Category: Wirral Council

Was the recent decision to award litter enforcement contract to Kingdom by Wirral Council lawful?

Was the recent decision to award litter enforcement contract to Kingdom by Wirral Council lawful?

Was the recent decision to award litter enforcement contract to Kingdom by Wirral Council lawful?

                                                    

Nearly six years ago the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 came into effect on the 10th September 2012 which changed the way both decisions made by the whole Cabinet and by individual Cabinet Members should be made.

Regulation 9 of the regulations (as the award of the litter enforcement contract was a key decision) required a document to be published on Wirral Council’s website 28 days in advance of a decision.

For the litter enforcement contract decision, Wirral Council published on its website this page (a screenshot is below).

Wirral Council Forward Plan Environmental Enforcement contract
Wirral Council Forward Plan Environmental Enforcement contract

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Award of Litter Enforcement Contract to Kingdom by Wirral Council to be reviewed following request by Lib Dem and Green councillors

Award of Litter Enforcement Contract to Kingdom by Wirral Council to be reviewed following request by Lib Dem and Green councillors

Award of Litter Enforcement Contract to Kingdom by Wirral Council to be reviewed following request by Lib Dem and Green councillors

                                                

Cllr Matthew Patrick (Cabinet Member for the Environment) 14th June 2018
Cllr Matthew Patrick (Cabinet Member for the Environment) 14th June 2018

In an update to an earlier story published on this blog headlined Kingdom awarded further 3 year contract by Wirral Council for litter and dog fouling fines, six councillors (the sole Green Party councillor Cllr Pat Cleary and five Liberal Democrat councillors) have “called-in” the decision.
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Why has the Hoylake Golf Resort project been delayed?

Why has the Hoylake Golf Resort project been delayed?

Why has the Hoylake Golf Resort project been delayed?

                                                

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Wirral West Constituency Committee (Wirral Council) 14th June 2018

Member of public asking questions about Hoylake Golf Resort at the Wirral West Constituency Committee 14th June 2018
Member of public asking questions about Hoylake Golf Resort at the Wirral West Constituency Committee 14th June 2018

Many questions were asked at a recent Wirral West Constituency Committee about Wirral Council’s proposed “flagship” tourist attraction called Hoylake Golf Resort.
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Kingdom awarded further 3 year contract by Wirral Council for litter and dog fouling fines

Kingdom awarded further 3 year contract by Wirral Council for litter and dog fouling fines

Kingdom awarded further 3 year contract by Wirral Council for litter and dog fouling fines

                                                 

Cllr Matthew Patrick (Wirral West Constituency Committee) 14th June 2018
Cllr Matthew Patrick (Wirral West Constituency Committee) 14th June 2018

Wirral Council’s Cabinet Member for the Environment Cllr Matthew Patrick (pictured above at a recent meeting of Wirral Council’s Wirral West Constituency Committee) has awarded Kingdom Environmental Services a contract to undertake the issuing of fines for dog fouling and litter from 2018 to 2021. The contract will also have the option to be extended for a further three years.
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Why did Wirral Council fail to publish its draft Annual Governance Statement by the legal deadline?

Why did Wirral Council fail to publish its draft Annual Governance Statement by the legal deadline?

Why did Wirral Council fail to publish its draft Annual Governance Statement by the legal deadline?

                                              

Shaer Halewood (Director for Finance and Investments (Wirral Council)) 29th January 2018
Shaer Halewood (Director for Finance and Investments (Wirral Council)) 29th January 2018

A week ago I made an objection to Wirral Council and its auditor Grant Thornton, that prior to the thirty-day inspection period running from 1st June 2018 to 12th July 2018 that the draft Annual Governance Statement hadn’t been published on Wirral Council’s website prior to this 30 day period starting. Publication prior to the 30 day period starting is a requirement of regulations 15(2)(a)(ii) and 15(3) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (when read together).
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