Issue - meetings

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure which sought approval of the recommended changes to the management of the capital programme to take account of the Audit Scotland report entitled “Major Capital Investment in Councils”.

The report recommended –

that the Committee -

(a)       approve the following changes to the capital programme process:-

1.      projects would only be considered for possible inclusion in the capital programme when up to date business cases, which comprehensively addressed the various component elements of the proforma and particularly took account of the value of the project to the Council’s overall priorities were submitted; and

2.      in the event that Elected Members added projects to the programme that had not been subject to normal business case procedures, a full business case should be completed by officers as soon as reasonably practical and submitted for approval by the relevant service committee; and

(b)       note the other listed actions approved by the Corporate Asset Group.             

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.