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PURPOSE OF COMMITTEE
To
approve and monitor financial strategies, budgets and financial
performance in light of available funding, including the
development and delivery of the Council’s capital programme
as well as monitoring the development of the Local Development
Plan.
The
Committee will also consider:
• strategies to support the
city’s economic growth;
• additions to the Capital Programme;
and
• recommendations regarding the
Council’s property and estates portfolio.
The
Committee monitors the delivery of all services provided by the
Resources Function (with the exception of those within the remit of
the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee and the
Education and Children’s Services and the Commissioning
Functions). It scrutinises performance and approves options to
improve services within those Functions, set budgets to ensure best
value and delivery of the Council’s agreed
outcomes.
REMIT OF COMMITTEE
1. Budgets
The
Committee will:
1.1
approve recommendations regarding the Council’s resources
including finance, staffing structures and property; and monitor
all Council budgets including all Useable Reserves, and in
particular:
1.1.1
scrutinise function budget monitoring reports and make decisions to
ensure that Council spending is delivered on budget;
1.1.2
hold budget holders to account for the proper control of the budget
for which they are responsible;
1.1.3
approve changes to the budget including vire between function
budgets where this is in excess of the amount delegated to officers
in the Financial Regulations and Powers Delegated to
Officers;
1.1.4
consider and approve Outline and Full Business Cases for projects
added to the Capital Programme outwith the budget
process;
1.1.5
approve non-capital programme procurement activity below £1m,
and capital programme procurement activity irrespective of value,
including Procurement Business Cases submitted in accordance with
the Procurement Regulations;
1.1.6
approve annual procurement workplans in respect of the Capital
Programme;
1.1.7
approve Procurement Business Cases in respect of projects added to
the Capital Programme outwith the budget process, submitted in
accordance with Procurement Regulations;
1.1.8
approve the allocation of additional funding to, or removal of
funding from, existing projects, both capital and
revenue;
1.1.9
approve the addition of new projects to the Capital Programme
outwith the budget process;
1.1.10
approve use of the Council’s Useable Reserves;
1.1.11
monitor the Code of Guidance on Funding External Bodies and
Following the Public Pound and take such action as is required to
ensure that the Council meets its duties;
1.1.12
receive Moody’s formal credit rating reassessment;
1.1.13
approve financial guarantees, including requests received from
relevant Admitted Bodies of the Pension Fund;
1.1.14
consider numbers and values of Council Tax, Non-Domestic Rates,
Housing Benefit overpayments and Rent made unrecoverable, as
required in terms of the Financial Regulations, and approve
Non-Domestic Rates write-offs;
1.1.15
scrutinise the progress and delivery of capital projects against
the approved business cases;
1.1.16
review progress in the delivery of the benefits of the Capital
Programme, including through the receipt and scrutiny of Post
Project Evaluations (PPEs) and Post Occupancy Evaluations (POEs);
and
1.1.17
request a report to allow for the detailed consideration of any
project which is of particular concern or interest.
2.
Service Delivery
2.1
The Committee will, for the Resources Function and the
Commissioning Function:-
2.1.1
oversee and make decisions relating to service delivery;
2.1.2
approve options to improve/transform service delivery;
2.1.3
scrutinise operational performance and service standards in line
with the Performance Management Framework and consider
recommendations for improvements where required;
2.1.4
receive the cluster risk registers relative to its remit and
scrutinise to ensure assurance that efficient controls are in
place;
2.1.5
approve all policies and strategies relative to its remit;
and
2.1.6
receive reports on inspections and peer reviews in order to ensure
best practice and note any actions arising from those inspections
and reviews.
2.2
In undertaking the aspects at 2.1, the Committee will ensure that
it is acting within the budget set by Council and overseen by this
Committee and in accordance with best value and supporting delivery
of the Council’s agreed outcomes, commissioning intentions,
service specifications and service standards.
3. City Growth and Strategic Place
Planning
The Committee will:
3.1
approve reports to support the annual re-assessment of the
Council’s credit rating;
3.2
approve the Council’s actions for city growth and place
planning except in relation to major infrastructural planning
;
3.3
oversee and approve the preparation of the Local Development Plan,
subject to final approval thereon being given by Council;
and
3.4
approve key actions required by the Council to facilitate the
delivery of strategies (including partnership strategies) and the
Inward Investment Plan to support city growth and place
planning.
4. Property and Estates
The Committee will:
4.1
approve recommendations regarding the Council’s assets,
property and estates;
4.2
hear and determine requests for review under s86(10) of the
Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 of decisions taken in
respect of community asset transfer requests;
4.3
approve the procedure for the Community Asset Transfer Review Sub
Committee;
and
4.4
approve the acquisition and disposal of land and
property.
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