Meeting Details

Lord Mayor to advise that this meeting will be webcast for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's Public-I microsite (please click this link) and that members of the press/public may record and take photographs except where there are confidential or exempt items.

Members are reminded they must declare all relevant pecuniary and other registerable interests arising from any business to be discussed at this meeting.

If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared a Member must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.

If other registerable interests are declared a Member may speak on the matter only if members of the public are allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.    

If it is a ‘sensitive interest’, Members do not have to disclose the nature of the interest, just that they have an interest.

Information on the Local Government Association's Model Councillor Code of Conduct is set out via http://bit.ly/3WtGQnN. This includes, at Appendix 1, an interests flowchart which provides a simple guide to declaring interests at meetings.

Councillor John Cotton to move the following recommendation:

"That City Council:

1. Acknowledges and accepts the content of the Public Interest Report dated 11 February 2025 provided by Grant Thornton LLP in their capacity as external auditors for Birmingham City Council (Appendix 1 refers);

2. Commits to the implementation of these recommendations to ensure the Oracle ERP re-implementation is a success, enabling the Council to effectively manage its people, finances and procurements in a legislative compliant way with a reasonable user experience;

3. Accepts the responses from the Senior Responsible Officer (Appendix 2 refers);

4.Agrees to consolidate the recommendations and responses from this Public Interest Report into the Improvement and Recovery Plan;

5. Proposes that the Managing Director shares this report and the Council’s response with the External Auditor; and

6. Agrees that Audit Committee will receive updates on progress against the recommendations and actions within this report on a quarterly basis.