Social Value Ideas for Council of the Isles of Scilly

Charitable trustee reappointed

The council reappointed Mr Tim Jones as a nominative trustee to the Isles of Scilly Charitable Trust for a further four-year term after his previous term expired. This is an appointment action rather …

“Speaker 14: Members are invited to appoint one nominative trustee to bring the body of trustees back up to its full complement of seven. Please note t…”

Electoral review submission

Members approved the council’s submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, recommending no change to the current 16-member council size and no change to warding arrangements, i…

“Speaker 14: A draft council size submission, including three appendices, may be found as Appendices one to four to the report. The draft council size …”

Internal Audit Assurance

Internal audit opinion for 2024-25 is that there is reasonable assurance of the council's control environment; update path to governance committee is noted.

“"the opinion of internal audit is one of reasonable assurance."”

Constitution version 3 adopted

Members reviewed and approved version 3 of the IFC constitution with no substantive amendments. The discussion emphasised the authority's duties and the balance between social, economic, and environme…

“Speaker 0: Being this is the first meeting of the year in the AGM, this is a standing item. Just a quick, obviously, are bound to review the constitut…”

LG Ombudsman review

Annual LGSO review letter for 2024-25: 3 complaints investigated, none upheld; two ended due to court proceedings; context provided for committee terms of reference.

“LGSO investigated and dealt with three complaints in relation to the council of the a silly and upheld none of those complaints.”

Full council briefing

Plan to bring the DPH annual report to full council for wider exposure and discussion.

“I think it might be time it came back to full council for that wider exposure and discussion and debate.”

Five-year fire risk plan

The fire and rescue service proposed moving from a three-year to a five-year Community Risk Management Plan cycle. The stated rationale is better long-term planning and reduced external consultancy sp…

“So I present this paper seeking your support for us to adopt a five year community risk management plan for the Ulster City Fire and Rescue Service. T…”

Fire service staffing costs

The fire and rescue service forecast an overspend of £70,000 due to increased staff costs and training requirements, partly because the service was over establishment after successful recruitment. Off…

“Speaker 8: Fire and rescue is showing an overspend of £70,000 at the moment due to some increased staff cost and increased training requirements. Work…”

Fire risk plan adopted

Council approved the updated community risk management plan for fire and rescue, covering the transition from the 2023-2026 plan to the interim plan and future five-year planning. Members asked that w…

“Speaker 15: The purpose of this report, alongside the accompanying interim CRNP, is to provide assurance on the progress made against the original pla…”

Town Hall project extra funding

Council approved an additional contribution to keep the Town Hall redevelopment moving, alongside permission to seek further grant funding. The discussion makes clear the project has overruns, a revis…

“We now move on, if I'm keeping up with my own self, to agenda item 18, which has been rebadged as agenda item 12, which is town hall redevelopment pro…”

Town Hall overspend pressure

The Town Hall project is under severe financial and programme pressure, with a new completion date of April 2027, a forecast final account around £22.1m, and a funding gap of £2.77m. Members discussed…

“Speaker 6: So what we're looking at is how we'd get certainty. So both the contractors, Stepanovs and ourselves need certainty because the project can…”