Agenda item

Review of the City of London Police Authority - Resourcing & Governance Arrangements

Report of the Town Clerk.

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk which outlined proposals to enhance the Police Authority function within the City of London Corporation.

 

In response to a Member’s query on why this report had been considered and approved by the Policy and Resources Committee in advance of the Establishment Committee, the Chair explained this was due to the timings of the meeting, but if Members did not agree with the proposals, it would return to Policy and Resources.

 

RESOLVED – That the Committee:

 

a)    note the intention to introduce service level agreements between the Police Authority and the Corporation’s professional support services;

b)    note the improvement to the governance arrangements that will enhance the Police Authority’s oversight and scrutiny function including greater strategic leadership and community engagement and better performance management arrangements;

c)    note the intention to establish the full cost of the Police Authority function for benchmarking and Value for Money purposes; and

d)    note, posts will be recruited to and will be a cost pressure on the Chamberlain’s and Town Clerk’s 2018/19 budgets. If required, a funding request may be made to Finance Committee for contingency funding late in the financial year;

e)      approve the creation of two FTE finance posts, including recommending to the Court of Common Council a new Grade I post, at a cost of up to 195,000 and one FTE Town Clerk’s post at a cost of up to £55,000 to strengthen the capacity and capability of the Police Authority.

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