Agenda and minutes

No declarations were received.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Bean and Tidd.

To move “That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act".

Part 2 – (Non Public Information)

RESOLVED –

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting of the following item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Following a request made by the Committee on 23 May, 2018 (Minute No. 6, Standards and Audit Committee 2018/19), the Chief Executive and Assistant Director – Customers, Commissioning and Change attended to provide members with a corporate response to the findings and recommendations presented in the internal audit report on procurement.

The Chief Executive thanked the Committee for taking a proactive stance following the report, and provided context. 

It was noted that there had been progress on recommendations in the report, however, further steps were needed.

The Assistant Director – Customers, Commissioning and Change provided background and information on the detail of the Council’s current procurement arrangements.

Members were informed of the Council’s intent to provide training on procurement for managers in July.

The Assistant Director – Customers, Commissioning and Change confirmed that further updates would be provided at the next two meetings of the Standards and Audit Committee, and after that as required.

The Committee thanked the Chief Executive and Assistant Director – Customers, Commissioning and Change for attending.

RESOLVED –

That the update be noted.