Councillor Chris Best
Email: chris.best@lewisham.gov.uk
Council: Lewisham
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
38 meetings · Page 7 of 8
Council - Wednesday, 2nd October, 2024 7.30 pm
The most significant item included on the agenda for this meeting of the full council was a report on the final outturn position of the treasury management activities for the 2023/24 financial year, and the mid-year review of the 2024/25 financial year. In addition to this, the Mayor was scheduled to make a number of announcements. There were no petitions for debate, and no motions submitted by councillors.
Pensions Investment Committee - Thursday, 19th September, 2024 7.00 pm
The Committee discussed a number of issues in a closed session, including a quarterly investment monitoring report, a general report, and reports on pooling considerations, climate risk and net zero, and engagement policy. The committee also noted the minutes of the previous meeting on the 16th of November 2023.
Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee - Thursday, 5th September, 2024 7.00 pm
This meeting was about the Council's responsibilities towards its diverse community, and how it plans to meet them in the future. The meeting included the presentation of a draft plan to transition the management of community assets to organisations in the Voluntary and Community Sector, a report on the Council's performance against its current Single Equality Framework, and discussion of the draft Single Equality Framework for 2024-2028.
Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee - Monday, 22nd July, 2024 7.00 pm
Decisions from Meetings
68 decisions · Page 1 of 14
Statement of Accounts 2024-25
From: Council - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 26, 2025
... to note the contents of the report, approve agreed audit adjustments to the 2024/25 Statement of Accounts and Pension Fund Accounts, approve delegation to the Section 151 Officer to agree changes to audit adjustments, the final Statement of Accounts for publication, and changes to the Auditor’s Annual Report, and note the management representation letters and the Auditor’s Annual Report.
Recommendations Approved
Motions
From: Council - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 24, 2025
...to support Labour's 30 Hours of Free Childcare and to bring Thames Water back into public ownership.
Recommendations Approved
Appointment of Independent Persons
From: Council - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 24, 2025
...to appoint Kalwant Grewal and Katy Prestedge as two independent persons to the Standards Committee.
Recommendations Approved
Use of Substitutes
From: Council - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 24, 2025
...to include the temporary arrangements for the use of substitutes in committees, previously approved on January 22nd, 2025, into the Committee Procedure Rules under Part 4 of the Constitution.
Recommendations Approved
Dispensation under Section 85 Local Government Act 1972
From: Council - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 24, 2025
...to grant Councillor Coral Howard a dispensation from the meeting attendance requirements of Section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972 until May 7th, 2026, due to illness.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 38
Average per Month: 1.9
Decisions Recorded: 68