Ian Duke
Council: Crawley
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
72 meetings · Page 1 of 15
Overview and Scrutiny Commission - Monday, 1st June, 2026 8.00 pm
Annual Council, Full Council - Friday, 22nd May, 2026 7.30 pm
Decisions from Meetings
217 decisions · Page 37 of 44
Forward Programme of Key Programmes (January – June 2024)
From: Constitution - Tuesday, 13th January, 2026 - January 13, 2026
Approve the current forward programme of key procurements (over £500,000) and seek delegated authority for contract award approvals following the appropriate procurement process. To provide an update on the previously identified procurements from July – December 2023.
Recommendations Approved
Crawley Innovation Centre - Additional Towns Fund Monies
From: Constitution - Tuesday, 13th January, 2026 - January 13, 2026
To seek agreement to add Towns Fund monies to the Crawley Innovation Centre project and seek additional delegations to ensure the project can commence without delay. The draft Towns Fund business case for the Crawley Innovation Centre was agreed by Cabinet on 2nd February 2022 and Full Council on 23rd February 2022.
Recommendations Approved
Subject to Contract, to Award a Building Conversion Works Construction Contract for the Crawley Innovation Centre (Travel House)
From: Constitution - Tuesday, 13th January, 2026 - January 13, 2026
Subject to the outcome of contract negotiations, to award a building conversion works construction contract under the SCAPE framework to a prime contractor for the Crawley Innovation Centre. Delegation to the Leader was given by Cabinet at its meeting on 6th July 2022 (PES 417 refers).
For Determination
Modern Polling Digital Poll Clerk
From: Constitution - Tuesday, 13th January, 2026 - January 13, 2026
Digitisation within the poll station will aim to alleviate some of the issues facing Crawley Borough Council when managing the Poll. This will generate many additional benefits for Election staff and management, ultimately providing a better experience for the voter. Within Crawley Borough Council our poll stations use a very traditional, manual, paper-based process. This system has served us adequately but with the increasing demands from recent election bills, covid, challenges with staffing and increasing demands on the electoral system, change is imperative. Existing challenges include; staff recruitment, voter disengagement, poor visibility of election day progress, and increased risk of human error, accuracy of Ballot Paper Accounts, transparency with audits. This was compounded by the implementation of Voter ID and the workload and complexity of administering the poll stations will increase dramatically. Please note the digital aspect relates to the paperwork of the poll clerk & presiding officer and not how the public vote which will remain paper based.
Recommendations Approved
Re-allocation of the Community Grants Budget
From: Constitution - Tuesday, 13th January, 2026 - January 13, 2026
Due to an increased number of applications received to the small grants scheme, it has been agreed to re-allocate £10,000 from the Strategic Grants Budget to the Small Grants Budget allocation. Both the Cabinet Member for Community Engagement and Culture and the Leader have been consulted and are in agreement with the re-allocation.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 72
Average per Month: 2.5
Decisions Recorded: 217