Issue - meetings

This report presents the Committee with its annual Work Programme.

The Committee received a report presenting its annual Work Programme.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Agenda Items. The Chair raised that Members can suggest items they would like to come to Committee Meetings, which can then be discussed and considered, before the Committee determine whether or not to incorporate it in the future work plans. The Chair reminded Members to take into account resource factors and the already extensive list of reports coming to future Committee Meetings.

b)            Resource. A Member of the Committee  asked to distinguish between placing something on the agenda for a forthcoming meeting and having it placed on the Committee Workplan and the different resource implications of those two things so as to ensure that the Committee are not bound by the Workplan and are able to get agenda items added where future Workplan items can be determined and discussed. The Chair noted the comments and reminded the Committee that there must be a reason as to why an item is brought forward, and Members will need to make the decision as to what can be reprioritised.

c)            Roof Repair. A Member of the Committee raised that they were expecting to see a report on the Harrier Centre Roof Repair Audit on the agenda for the meeting. The Chair informed the Committee that the Roof Repair Audit item was presented to Strategy and Resources Committee on the 23^rd of July. The Chair continued to explain that the report was an audit finding and if Members wanted scrutiny as to why and what happened, then that would need to be proposed and discussed. A Member of the Committee raised that they had asked questions on the item at Strategy and Resources Committee and had been told they will receive an email response. The Chair suggested that if the answers provided are not satisfactory then a request can be made, and the item brought back to the Committee to discuss further internal audit or scrutiny on the matter. 

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Note and agree the ongoing Work Programme as presented in Section 2.