Meetings of the Commission in 2008
Agenda of meeting held on 2 December 2008
1. Matters arising from the minutes of 13 November Commission meeting
(on box on right of page)
2. Commission PIs: October 2008
(attached as CLA 1681)
To note the monthly Performance Indicators.
3. Budgetary control report: October 2008
(attached as CLA 1682)
To note the monthly report and comments.
4. Equality and Diversity Data
(attached as CLA 1684)
To consider the report and Employment/Service Delivery monitoring data for 2007/08.
5. Data Protection Act 1998: Personal Data
(attached as CLA 1685)
To consider the position paper (requested by the Commission at its September meeting).
Confidential business
6. Strategic Risk Register
(CLA 1683)
To note the Register
7. Date of next scheduled meeting
11.15am, Tuesday 27 January 2009 in MBT.
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Agenda of meeting held on 13 November 2008
1. Matters arising from the minutes of 16 October Commission meeting
(on box on right of page)
2. Redundancy and early retirement selection criteria
(attached as CLA 1677)
To agree the draft criteria in the light of staff/staff side/trade union representative comments.
3. Policy on retirement – discretionary matters
(attached as CLA 1678)
To approve the draft policy in the light of in the light of staff/staff side/trade union representative comments.
Confidential business
4. Redundancy and early retirement
(CLA 1679)
To consider expressions of interest received from staff; to agree the number/location of posts to go forward to the next stage of the process.
5. Head of Policy and Research/resourcing current and future developments
(CLA 1680)
To consider the paper.
6. Date of next scheduled meeting
11.15am, Tuesday 2 December in MBT.
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Agenda of meeting held on 16 October 2008
1. Matters arising from the minutes of 9 September Commission meeting
(on box on right of page)
2. Commission PIs: September 2008
(attached as CLA 1673)
To note the monthly Performance Indicators.
3. Budgetary control report: August 2008
(attached as CLA 1674)
To note the monthly report and comments.
Confidential business
4. KPMG reports on Accommodation and Corporate Services
(CLA 1675)
To note the outcome of these two reviews related to the budgets, and the management response.
5. Budgets 2009/10–2010/11
(CLA 1676)
To consider comments on the budgets from staff, Unison, Staff side and DCLG; to approve the final budgets for submission to the DCLG on 20 October.
6. Date of next meeting
11.00, Thursday 13 November in MBT (next scheduled meeting is 2 December in MBT).
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Agenda of meeting held on 9 September 2008
1. Matters arising from the minutes of 15 July Commission meeting
(in box on right of page)
2. Commission PIs: August 2008
(attached as CLA 1663)
To note the monthly Performance Indicators.
3. Commission Business Goals performance reports: 1 April – 31 July 2008
(papers attached as CLA 1664 below)
To consider the four-monthly reports on
• HR
• Communications
• Other corporate activities
• Key projects
4. Budgetary control report: July 2008
(attached as CLA 1665)
To note the monthly report.
5. Redundancy Policy
(consultation draft attached as CLA 1666 including Staff side comments)
To approve the draft Policy in the light of Staff side comments.
6. Standards Board for England
(attached as CLA 1667)
To approve the revised Memorandum of Understanding.
7. Financial Regulations
(attached as CLA 1668)
To approve the changes.
Confidential business
8. Draft estimates 2009/10, 2010/11 and organisational review
(CLA 1669)
To approve the draft estimates; to consider the results of the organisational review and to approve the consultation papers.
9. Review of legal support
(CLA 1670)
To consider the review.
10. Discretionary pensions issues
(CLA 1671)
To consider the draft report.
11. Late transfers of pensionable service
(CLA 1672)
To consider the report.
12. Date of next scheduled meeting
11.15 am, Tuesday 2 December in MBT (there will be a special meeting of the Commission on 16 October).
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Agenda of meeting held on 15 July 2008
1. Matters arising from the minutes of 20 May Commission meeting
(in box on right of page)
2. Commission PIs: June 2008
(attached as CLA 1651)
To note the monthly Performance Indicators.
3. Budgetary control report: May 2008
(attached as CLA 1652)
To note the monthly report.
4. Annual accounts 2007/08
(attached as CLA 1653)
To approve the annual accounts.
5. Mid-year adjustments
(attached as CLA 1654)
To approve the mid-year adjustments.
6. Grant in Aid
(attached as CLA 1655)
To note the progress report.
7. Senior investigator pilot
(attached as CLA 1656)
To note the report.
