Committee Report Checklist 

 

Please submit the completed checklists with your report. If final draft report does not include all the information/sign offs required, your item will be delayed until the next meeting cycle. 

 

Stage 1

Report checklist – responsibility of report owner 

ITEM 

Yes / No

Date

Councillor engagement / input from Chair prior to briefing

No

N/A

Commissioner engagement (if report focused on issues of concern to Commissioners such as Finance, Assets etc)

N/A

N/A

Relevant Group Head review (SHG)

Yes

02/07/2025

MAT+ review (to have been circulated at least 5 working days before Stage 2)

Yes

07/10/2025

This item is on the Forward Plan for the relevant committee

Yes

06/11/2025

Reviewed by

 

Finance comments (circulate to Finance)

Finance

07/10/2025

Risk comments (circulate to Lee O’Neil)

Lee O’Neil

07/10/2025

Legal comments (circulate to Legal team)

Legal

07/10/2025

HR comments (if applicable)

N/A

N/A

 

For reports with material financial or legal implications the author should engage with the respective teams at the outset and receive input to their reports prior to asking for MO or s151 comments.

 

Do not forward to stage 2 unless all the above have been completed

 

Stage 2

Report checklist – responsibility of report owner 

ITEM

Completed by

Date

Monitoring Officer commentary – at least 5 working days before MAT

Linda Heron

06/11/2025

S151 Officer commentary – at least 5 working days before MAT

Terry Collier

06/11/2025

 

 

 

Confirm final report cleared by MAT 

MAT

11/11/2025