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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes: The Minutes of the meeting held on 7 July 2021 were agreed as a true record.
There were no matters arising. |
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Briefing note Additional documents: Minutes: The Board received a presentation and considered a briefing note which provided information on the position in relations to the Council reserve balances.
The Appendix to the briefing note showed balances for each individual reserve areas over a three-year period. These were listed in the size of the balance in April 2021 (largest first) within categories. In addition, a brief description had been provided for each balance.
The Board questioned Officers and received responses on a number of matters relating to the Council reserve balances including:
The Chair, Councillor R Singh, referred to a number of ‘service improvement’ reserves amounting to £22m. He stated that It was important to ensure that this substantial amount be spent on improvements that could be benchmarked, monitored and fully aligned with the One Coventry Plan for the benefit of Coventry citizens.
Following discussion on matters raised at the meeting, the Board agreed to establish a Task and Finish Group to undertake further scrutiny of the above-mentioned reserves on a line by line basis and to make recommendations to the Cabinet Member on their findings.
RESOLVED:
(a) That the Board note the contents of the presentation and the detailed reserves listing.
(b) That a Task and Finish Group be established to oversee a list of projects to ensure they align with the One Coventry Plan and to make recommendations to the Cabinet Member based on their findings. |
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ICT & Digital Updates - Asset Register & System Monitoring PDF 100 KB Briefing note Additional documents: Minutes: The Board received a presentation and considered a briefing note which provided information on the position with regards to ICT & Digital assets and the City Council’s approach to monitoring uptime of systems.
The Board questioned Officers and received responses on a number of matters relating to the presentation including:
Following discussion, the Board asked for further information on:
In addition, Officers undertook:
RESOLVED to receive the additional information as detailed above and note the contents of the presentation and briefing note. |
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Work Programme and Outstanding Issues PDF 259 KB Report of the Scrutiny Co-ordinator Minutes: The Board noted the Work Programme.
There were no outstanding issues. |
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Any other items of Public Business Any other items of public business which the Chair decides to take as matters of urgency because of the special circumstances involved Minutes: |