Decisions

The Committee agreed to add the following items to the meeting on 8 November 2017:

Update on Highways Contract

Presentation on the Customer Service Improvement Programme

Recommendations agreed.

Recommendation agreed.

The Committee:

a)            noted the report;

b)            agreed to receive another update at the November 2017 meeting and to decide then when to receive further updates; and

c)            agreed to receive a detailed presentation on the Customer Service Improvement Programme at the November 2017 meeting.

The Committee noted the report.

Recommendation agreed.

The Committee

a)            approved the Audit and Working Group Terms of Reference subject to amendments to allow for four members of the Committee in addition to the Chairman of the Working Group and four substitute members; and

b)            appointed the following members of the Audit Working Group:

·         Councillor Nick Carter

·         Councillor Ian Corkin

·         Councillor Helen Evans

·         Councillor Roz Smith

and the following substitutes:

·         Councillor Paul Buckley

·         Councillor Tony Ilott

·         Councillor Charles Mathew

·         Councillor Deborah McIlveen

Recommendation agreed.

The minutes of the meeting on 26 April 2017 were agreed and signed subject to the following amendment: delete the name of the Non-voting Member from the list of Voting Members.

The minutes of the meeting of 16 May 2017 were agreed and signed.

In relation to Agenda Item 11, Councillor Helen Evans, declared that she is a director of an NGO that holds a contract with Oxfordshire County Council for advocacy services.

None

None

RESOLVED: to (additions in bold italics)

(a)  Approve all the revised policy documents as set out in Annexes 1-9 to the report and to note the main changes; and

(b)In the case of the Investment Strategy (Annex 2) to request the Officers to come back to a future meeting with a report on the extent to which human rights are considered in the Strategy.

(amendments in bold)

(a)  Noted;

(b)  To request the Officers to produce a timeline in the future for the information of the Committee; and

(c)  To request the Officers to consider applying  a ‘deep dive’ into one of the cases each quarter and to report the outcomes to Committee.

The Committee RESOLVED the following (amendments in bold italics):

(a)  Noted and to congratulate the Team for all their hard work to date;

(b)  Noted;

(c)  Noted;

(d)  Noted;

(e)  Not to approve the release of deferred benefits in the case detailed in exempt Annex 3; and

(f)   To note Annex 2 to the report.

RESOLVED to:

(a)  Agreed (but to note the concerns expressed by some members of the Committee);

(b)  The Chairman, Cllr Kevin Bulmer;

(c)  The Council’s Section 151 officer, Lorna Baxter and to request Mr Collins to press for the Annual General Meeting date to be decided as soon as possible;

(d)  Agreed; and

(e)  Noted.

Noted.

RESOLVED - to request the Officers to arrange some training for members of the Committee in the Autumn.

No summary required.

Noted.

Noted.

Received.

Agreed.

Received.

There were no requests to address the meeting or to present a petition.

Approved and signed as a correct record.

No Matters Arising.

Councillors Bulmer, Carter, Fooks, Howson, Lygo, Sanders and Thompson each declared personal interests as members of the Pension Fund Scheme under the provisions of Section 18 of the Local Government Act 1989.