Mez Matthews

Council: Crawley

Committees: Constitution (Officer) Governance Committee (Officer) Full Council Audit Committee (Officer)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

16 meetings · Page 1 of 4

Audit Committee Officer

Audit Committee - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 7.00 pm

November 18, 2025
Constitution Officer

Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025

October 27, 2025
Governance Committee Officer

Governance Committee - Tuesday, 9th September, 2025 7.00 pm

17 attendees, 4 documents, 1 media files

September 09, 2025
Audit Committee Officer

Audit Committee - Tuesday, 2nd September, 2025 7.00 pm

14 attendees, 11 documents, 1 media files

September 02, 2025
Audit Committee

Audit Committee - Monday, 17th March, 2025 7.00 pm

March 17, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

158 decisions · Page 25 of 32

Western Boulevard Scheme - Crawley Growth Programme

From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025

The report is intended to update Cabinet on the progress of the Western Boulevard scheme as part of the Crawley Growth Programme with a recommendation that Full Council agree to add £2m of BSIP (Bus Service Improvement Plan) monies to the scheme, which have been secured, subject to a funding agreement with West Sussex County Council.

Recommendations Approved

Forward Programme of Key Programmes (January – June 2024)

From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025

Approve the current forward programme of key procurements (over £500,000) and seek delegated authority for contract award approvals following the appropriate procurement process. To provide an update on the previously identified procurements from July – December 2023.

Recommendations Approved

2023/2024 Budget Monitoring - Quarter 2

From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025

The report will set out a summary of the Council’s actual revenue and capital spending for the quarters to September 2023 together with the main variations from the approved spending levels and impact on future budgets

Recommendations Approved

Subject to Contract, to Award a Building Conversion Works Construction Contract for the Crawley Innovation Centre (Travel House)

From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025

Subject to the outcome of contract negotiations, to award a building conversion works construction contract under the SCAPE framework to a prime contractor for the Crawley Innovation Centre. Delegation to the Leader was given by Cabinet at its meeting on 6th July 2022 (PES 417 refers).

For Determination

Modern Polling Digital Poll Clerk

From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025

Digitisation within the poll station will aim to alleviate some of the issues facing Crawley Borough Council when managing the Poll. This will generate many additional benefits for Election staff and management, ultimately providing a better experience for the voter. Within Crawley Borough Council our poll stations use a very traditional, manual, paper-based process. This system has served us adequately but with the increasing demands from recent election bills, covid, challenges with staffing and increasing demands on the electoral system, change is imperative. Existing challenges include; staff recruitment, voter disengagement, poor visibility of election day progress, and increased risk of human error, accuracy of Ballot Paper Accounts, transparency with audits. This was compounded by the implementation of Voter ID and the workload and complexity of administering the poll stations will increase dramatically. Please note the digital aspect relates to the paperwork of the poll clerk & presiding officer and not how the public vote which will remain paper based.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 16

Average per Month: 0.8

Decisions Recorded: 158