Minutes of the East Durham College Finance and General Purposes Committee Meeting held on 3rd October 2024

Present:

S Robson (Chair) 

D Butler

G Dullage

J Smith 

S Bullock

A Jefferson 

In Attendance:

J Mitchelson (Vice-Principal Finance and Business Planning)

H McCoy (Assistant Principal Performance)

A Barnard (Director of Estates)

S Pritchard (Clerk to the Corporation) 

Apologies for Absence

No apologies were received. 

164 Conflicts of Interest

The Chair invited committee members to declare any conflicts of interest relevant to the agenda items for the meeting.  None were declared.

165 Minutes of meeting 20th June 2024

The minutes of the meeting held on 20th June 2024 were approved

166 Matters Arising

The Assistant Principal Performance noted the draft Strategic Workforce Plan will be reviewed at the next College Leadership Group (CLG) meeting and shared with members at the next meeting. 

167 Estates Update

The Vice Principal Finance and Business Planning presented the report and highlighted areas of compliance. The current compliance status is good overall will all inspections/tests in date.  The report was considered to be confidential.

The committee noted the report

168 Human Resources Update

The Assistant Principal Performance presented the report which was considered to be confidential. 

The committee noted the report. 

169 IT Update

The Vice Principal Finance and Business Planning presented a general IT update, including the ongoing roll out of Windows 11, the continued support from IT on the T-Level Wave 5 projects, the refurbishment of two IT classrooms and the installation of the new immersive suite at Willerby Grove with plans to install an immersive suite at the Houghall Campus. 

It was noted that a specific Cyber Security paper would be presented to Audit and Risk committee. 

The Committee noted the report.

170 Finance Update:

The Vice Principal Finance and Business Planning presented the report to the committee, including an update on year end 23-24, management accounts for 24-25, Houghall heating system and Wave 5 projects. The report was considered to be confidential.

The committee noted the report. 

171 Any Other Business

The Chair asked if it would be valuable to hold a meeting at Houghall to include a tour. The committee agreed it would be good to see the new developments at Houghall. 

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