HONITON town councillors are due to debate East Devon District Council's offer to fund an independent audit into finances relating to the town's £2m community complex.
Councillors will debate the district council's offer of the Beehive Community Complex audit, dubbed a "mediation exercise" at tonight's full council meeting.
The purpose of the audit is to "resolve the ongoing concerns from some quarters with regard to the compliance and governance of the Beehive".
The audit would be undertaken by the South West Audit Partnership.
The mediation exercise would provide an independent objective assessment of the Beehive process in order to:• Assist those involved to clarify and understand the issues which have led to the need for mediation• Examine the process and the propriety of the decisions taken• Provide those involved with confidence in the robustness of those decisions• Provide the taxpayers of Honiton and the community as a whole with the assurance that public finance has been used correctly and appropriately
A district council spokesperson, said: "Officers at East Devon District Council suggested mediation as an option to assist the town council in resolving the differences of opinion regarding the future of the Beehive."
The council is also due to debate a motion, backed by five councillors, for the intervention of the police to investigate concerns over the way finances related to the Beehive have been handled.
The motion states: "Given matters impacting on risk to the Precepting Authority Honiton Town Council and relating to the Beehive Community Centre, this council resolves to approach a truly independent body, namely the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary to investigate concerns relating to public finances and contractual matters".
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