Issue - meetings

To receive and consider the report of the Monitoring Officer.

Dave Whelan, Deputy Monitoring Officer presented the report of the Monitoring Officer which informs the Committee on the progress of the implementation of the 2021/22 Annual Governance Statement action plan.

As part of the Annual Governance Statement, the council identified areas of improvement and provided actions to progress the improvements. This action plan was previously approved by the Governance Committee. It is approximately six months since the action plan was approved and it is therefore appropriate to review the implementation of the actions.

The key themes include Induction/Recruitment, The Loop, Risk Management, GDPR, Key Corporate Policies, Value for Money, Inventories, Transparency Act. Members noted the substantial work undertaken with regards to updating the new online induction, a comprehensive review of HR policies, and the development of a transformation strategy which has been approved and detailed information has been published in accordance with the transparency code.

Members were advised that overall good progress has been made but further work needs to be undertaken. The Council remain on track to deliver the action plan.

Resolved – That the report be noted.