Introduction
Business case related member decisions
It has always been important that significant investment and transformation decisions are subject to rigorous challenge and are evidence based. The increasing pressure on councils’ finances over recent years has only served to make it even more vital that well written and presented reports for members relating to complex business cases are developed by officers to ensure sound decision making by councils.
This business case related member decision document provides good practice guidance for officers regarding how best to develop and present a report for members to make a significant decision.
Conclusion
The aim is to enable officers to present information in a concise way that supports effective, efficient and transparent decision making. It also aims to clarify what level of information is appropriate to enable members to understand appropriate due diligence has been undertaken. This means giving members the necessary information to inform a significant decision without swamping them with detail, which may be contained in a more technical and complex business case document, and to ensure transparency by putting background papers in the public domain.
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