The latest Council Minutes are, as ever, illuminating.
First on the order list is confirmation of Councillor Derek Antrobus being appointed for a three year period of office. Cllr Antrobus is Lead Member for Planning on the Labour controlled Salford City Council, and is much loved throughout Salford for his propensity for saying one thing and doing something entirely different. Given this he should fit in perfectly with his new colleagues.
No time was wasted in getting straight to the point with Antrobus on board, for at that very meeting emphasis was drawn to discussions that "were ongoing with Salford City Council about the acquisition of properties that were integral to the delivery of the estates master plan."
More interesting is the use Salford might wish to make of Cllr Antrobus during his three year membership of Council - given that they're going to need planning permission for some of their rather ambitious 'Estates Master Plans' (a stupid name, we agree), it's going to be helpful to have the Lead Member for Planning from the City Council on your board of trustees!
Under the section about 'University League Tables' there is not a single word of discussion recorded about the University reaching an all time low in this year's tables - being ranked 100th in the Guardian's ranking system. Instead the minutes just record everybody patting each other on the back about how much better things are undoubtedly going to get.
The final point of concern was KPMG's assessment that the delivery of a European Regional Development Fund contract being deemed "unacceptable". This apparently was down to "the system of internal control, risk management and governance for the project being unacceptable".
No doubt we will never find out more details regarding this.
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