Councillor Chris Ball

Finance & Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 4th February, 2026 7.30 pm

General Purposes and Audit Committee - Wednesday, 28th January, 2026 7.30 pm

The General Purposes and Audit Committee of Bexley Council met on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, to discuss a range of financial and operational matters. Key topics included the proposed stopping up of highway land in Erith, the Council's Pay Policy Statement for 2026/27, and a half-yearly report on Treasury Management for 2025/26. The committee was also scheduled to review the calculation of the Council Tax base and Business Rates income for 2026/27, alongside draft audit reports for the Council's and the Pension Fund's 2024/25 statements of accounts. Updates on Internal Audit, Counter Fraud activity, and Risk Management were also on the agenda.

Local Authority funding and resourcing challenges scrutiny project sub-group - Tuesday, 13th January, 2026 7.00 pm

The Local Authority funding and resourcing challenges scrutiny project sub-group was scheduled to discuss updates on the council's property data and the ongoing project plan for its scrutiny work. The meeting's agenda included a review of the property data update, focusing on the implementation of the Civica system, and a discussion of the project plan for the sub-group's ongoing review of local authority funding and resourcing challenges.

Council - Wednesday, 5th November, 2025 7.30 pm

The Council of the London Borough of Bexley is scheduled to meet on 5 November 2025. The agenda includes the Leader's report, questions from the public and councillors, and motions deferred from a previous meeting. Councillors will also discuss committee reports on topics ranging from pensions to street cleansing, and will be asked to appoint a new Leader of the Council.

Finance & Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 7.30 pm

The Finance and Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the customer experience strategy, the people strategy, and the work programme. The committee noted the progress made on the customer experience strategy and the people strategy, and agreed to set up a task and finish group on the new Procurement Act regulations. Councillor Stefano Borella, Leader of the Labour Group / Shadow Cabinet Member for Corporate Policy and Budget, enquired whether Councillor David Leaf, Cabinet Member for Resources, would continue to attend the committee meetings once he is elected as leader of the council.