Issue - meetings

To note the proposed actions to address the recommendations in the Public Interest Report.

The Committee received a report from the Group Head – Assets on the proposed action plan to address the recommendations of the Public Interest Report.

The Group Head – Assets advised the Committee that it had been agreed with members of the Audit Committee that an action plan would be presented to that Committee in July 2023. The Action plan was presented to members of the Development Sub-Committee first for further feedback. The Committee were advised that the action plan would work alongside the proposed Asset Management Strategy. The Group Head – Assets requested that three or four members of Development Sub-Committee were nominated to provide further feedback on the Asset Management Strategy. These members would be agreed at the next Development Sub-Committee on 31 July 2023.

The Committee advised that they wanted members to have involvement in the final version of the document. The Chair advised the Committee that the Financial Reporting Working Group would be working with Finance and Assets in order to make reports more accessible to members.

The Committee queried who was on the Financial Reporting Working Group and were advised that at present it was Councillors Boughtflower, Islam, Nichols, and Williams.

The Committee resolved to amend the recommendation in the report.

The Committee resolved to note the proposed actions to address the recommendations in the Public Interest Report and to ask the Group Head – Assets to further refine the proposed actions in consultation with the Financial Reporting Working Group.