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Forthcoming decisions to be taken by the Cabinet and Cabinet Members for the next 28 days and beyond can be found in the Notice of Decisions.
Surrey County Council required an external support to accelerate Future Transformation initiatives and approaches that focus on sustainable efficiencies that can simultaneously improve outcomes. The transformation work is an urgent requirement to assist with the Medium-Term Financial Plan and efficiencies to support the organisations budget gap. This requirement evolved out of the need for pipeline opportunities in both transformation and the twin track programme to support with mitigating demand and inflationary pressures within the department.
Decision Maker: Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director for Resources
Decision published: 20/06/2022
Effective from: 10/06/2022
Decision:
It was AGREED that:
1. A contract is awarded to Impower Consulting Limited under the ESPO Framework Consultancy Services 2021 664_21 Lot 1 – Business Services.
Decision Maker: Buckinghamshire Council and Surrey County Council Joint Trading Standards Service Committee
Made at meeting: 04/04/2022 - Buckinghamshire Council and Surrey County Council Joint Trading Standards Service Committee
Decision published: 14/06/2022
Effective from: 04/04/2022
Decision:
The date of the next meeting was Thursday 22 September 2022 and would be hosted by Buckinghamshire Council.
Decision Maker: Member Conduct Panel
Made at meeting: 23/05/2022 - Member Conduct Panel
Decision published: 14/06/2022
Effective from: 23/05/2022
Decision:
INVESTIGATOR'S REPORT IN RESPECT OF AN ALLEGATION THAT A MEMBER FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT (Item 4)
NOTICE OF A DECISION OF THE MEMBER CONDUCT PANEL Date of Panel meeting: 23 May 2022 Allegation concerning: Andy Lynch Chairman of Panel: Helyn Clack Members of Panel: Liz Bowes Eber Kington Investigating Officer: Eileen Perren Independent Person: Philippa Harding Date of Final decision: 23 May 2022 Constitutional Basis 1. The Member Conduct Panel has been established as part of Surrey County Council’s arrangements for dealing with complaints made about the conduct of Surrey County Councillors and Co-opted Members.
2. Andy Lynch is a Member of Surrey County Council.
3. Philippa Harding has been appointed by Surrey County Council as an Independent Person as defined by S28(7) of the Localism Act 2011. Consideration of Complaint
4. The complaint was initially considered by the Monitoring Officer and the Independent Person and the matter was referred for an investigation into whether there had been a breach of the Council’s Code of Conduct for Members (the Code).
5. The Member Conduct Panel met on 23 May 2022 to consider the report of an investigation into two complaints received concerning offensive comments made by Andy Lynch on his twitter profile alleging there had been a breach of the Council’s Code of Conduct.
6. The Investigating Officer found that there was evidence of a failure to comply with the Code of Conduct. That the language used in the tweets was offensive and derogatory. The Code of Conduct makes clear that councillors have an obligation to treat members of the public with respect. The guidance clarifies that councillors can express robust opinions but should do so in a civil manner.
7. After hearing from the Investigating Officer and from Andy Lynch the Panel agreed that there had been a breach of the Code.
8. Prior to taking the decisions set out below the Panel sought and took into account the views of the Independent Person.
9. The Member Conduct Panel reconvened to consider what action to take.
10. The Panel considered all the circumstances of the case and concluded that Andy Lynch had failed to comply with the Code.
Reasons and Action
11. The Panel noted that Andy Lynch had fully co-operated with the investigation and had voluntarily admitted and apologised for his conduct. He had sent a written apology to the Chief Executive, the Chairman of the Council and the Leader of the Council. It was noted that he had been removed from a select committee by his Group. After a full discussion, the Panel felt that a statement of censure be issued.
Statement of censure which the Panel agreed be put in the notice was:-
“Following it’s meeting on 23rd May 2022 the Member Conduct Panel of Surrey County Council formally issues this statement of censure concerning comments made by Cllr Lynch on his twitter account. The Member Conduct Panel determined Cllr Lynch breached the Councillor Code of Conduct by making offensive comments and considers his behaviour fell short of the high standards expected of an elected member of Surrey County Council. It was noted his twitter account had been removed and an apology provided to the Council.”
12. The Panel decided that its findings should be reported to the next meeting of the County Council.
Helyn Clack Chairman of Member Conduct Panel
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Surrey Online School (SOS) is an innovative county council service that provides an online, high-quality learning experience in a live, safeguarded environment for vulnerable children and children with additional needs countywide.
To meet the statutory obligation of the county council, Surrey Online School provide quality assured learning experiences online for vulnerable children and children with additional needs. Examples include:
In addition, Surrey Online School provide a successful traded service that provides a variety of packages from Key Stage 1 -4 to support school leaders to rapidly respond to children’s additional needs through an enhanced and bespoke offer. The traded offer includes a GCSE timetabled offer, a targeted GCSE offer, GCSE revision lessons, English as an Additional Language offer to non-native speaking children and an Enrichment curriculum offer.
The contract is due to commence on 1st September 2022 and will be in place for 3 years. There is also an available extension period of 2 years (+1, +1)
Decision Maker: Director- Commissioning for Children, Families and Lifelong Learning
Decision published: 10/06/2022
Effective from: 18/06/2022
Decision:
To award a contract for the provision of Surrey Online School Services to Tute Education Limited.
Lead officer: Ania Wroblewska