This resource is from the Committees section. This is a supplementary report to the 30 March 2006 meeting of the MPA Committee, and gives details of action taken under delegated authority on the grounds of urgency.

Sections available here:

• Urgent action taken under delegated authority
  • Summary
  • A. Recommendation
  • B. Supporting information
  • C. Race and equality impact
  • D. Financial implications
  • E. Background papers
  • F. Contact details

Urgent action taken under delegated authority

Report: Supplementary
Date: 30 March 2006
By: Chief Executive and Clerk

Summary

This report gives details of action taken under delegated authority on the grounds of urgency.

A. Recommendation

That the Authority receives this report on urgent action taken under delegated authority, as provided for in Standing Orders.

B. Supporting information

1. Standing Order 6.1 provides for the Chief Executive and Clerk or Treasurer to take decisions under delegated authority and in consultation with specified members where a decision is required urgently. Decisions taken in this way have to be reported to the next meeting of the Authority for information. This report must state which members were consulted. Under the urgency procedure, wherever possible the members of the relevant committee (or of the Authority if that would be the decision-making body) should be informed in advance of the proposal to take a decision. This action must also be reported as having been carried out.

2. The following action has been taken:

• 21/2005 approval to dispose of the Old Street property to an alternative purchaser when the original purchaser declined to proceed
• 01/2006 authorising funding to cover costs of legal representation for an officer at an Inquest
• 02/2006 authorising funding to cover costs of legal representation for officers at an Inquest
• 03/2006 authorising financial limits to achieve an out of court settlement of a case
• 04/2006 authorising financial limits to achieve an out of court settlement of a case
• 05/2006 approving the acquisition of the freehold interest in a property in SW9

C. Race and equality impact

Any implications are addressed in the delegated action forms.

D. Financial implications

Any implications are addressed in the delegated action forms.

E. Background papers

These delegated action forms contain exempt information

F. Contact details

Report author: Nick Baker

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