Councillor Matt Hartley

General Purposes Committee - Wednesday, 26th March, 2025 6.00 pm

The General Purposes Committee met to discuss and approve changes to the terms and conditions of the Red Book Repairs and Investment Trade Staff Members, aiming for greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness in the council's repairs team. The committee also noted the list of councillors' memberships on outside bodies, joint committees, and school governing bodies.

Audit and Risk Management Panel - Wednesday, 19th March, 2025 6.30 pm

The meeting noted Forvis Mazar’s 2023/24 Annual Audit Report, which proposed an unqualified audit opinion for the Council. The Panel accepted two recommendations from Forvis Mazars about the Council’s financial sustainability, and the failure to clear the backlog of fire safety actions. The meeting also accepted the draft report on the work of the Audit and Risk Management Panel 2024/25.

General Purposes Committee - Tuesday, 18th March, 2025 6.00 pm

The meeting agreed to all of the recommendations that had been made in the reports provided to committee members. This included a number of appointments to the council's committees and outside bodies, and the setting of salary bands for two new council officer roles.

Organisation and Communities Scrutiny Panel - Thursday, 13th March, 2025 6.30 pm

The Organisation and Communities Scrutiny Panel noted the Customer Services Performance, the Digital Strategy, the Electoral Services annual report 2024 and the Freedom of Information Monitoring Report.

Council Special Meeting - Wednesday, 26th February, 2025 7.00 pm

The meeting approved the Council's Statement of Accounts for 2023-24, its Treasury Management and Capital Strategy for 2025-26, the Housing Revenue Account medium-term financial strategy, budget and rent setting, and its Medium Term Financial Strategy and budget and council tax setting for 2025-26.