Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Committee.

The report details the work undertaken by the Scrutiny Review Panel of the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Committee in respect to Local Government Financial and Governance Sustainability and the proposed recommendations.

The Cabinet is recommended to consider the report and consider how it might respond to the report’s findings and recommendations.

Officer contact: Michael Cullen on 0161 474 4631 or email: michael.cullen@stockport.gov.uk.

The Vice Chair of the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee and Lead Councillor for the Review (Councillor Mike Hurleston) attended the meeting to present the final report of the Scrutiny Review ‘Local Government Financial and Governance Sustainability’ (copies of which had been circulated) and to answer questions from the Cabinet.

RESOLVED - (1) That the Deputy Chief Executive be requested to prepare a response to the “Local Government Financial and Governance Sustainability” Scrutiny Review and the recommendations contained therein for consideration by the Cabinet at a future meeting.

(2) That the gratitude of the Cabinet be recorded for the excellent work undertaken by the Scrutiny Review Panel ‘Local Government Financial and Governance Sustainability’ and others involved in the Review.

To consider a report of Councillor Mike Hurleston, Chair of the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Review Panel.

As part of the Scrutiny Work Programme approved by the Council, a review of Local Government Financial and Governance Sustainability by the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Committee was agreed

The review considered examples and the key causes of recent failures in financial and governance arrangements in Local Government.  The review also explored the arrangements in place in Stockport to provide assurance that the processes and systems in place in Stockport are robust and resilient. 

The Scrutiny Committee is requested to comment on and approve the report for submission to the Cabinet.

Officer contact: Michael Cullen on 0161 474 4631 or email: michael.cullen@stockport.gov.uk.

Chair of the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Review Panel, Councillor Mike Hurleston, submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the work of the panel’s review of Local Government Financial and Governance Sustainability and sought the Scrutiny Committee’s agreement for onward submission to Cabinet.

RESOLVED – That the report be approved for submission to Cabinet.