Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Adrian Hanstock, Deputy Randall Anderson, Deputy James Thomson, Dawn Wright and the Deputy Chair Tijs Broeke.

There were no declarations.

To agree the public minutes and non-public summary of the Resource, Risk and Estates Committee meeting held on 5^th of September 2022.

The Committee considered the public minutes and non-public summary of the previous meeting of the Resource, Risk and Estates Committee held on the 5^th of September 2022.

RESOLVED- That the minutes of the previous meeting of the Resource, Risk and Estates Committee held on the 5^th of September 2022 be approved as an accurate record.

Joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner.

The Committee received a joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner on the public actions from the previous meeting.

The Chair commented that it was important that the City of London Corporation also contribute to the development of the City of London Police Corporate Services Review.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner on the Q2 Revenue & Capital Budget Monitoring 2022/23.

The Chair commented that the wide variations in the budget and planning for known future pressures needed to be better managed. Officers noted this and added that the Force’s finance function had been strengthened which would create capacity to manage these processes more effectively.

In response to a Member’s query Officers confirmed that Police Officer posts  were not being held vacant to balance the budgetary position.

Replying to a Member’s question Officers explained the asset recovery process, noting that not all funds recovered in these processes were received by the City of London Police. Officers undertook to confirm the levels of funds recovered under the asset recovery process in the next update.

Officers outlined the inflationary assumptions made within the budget and explained that an ongoing monthly monitoring process had also been established.

The Committee discussed the rules governing the expenditure of funds from the Proceeds of Crime Act noting that the Police Authority Board would be consulted on the use of funds outside of projects identified in the report.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner on the Q2 Revenue & Capital Budget Monitoring 2022/23.

The Chair noted that the wide variations in the budget and planning for known future pressures needed to be better managed. Officers noted this and added that the Force’s finance function had been strengthen which would create capacity to manage these processes more effectively.

In response to a Member’s query Officers confirmed that the roles were not being held vacant to balance the budgetary position.

Replying to a Member’s question Officers explained the asset recovery process noting that not all funds recovered were received by the City of London Police. Officers undertook to confirm the levels of funds recovered under the asset recovery process.

Officers outlined the inflationary assumptions made within the budget and explained that a ongoing monthly monitoring process had also been established.

The Committee discussed the rules governing the expenditure of funds from the Proceeds of Crime Act noting that the Police Authority Board would be consulted on the use of funds outside of projects identified in the report.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner on the Q2 Workforce Monitoring Report 2022-23.

Replying to the Chair’s enquiry Officers confirmed the monitoring process for assessing the risk of operational impact from vacancies.

Following the Committee’s discussion on the issues of vetting and inappropriate hires into police forces it was agreed that a report be prepared for the Professional Standards and Integrity Committee which considered this subject in relation to the City of London Police as part of the update on recent HMICFRS inspections in this area.

Officers confirmed that every effort was being made to hit the diversity targets and it was hoped that the uplift plan would be able to contribute to this project.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted

Report of the Commissioner.

To be read in conjunction with non-public appendices at Item 16.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner on the City of London Police Risk Register Update.

The Chair suggested that the Force  consider if any of the risks presented in the report should be the subject of a deep dive session. He asked the Commissioner to consider for future meetings.

RESOLVED- The report be noted.

There were no questions received in the public session.

There was no urgent business considered in the public session.

MOTION - That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

RESOLVED, That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

To agree the non-public minutes of the Resource, Risk and Estates Committee meeting held on 5^th of September 2022.

The Committee considered the non-public minutes of the previous meeting of the Resource, Risk and Estates Committee held on the 5^th of September 2022.

RESOLVED- That the non-public minutes of the previous meeting of the Resource, Risk and Estates Committee held on the 5^th of September 2022 be approved as an accurate record

Joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner.

The Committee received a joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner on the non-public outstanding references from the last meeting.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner on the Police MTFP Update and Reserves Strategy.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.

Joint report of the City Surveyor and Commissioner.

The Committee received a joint report of the City Surveyor and Commissioner on the Future Police Estate Portfolio Update.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.

Non-public appendices to be read in conjunction with Item 8.

The Committee received the non-public appendices for the Risk Register at Item 8.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted. 

There were no questions received in the non-public session.

There were no items of urgent business considered in the non-public session.