Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive attached.

RESOLVED Unanimously:

1.    That the report, appendices and their content be noted.

2.    Cabinet notes that the Council is now in a position where significant actions have been taken and significant improvement has been made, and is continuing to be made, in the ongoing running of the Council.

3.    That following the recommendation of the Improvement Reference Group, which has completed its work, a focused peer review be carried out in October 2019.

The Chief Executive presented a report that provided Cabinet with an overarching progress report on the actions taken and outcomes in relation to the Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan and an update on the external auditors’ statutory recommendation.

The Chief Executive referred to updates within the report concerning the deletion of paragraph 1.2 and that the spelling of ‘significant’ in recommendation 2.2.

The Leader indicated that she would be putting forward an additional recommendation relating to inviting the Local Government Association to carry out a focussed peer review in October 2019.

There was a comment from the audience that the report didn’t reflect the exact discussion at the Improvement Reference Group (IRG) particulary around the words 'significant improvement'.

The Cabinet welcomed the progress that had been made with the Action Plan and External Auditor’s statutory recommendation. Cabinet wanted to acknowledge the hard work of officers in developing the significant actions and felt that significant progress had been made.

Decision made (Unanimously):

1.    That the report, appendices and their content be noted.

2.    Cabinet notes that the Council is now in a position where significant actions have been taken and significant improvement has been made, and is continuing to be made, in the ongoing running of the Council.

3.    That following the recommendation of the Improvement Reference Group, which has completed its work, a focused peer review be carried out in October 2019.

Reason(s) for decision:

To provide Members with an update on the work undertaken as a council to incorporate the recommendations from the Corporate Peer Challenge and the External Audit recommendations.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

None.