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

NA

 

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

NA

 

Relevant Group Head review  

Y

10/12/25

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

NA

 

This item is on the Forward Plan for the relevant committee

 

 

Reviewed by

 

Finance comments (circulate to Finance)

Y

10/12/25

Risk comments (circulate to Lee O’Neil)

NA

 

Legal comments (circulate to Legal team)

Y

10/12/25

HR comments (if applicable)

NA

 

 

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

LH

10/12/25

S151 Officer commentary – at least 5 working days before MAT

TC

10/12/25

 

 

 

Confirm final report cleared by MAT