Issue - meetings

14.45

Report from the Director for Community Operations.

Further to the report to the meeting on November 2019, this paper provides feedback on the progress of addressing issues raised and the results of the subsequent audit inspection.

The Audit and Governance Committee is RECOMMENDED to note progress to date.

Recommendation agreed.

Owen Jenkins presented the report and, along with Simon White, Operations Director Skanska, responded to questions from Members as follows:

·         The remaining issues (Agenda Page 178) with the contract should be resolved by the end of June.  Skanska put significant resources into solving the problems at no cost to the County Council.

·         Officers are confident that, while targets have been missed in the past, the next three months will demonstrate that the system is compliant.  All milestones have been hit in the last six months.

·         In the high level review all looks correct but there will now be a detailed check.

·         Profit payments are made to Skanska dependent on key indicators.  They have qualified for around 70-80% of the total available payments in recent years.

RESOLVED: to note progress to date.