Issue - meetings

To consider a report which outlines the interim procedure and revised process for the waiver of the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules under the Delegated Decision Process and seeks Members’ views on whether any further amendments are necessary.

The Committee considered a report outlining the interim procedure and revised process for the waiver of the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules under the Delegated Decision Process.

As a result of concerns arising from the use by officers of delegated decisions, an interim procedure had been implemented which strengthened the original process for signing off such decisions pending review of the process by Members.

At its meeting on 14^th June 2012, the Audit and Governance Committee had approved an action plan which included a fundamental review of the application of delegated decisions. The report now before Members formed part of that review process. The report did not deal with general delegated decisions under the Council’s officer scheme of delegation but solely with the waiver of the competition rules within the Contract Procedure Rules. The relevant procedures had now been reviewed and strengthened by the introduction of further controls and enhanced Portfolio Holder involvement and the revised procedures were now in operation. Details of the revised procedures and associated documentation were set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

RESOLVED

That

(1)   the revised interim procedure for the Waiver of Contract Procedure Rules under the Delegated Decision Process be noted; and

(2)   the task group previously appointed by the Committee to review detailed changes to the Constitution be asked to undertake a further review of the Contract Procedure Rules and report back to the Committee’s next meeting.