Issue - meetings

The Chairman of Performance, Audit and Governance Committee submitted a report on the Committee’s future work programme.  The Democratic Services Officer provided an update to the report:

·                  Annual Leisure Performance report – to be pushed back;

·                  Delivery of Housing Health and Strategy – subject to confirmation by the Head of Housing and Health;

·                  Annual Finance Report 2017/18 – to be removed (from July meeting);

·                  Project Savings to be added to July meeting (Head of Strategic Finance and Property);

·                  Constitution Review : Update – to be removed as this will be reported directly to Council;

·                  Statement of Accounts 2017/18 – remove as these will be signed off in July.

The Committee was reminded of an earlier suggestion to include BATs shared service and the increased costs in respect of cyber security and additional software licenses, on the work programme.  This was supported.

Members referred to the difficulties the Council faced in recruiting Planning Officers and asked that Members’ concerns be forwarded to the Interim Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development.

The Committee was reminded of the earlier suggestion to include within the work programme a review of the management challenges of Section 106 payments.  This was also supported.

The Committee received the work programme as detailed and supported the proposed changes now detailed.

RESOLVED – that (A) the Work Programme as now amended, be received; and

(B)   Members’ concerns regarding the difficulties the Council faced in recruiting Planning Officers be forwarded to the Interim Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development.