Decision details

Commercial Governance Review

Decision Maker: Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

For Members to consider the findings of a review of the Council’s commercial activities; and a recommendation for the adoption of a good practice Framework and Checklist to guide future working and ensure lessons from past practice are learnt.

Decision:

RESOLVED that:

(i)            The findings of the Commercial Governance Review Member Task Group be noted.

(ii)          Subject to (iii) and (iv) below, the Commercial Governance Framework be adopted and implemented.

(iii)         The Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s request (from its meeting on 14 February 2019) for the Commercial Governance Framework to be incorporated into the Constitution be supported and that this be built into a report to the next meeting of the Executive (18 April 2019) providing full governance arrangements for the dissolution of existing Sub Committees and the establishment of a Commercial Ventures Sub Committee. 

(iv)         Once established, the Commercial Ventures Sub Committee, be tasked with considering the suggestions from the Internal Audit Report, set out in Appendix F of the report presented, when implementing the Commercial Governance Framework.

Reason Key: Changes to Budget and Policy Frameworks;

Corporate Priorities : A great council.;

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Contact: John Jones, Interim Head of Legal and Governance Email: john.jones@reigate-banstead.gov.uk Tel: 01737 276496.

Report author: John Jones

Publication date: 21/03/2019

Date of decision: 18/03/2019

Decided at meeting: 18/03/2019 - Executive

Effective from: 29/03/2019

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