Report of the leader of the council
(1) Urgent cabinet decisions
In accordance with the overview and scrutiny procedure rules, a cabinet decision can be taken as a matter of urgency, if any delay by the call-in process would seriously prejudice the council’s or the public’s interest. Treating the decision as a matter of urgency must be agreed by the chairman of the Scrutiny Committee and must be reported to the next meeting of the council, together with the reasons for urgency.
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Councillor Matthew Barber, Leader of the council will report that on 10 October 2014 he took a confidential decision to enter into a new contract for an electoral management system to address problems with the current provider and to vire funds from the capital contingency budget for the purchase of the system and the revenue contingency to cover training on the new system and cover the existing contract costs. The chairman of the scrutiny committee agreed to waive call-in because any delay could impact on the council’s delivery of Individual Electoral Registration (IER.
(2) Delegation of cabinet functions
To receive details of any changes to the leader’s scheme of delegation.
(3) Matters affecting the authority arising from meetings of joint committees, partnerships and other meetings
To receive the report of the leader (if any).
Minutes:
In accordance with the overview and scrutiny procedure rules, Councillor Matthew Barber, Leader of the council reported that on 10 October 2014 he took a confidential decision to enter into a new contract for an electoral management system to address problems with the current provider and to vire funds from the capital contingency budget for the purchase of the system and the revenue contingency to cover training on the new system and cover the existing contract costs. The chairman of the scrutiny committee agreed to waive call-in because any delay could impact on the council’s delivery of Individual Electoral Registration (IER).