Agenda item

Report of the Managing Director of BHE

The Committee considered a report of the Managing Director of BHE inviting a review of the process in respect of officer delegations following a trial of two committee cycles. The Managing Director of BHE introduced the report before inviting views from Members.

Members commented that the trial period had been useful for seeing grant applications progress through the system, but noted that there were limited numbers of interventions from Members, which was indicative of the quality of work by officers. Whilst there were benefits to the additional consultation, Members were content to discontinue the trialled process and revert to the previous arrangements, noting that wider consultation on a given application could be sought from Members of the Committee on an exceptional basis if this were deemed to be necessary.

RESOLVED – That the Grants Committee of the Bridge House Estates Board, in the discharge of functions for the City Corporation as Trustee of Bridge House Estates (charity no. 1035628) and solely in the charity’s best interests:

i)              Review the current officer delegations process involving the full Grants Committee by written consultation in the exercise of officer delegated authority for grants of a value of between £100,001 and £250,000; and

ii)             Agree that written consultation with the full Grants Committee in the exercise of officer delegated authority for all grants of a value between £100,001 and £250,000 should not be recommended to the BHE Board for adoption within the officer delegated authority framework on a permanent basis.