Agenda item

A report of the Chief Operating Officer.

Officers introduced a report of the Chief Operating Officer and drew members’ attention to the fact that some key risks had been reduced. A review of risks was underway by the leadership team with a view to including new risks on the dashboard and heat map, and this would be presented at the next meeting.

A member queried some budget reductions given the importance of buying the appropriate hardware for the end user. In response, officers advised that there was little in the way of discretionary spend; benchmarking exercises had demonstrated that there was value for money in the procurement of hardware and services. The Chief Operating Officer undertook to provide the committee with a summary of the changes implemented as a result of the TOM (some benchmarking in terms of how much was spent overall) at a future meeting. This was welcomed by members, who agreed that a common understanding of need and service delivery was key, with any decisions to alter budgets due to level of need necessarily being put to members for agreement.

RESOLVED, that:

i)             the report be noted;

ii)              a report of the Chief Operating Officer be presented at the next meeting outlining benchmarking exercises undertaken.