Scrutiny Committee - 22/08/2012

At a MEETING of the SCRUTINY COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 22nd August, 2012.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Kevin KEENAN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 13th June, 2012 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS

There was submitted Report No 309-2012 by the Chief Internal Auditor providing the Committee with a summary of the Internal Audit Reports finalised since the last meeting of this Committee.

The Committee agreed to note the information contained within the report.

III BALDRAGON ACADEMY: MISAPPROPRIATION OF INCOME AND CASH

There was submitted Report No 310-2012 by the Chief Internal Auditor providing members with a summary of an investigation at Baldragon Academy in relation to the misappropriation of income and cash and action taken as a result of this incident.

The Committee noted the information contained within the report and requested that the Director of Corporate Services and Director of Education bring back a report to a future meeting of this Committee providing members with an assurance on the process and systems in place for the management of cash within schools along with the measures in place to check these arrangements.

IV CORPORATE PERFORMANCE HEALTH ASSESSMENT - THREE MONTHS TO 30TH JUNE, 2012

There was submitted Report No 284-2012 by the Director of Corporate Services advising elected members of the performance of Dundee City Council for the first three months of the new financial year to 30th June, 2012 as defined by the key quarterly performance indicators.

The Committee:-

(i) noted that performance levels for the first three months of the financial year had generally been maintained or improved; and

(ii) remitted to all Chief Officers to review the contents of Appendix 1 as it related to their service and consider if there were any indicators for which performance could be improved over the remainder of the 2012/2013 financial year.

Kevin KEENAN, Convener.