Issue - decisions

Final report of the Barbican Ad-Hoc Scrutiny Committee on the sale of The Barbican

19/11/2008 - Final report of the Barbican Ad-Hoc Scrutiny Committee on the sale of The Barbican

RESOLVED: (i) That the contents of the final report of the Barbican Ad-Hoc Scrutiny Committee on their review of the sale of the Barbican be noted.

(ii) That the following be agreed as a summary of the Executive’s response to the recommendations arising from the review, detailed in paragraphs 5 and 6 of the covering report:

Recommendation of Scrutiny Committee	Comment from Executive	Recommendation of Executive
Commission an officer report which sets out a corporate approach for the Council when working with pressure groups.	It is not clear what this would achieve. Where there are protest groups aligned to groups within the Guildhall there is already ample opportunity for comment and input to the democratic process.	Accept recommendation
Ensure that all future projects have a robust system of risk management which is regularly reviewed and updated throughout the period of each project.	Good project management will already include assessment of the risks and regular updating.	Approve the revised wording from the new Head of Audit and Risk Management.
Ensure that all future projects have a formal documented system of risk management which details key actions and controls, is regularly reviewed and updated throughout the period of each project.	This recommendation has been improved by the application of the Quality Control Group	Approve the revised wording from the new Head of Audit and Risk Management.

REASON: To enable the introduction of appropriate measures in response the Scrutiny Committee’s findings and recommendations.