Here is the page from the agenda of last week’s Audit and Risk Committee meeting covering matters that were talked about in secret.

As has been mentioned before, they are always the most interesting items: why does the council want to keep them secret?

Particularly notable in this list is “Water Safety Programme”.  Er, yeah?  Does one or more council staffer think the drinking water may not be safe?  If so, why?  The council doesn’t want anyone not on the committee to know.

For general interest, the report of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) on Local Authorities 2016-2017 is here.  It contains a list of things which the government audit office looks at and how local authorities measure up, with some examples.

Issues which the OAG needs to look at in KCDC’s case include:

• How have council contracts been awarded?  We know that many have not been…