Community
Safety Scrutiny Committee
at County
Hall,
Membership
Chairman – Councillor John Farrow
Deputy Chairman – Councillor
Rodney Rose
Notes: Please
note that there will be a pre-meeting at
Date of
next meeting:
Tony Cloke
About the County Council
The
Oxfordshire County Council is made up of 74 councillors who are democratically
elected every four years. The Council provides a range of services to
Oxfordshire’s 630,000 residents. These include:
Each year
the Council manages £0.8 billion of public money in providing these services. Most
decisions are taken by a Cabinet of 10 Councillors, which makes decisions about
service priorities and spending. Some decisions will now be delegated to
individual members of the Cabinet.
About Scrutiny
Scrutiny is
about:
·
Providing a
challenge to the Cabinet
·
Examining how well
the Cabinet and the Authority are performing
·
Influencing the
Cabinet on decisions that affect local people
·
Helping the
Cabinet to develop Council policies
·
Representing the
community in Council decision making
·
Promoting joined
up working across the authority’s work
Scrutiny is NOT about:
·
Making day to day
service decisions
·
Investigating
individual complaints.
Five
Scrutiny committees ‘scrutinise’ or review and challenge decisions made by the
Cabinet or the appropriate Cabinet Member and help it develop Council
policies. There are Scrutiny Committees
for:
·
Corporate Governance
·
Children’s
Services
·
Environment &
Economy
·
Community Safety
·
Social &
Community Services
There is also a Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee which
brings together councillors from the County and the five district councils
in Oxfordshire to scrutinise health issues.
What does this Committee do? The Committee meets up to 6 times
a year or more. It develops a work programme, which lists the issues it plans
to investigate. These investigations can include whole committee investigations
undertaken during the meeting, or reviews by a panel of members doing research
and talking to lots of people outside of the meeting. Once an investigation is completed the
Committee provides its advice to the Cabinet, the full Council or other
scrutiny committees. Meetings are open to the public and all reports are
available to the public unless exempt or confidential, when the items would be
considered in closed session.
AGENDA
1.
Election
of Chairman for the current Council Year
2.
Election
of Deputy Chairman for the current Council Year
3.
Apologies
for Absence and Temporary Appointments
4. Declarations of Interest – see guidance note
5.
Minutes
To
approve the minutes of the meeting held on
6.
Speaking
to or Petitioning the Committee
7.
Scrutiny
Work Programme
8.
Update on
Coroner’s Caseload and Interaction with
9.
Emergency
Planning Scrutiny Review: Evaluation
10.
Presentation on Flu Pandemic
11.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service Annual Response Standards Report
12.
Tracking Scrutiny Items
Report back on advice by this Committee to the Cabinet or
Council.
·
Fire Service Control and Command Room
Mr Colin Thomas, Community Safety
Business Manager, Fire & Rescue Service has provided a written update on the progress of the project (CM12).
13.
Forward Plan
The Committee is asked to suggest items from the current
Forward Plan on which it may wish to have an opportunity to offer advice to the
Cabinet before any decision is taken.
(Please bring along to the meeting the latest copy of the
Forward Plan which, at the time of writing covers July 2007 to October 2007).
(Members are asked to contact the Chairman, Deputy Chairman
and/or the Committee Officer at least 3 days before the meeting should they
wish to raise an item on the Forward Plan for possible consideration).
14.
Select Committee on Neighbourhood
Action Groups (NAGS)
·
How can
* These times may vary on the day.
Please note:
There will be a
pre-meeting for all members of the Committee at
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