Sagar Sharma

Executive

Agenda

The meeting saw decisions taken on a range of issues, including the approval of funding from the Cost of Living Grant fund and confirmation of a variation to the Battersea Park 2025 Event Traffic Management Plan.

General Purposes Committee Officer

Agenda and minutes

The General Purposes Committee of Wandsworth Council met on Monday 18 November 2024 to review polling districts and places and to discuss proposed changes to the council's procurement governance. The committee agreed to the proposed polling scheme for 2025-2029 and recommended to Full Council a series of significant changes to procurement procedures, including increased delegation limits for officers and updated thresholds for seeking quotes and tenders.

Audit Committee

Agenda

This meeting was scheduled to receive updates from the Council's internal and external auditors about their work and to consider the effectiveness of the Council's Anti-Bribery and Money Laundering Prevention measures. It was also scheduled to review the effectiveness of the Audit Committee and to consider the new Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS).

Local Pension Board

Agenda

This meeting included several reports on the work that has been done since the last meeting, including the approval of the 2023/24 accounts and the Pension Fund Annual Report, the Pension Discretions Policy and the training of the Joint Pensions Committee. It also included the consideration of reports on risk management, pension administration, ethical investment decisions, and a report on the matters discussed in a recent meeting of the Joint Pensions Committee.

Executive

Agenda

The meeting saw the Executive agree to all of the recommendations made by the four committees that reported to it. These included approval for a new grounds maintenance contract, updates to the Housing Revenue Account business plan and highway maintenance programme, and plans for a new school and community facilities in Nine Elms.