8. Complaints about us
(attached as CLA 1657)
To approve the revised procedure.
9. Audit Committee
(attached as CLA 1658)
To note the May 2008 minutes
10. Local Commissioner areas
(attached as CLA 1660)
To agree the recommendations.
Confidential business
11. Corporate governance
(CLA 1659)
To note the internal audit report.
12. Waiving of Financial Regulations
(CLA 1661)
To note the return for March 2007-July 2008.
13. Additional Commissioners
(CLA 1662)
To consider the report.
14. Date of next meeting
11.15 am, Tuesday 9 September in MBT.
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Agenda of meeting held on 20 May 2008
1. Matters arising from the minutes of 11 March Commission meeting
(in box on right of page)
2. Commission PIs: April 2008
(attached as CLA 1641)
To note the monthly Performance Indicators.
3. Commission Business Goals performance reports: March 2008
(attached as CLA 1642 below)
To consider the quarterly reports on
• HR
• Communications
• Other corporate activities
• Key projects
4. Budgetary control report: April 2008
(attached as CLA 1643)
To note the monthly report and comments.
5. Financial Report 2007/08
(attached as CLA 1644)
To note the 2007/08 Report.
6. Grant in Aid
(attached as CLA 1645)
To note the briefing paper on the new funding regime.
7. Local Commissioner areas
(attached as CLA 1646)
To note the revised arrangements agreed by the Commission in March; to approve the change in areas in respect of Hambleton DC.
8. Health and Safety Report 2007/08
(attached as CLA 1647)
To note the annual report.
9. Review of retention periods for complaint casework records
(attached as CLA 1648)
To consider the results of the review.
10. Commission business 2008/09
(attached as CLA 1649)
To note/consider the forward programme of business (put to the Commission annually).
Confidential business
11. Superannuation benefits: retired Local Commissioners
(CLA 1650)
To note the 2007/08 annual report.
12. Date of next meeting
11.15 am, Tuesday 15 July 2008 in MBT.
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Agenda of meeting held on 11 March 2008
1. Matters arising from the minutes of 29 January Commission meeting
(in box on right of page)
2. Commission PIs: February 2008
(attached as CLA 1630)
To note the monthly Performance Indicators.
3. Budgetary control report: January 2008
(attached as CLA 1631)
To note the monthly report and comments.
4. IT Strategy 2008-11
(attached as CLA 1634)
To consider the draft Strategy and approve the draft 2008/09 Plan.
5. HR Strategy 2008-11
(attached as CLA 1635)
To consider the draft Strategy and approve the draft 2008/09 Plan.
6. Annual Report and Annual Review 2007/08
(attached as CLA 1636)
To agree the approach for 2007/08 and consider the format and themes.
7. Communications Strategy 2008-11
(attached as CLA 1637)
To consider the draft Strategy and approve the draft 2008/09 Plan.
8. Local Authorities Training Business Plan 2008-10
(attached as CLA 1638)
To approve the draft 2008/09 Plan.
9. Audit Committee: Final Terms of Reference March 2008
(attached as CLA 1639)
To approve the final Terms Of Reference for the Audit Committee, which have been amended to reflect the Commission’s September 2007 decisions on risk management (paragraphs 3.13-17) and on membership (paragraphs 4.1 – 4.4).
Confidential business
10. Budgets 2008-11
(CLA 1632)
To approve the 2008/09 budgets in the light of the results of staff consultation.
11. Business Plan 2008/09
(CLA 1633)
To approve the 2008/09 Business Plan, in the light of the Corporate and forward planning development document which has been the subject of staff consultation.
12. Date of next meeting
11.15 am, Tuesday 20 May 2008 in MBT.
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Agenda of meeting held on 29 January 2008
1. Matters arising from the minutes of 11 December 2007 Commission meeting
(see page for 2007 meetings)
2. Commission PIs: December 2007
(attached as CLA 1625)
To note the monthly Performance Indicators.
3. Commission Business Goals performance reports: December 2007
(attached as CLA 1626, see below)
To consider the summary and quarterly reports on
• HR
• Communications
• Other corporate activities
• Key projects
4. Budgetary control report: December 2007
(attached as CLA 1627)
To note the monthly report and comments.
Confidential business
5. Legal Work for the Commission
(CLA 1628)
To consider the Legal Adviser’s annual report.
6. Budgets 2008-11
(CLA 1629)
To discuss the draft budgets.
7. Date of next meeting
12.30pm approx, Tuesday 11 March 2008 in MBT.
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Date Updated: 16/04/09