Decisions

The Director of Governance and Legal Services & Monitoring Officer presented a report which proposed an amendment to the Officer Delegation Scheme to enable the Strategic Director of Services to purchase vehicles above the Key Decision threshold.

The report explained that the Council sets the budget for capital spend, including an amount for replacement vehicles.  The purchase of individual vehicles was then approved by either officers under delegated powers or Executive if the value of the vehicles to be purchased exceeded the Key Decision threshold for capital spend, i.e. £150,000.

It was therefore proposed that the Officer Delegation Scheme be amended to enable the Strategic Director of Services to agree to the purchase of all vehicles.  This power would only be used where the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules had been complied with.  The proposed wording of the delegation to the Strategic Director of Services was ‘To agree to the purchase of all vehicles subject to the purchase being in accordance with the approved capital budget and the Contract Procurement Rules.’

Moved by Councillor Jane Yates and seconded by Councillor Catherine Tite

RESOLVED that the proposed amendment to the Constitution in relation to the Officer Delegation Scheme, as set out in the report, be recommended to Council for approval.

There were no declarations of interest made.

There were no urgent items of business to consider.

There were no apologies for absence.

Moved by Councillor Emma Stevenson and seconded by Councillor Rita Turner. RESOLVED that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the stated Paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and it is not in the public interest for that to be revealed.