Issue - meetings

This report provides an outline of the business currently scheduled for meetings of the Executive Member for Corporate Services and Advisory Panel during the forthcoming year, June 2007 – April 2008. 

(i)           That the future content of agendas and frequency of Executive Member for Corporate Services and Advisory Panel meetings be noted and it be agreed that the meeting scheduled for 30 October 2007 be cancelled.

Members received a report which provided an outline of the business currently scheduled for meetings of the Executive Member for Corporate Services and Advisory Panel during the forthcoming year, June 2007 – April 2008. 

The Director of Resources reported that the Audit & Risk Management Medium Term Business Plan 2007/08-2009/10 (item 9 in Annex 1) was no longer required as it would be picked up in the service plans and that the Directorate Training Programme Final Proposals (item 10 in Annex 1) was also no longer required.  He also proposed that the Financial Management System (FMS) Project Update Report (item 16 in Annex 1) be replaced with a presentation to the July meeting, to allow Members to have input prior to the tendering process, and that the October meeting be cancelled.

Members noted that the Corporate Procurement Policy was also pending for consideration and would provisionally be programmed for the July meeting.

Members commented that the December and January meetings had light agendas, but that there were still several months for other business to become necessary for those meetings.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised:

(i)           That the future content of agendas, as amended above, and frequency of Executive Member for Corporate Services and Advisory Panel meetings be noted and it be agreed that the meeting scheduled for 30 October 2007 be cancelled.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:There may not be sufficient business to sustain six further full Executive Member for Corporate Services and Advisory Panel meetings.