Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee considered a Report of the Town Clerk concerning the appointment of a Finance Committee representative to the Performance and Resource Management (Police) Committee.

The Chairman of the Police Authority Board (PAB), who also sits as a Member of Finance Committee (FC), emphasised that the proposal to recruit a representative from FC presented an opportunity to strengthen scrutiny around governance and financial discipline. He emphasised that ongoing foci for PAB was to ensure that the Force had both a balanced Medium-Term-Financial-Plan, and that maximum benefits and efficiencies can be accrued from the Transform Programme.

The Chairman of FC thanked the Member for his comments and welcomed the steps that he had taken since becoming the Chairman of PAB to improve both the mood music and substance of the discussion; it was important to build upon this progress over the upcoming months. Both agreed that whilst some of the issues were not easy to overcome, it was important to maintain a good and transparent dialogue.

RESOLVED – that Members endorsed Jamie Ingham Clark as FC’s appointment to serve on the Performance and Resource Management (Police) Committee for the ensuing year.