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Members were advised that finance staff from both GMFRS and Wigan MBC
had attended a Final Accounts Workshop which had been facilitated by Grant
Thornton and CIPFA’s Finance Advisory Network on 14 th February 2013 to
assist authorities in preparing their financial statements for 2012/13.
In addition, the Director of Finance and Technical Services reported that in
February 2013 one of GMFRS’s main IT suppliers namely ‘2e2 UK Limited’
had gone into administration. The part of ‘2e2 UK Limited’ that managed
GMFRS’s internet, external web and financial system had subsequently been
acquired by ‘Daisy Data Centre Solutions’ and there had been no disruption to
any services in the change of suppliers. The Director of ICT was in the
process of progressing the necessary contractual arrangements.
Recommended: That the content of the External Audit Progress Report –
February 2013 and comments raised, be noted.
30. SUMMARY OF MEMBERS' ATTENDANCE - JUNE 2012 TO
JANUARY 2013
Consideration was given to a report of the Clerk which reviewed Members’
attendance statistics at meetings of the Authority and its full Committees from
1 st June 2012 to 31 st January 2013 and requested Members to consider
whether any further action was required to be taken in respect of the
attendance of individual Members.
Recommended:
1. That the summary of Members’ attendance at meetings of the Authority
and its full Committees from 1 st June 2012 to 31 st January 2013, be
noted.
2. That no action was required to be taken by Group Leaders regarding
attendance issues.
3. That a copy of this report be sent to each of the District’s Democratic
Services Managers for the attention of the Group Leaders, for their
information.
4. Members’ Attendance for the remainder of the 2012/13 Municipal Year
from 1 st February to 31 st May 2013 be reported to the Audit, Scrutiny
and Standards Committee on 20 th June 2013.
31. LOCALISM ACT 2011 ROLE OF INDEPENDENT PERSON
PROTOCOL
Consideration was given to a report of the Clerk which sought approval to
adopt a Role of Independent Person Protocol.
Members were advised that the statutory role of an Independent Person
appointed under Section 28(7) of the Localism Act 2011 was to assist the