for Finance, James Anderson, Head of Service, Accountancy and Sarah Hill, Finance Manager, Finance, Tel:01484 221000

The Panel will receive a verbal update on the Council’s response to the cost-of-living crisis.

Contact: Julian Hobson, Acting Head of Service, Financial, Transactional Services and Sarah Brown, Acting Head of Welfare and Exchequer Tel: 01484 221000

The Panel will receive an update on the Corporate Register and Risk Management Action Plan.

Contact: Martin Dearnley, Head of Risk, Financial IT and Transactional Services

This report presents the draft Procurement Strategy for comment by the panel.

Contact: Jane Lockwood, Head of Procurement & Commissioning Support and Jonathan Nunn, Policy and Partnerships Manager Tel: 01484 221000

The Panel will consider:

1)    The Forward Plan of Key Decisions (Corporate Services)

2)    The Panel Work Programme

Contact: Jenny Bryce-Chan, Principal Governance Officer