Councillor Marc Francis

Council - Wednesday, 22nd January, 2025 7.00 p.m.

The meeting started with a tribute to former Councillor Ray Gibson, who passed away at the end of 2024. The Council then received a presentation from pupils at St John's School, Bethnal Green, who sang to celebrate the Council's recent Ofsted rating for Children's Services. The Council formally noted the 'outstanding' rating, and discussed the improvements that have taken place in the service since it was rated as 'inadequate' in 2017.

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 17th December, 2024 6.30 p.m.

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss a range of issues, including the Best Value Inspection, flood risk management, the strategic performance and delivery report, budget monitoring and an update on the home care procurement process. The committee noted all of the updates, except the home care procurement update, where a decision was made to move into a private session to discuss the issues further.

Human Resources Committee - Thursday, 12th December, 2024 6.30 p.m.

The committee noted the reports on the 2023/24 Early Retirement and Voluntary Redundancy scheme, the update on senior recruitment, and the quarterly review of employee relations casework. The committee also noted the proportionality calculations for the membership of the Appointments Sub-Committee and agreed to amend the membership arrangements to reflect them.

, Audit Committee - Wednesday, 4th December, 2024 6.30 p.m.

This meeting has been postponed.

General Purposes Committee - Monday, 2nd December, 2024 6.30 p.m.

The committee discussed the appointment of school governors, whether it should formally respond to a government consultation on remote council meetings, proposed changes to the council's constitution, and received a report on the conduct of recent elections. The committee decided to note the contents of the reports it received, to continue to discuss the location of the State of the Borough debate, and to develop a proposal for the use of AI in council reporting.